Here is yet another myth perpetuated by the sleep training industry:โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ To put it simply, this is entirely false.โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ If it were true, babies would only ever be able to go to sleep with one person. In one environment. […]
We live in a world where we try our best to control everything that goes on around us. Schedules, deadlines, and performance drive so much of our western society. Being very type A myself, I totally get the comfort in the predictability of a controlled environment. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ But if there is anything that parenthood has taught […]
“You need to let your baby learn to self soothe.” “If your baby throws up, clean up the mess but don’t make eye contact.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ “If you help your baby too much, she will never learn to be independent.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ “Cuddling your baby will create a crutch.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Now replace “your baby” with “your grandmother”, and we’ll see if the statements […]
It goes without saying that most parents understand the importance of spending time with their children. The challenge is that just “being around” isn’t quite enough. There is an important difference between being physically present and being emotionally present.โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ I think where most parents struggle in today’s world, when there is little, if any, village of […]
Do you wear a certain type of pyjamas for bed? Turn the lights off? Listen to a podcast? Get under your covers?โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โจNEWSFLASH โจโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ You have sleep associations!โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ So why is it that sleep trainers tell parents day in and day out that sleep associations are a bad thing? A crutch? a “bad habit”?โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Because adults can adequately provide […]
“๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Ever heard this saying? It’s super popular among sleep trainers, who are constantly pushing the notion that all sleep troubles can be solved by getting your child to sleep more, because surely – they are overtired. And for many kids, this ๐ช๐ด true. Some kids are definitely higher sleep needs children, not just […]
โYes, children always seem to know how to drive their parents crazy. But the craziness is still ours. After all, if you didn’t already have a button there, your child wouldn’t be able to push it — and you would be able to set limits without losing your temper.โ – Dr. Laura Markham. I love […]
Before I even ask parents to give me the run down on their kids’ sleep schedules, I ask a whole series of questions that allow me to identify whether or not a child is exhibiting red flags for some common underlying issues that impact sleep. One of the most common issues I see with my […]
“Give it time.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ “She just needs to get used to it.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ “It’s so hard, but it will get easier the longer you do it.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ “Give it at least two weeks or else you will confuse the baby.”โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ‘๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ซ’. If leaving your child to cry is going against every fibre of your instincts, ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ […]
Let’s start by saying that having a baby who spits up, or even throws up from time to time, is not in and of itself a bad thing. Babies stomachs are more horizontal than adults, they have a more immature digestive system, and their esophagus is shorter than an adult’s, and from time to time, […]
