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Struggling with your child’s sleep? Let’s fix

Struggling with your child’s sleep? Let’s fix that—without sleep training!

If you’ve tried every baby sleep tip, read all the parenting blogs, and bought all the sleep gadgets—but your little one still isn’t sleeping, it’s time for a different approach.

I help tired parents like you uncover the real reasons behind sleep struggles—so you can get more rest without rigid schedules or letting your baby cry it out.

Just ask Alanna, who went from sleepless nights to peaceful evenings, or Brian & Brittany, who finally reclaimed their nights—even during a cross-country move!

You can have restful nights and confident days. Let’s get you there!

👉 Give me a follow and book a free call today to start your journey to better sleep.
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How many people do you know that sleep trained? Of

How many people do you know that sleep trained? Of those, how many would you say are malicious in their intent to neglect their children?

I’d be willing to bet the answer is likely 0.

I don’t agree with sleep training. I inherently believe it has the potential to impart lasting trauma on children. But I don’t believe that parents go into sleep training knowing this, or that they are bad parents for making the choice in the first place.

When we decided to sleep train our daughter, the rationale was quite the opposite: we were led to believe that GOOD parents sleep trained. It felt icky to us, but we were willing to suck up our own discomfort for the "good" of our child. Had it been successful, maybe we would have believed that to be true.

I take responsibility for what was, for us, a very bad decision to sleep train. I will continue to hold the sleep training industry responsible for providing new parents with bad advice in the name of making a quick buck (especially with evidence and knowledge that proves how potentially detrimental it can be). I will never support sleep training, but I know from personal experience, that choosing to sleep train does not make you a bad parent.

The crux of the issue comes down to a collective misunderstanding of young children. We have a cultural misguidance that we need to teach them how to sleep; how to socialize; how to behave; the list goes on.

What is fundamentally missing is the understanding that babies and children are humans with thoughts and feelings of their own. We need to be more cognizant of the fact that we are not doing FOR them, we are doing TO them. The decisions we make shape the experiences of their lives. It’s a heavy and important responsibility to carry, and acknowledging, and implementing changes around this, makes us better parents. Sleep training does not make you a bad parent, but understanding and acknowledging our choices can help us be better.

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Feeling unsure about when or how to begin removing

Feeling unsure about when or how to begin removing feed at night? You're in the right place!

While some will begin recommending night weaning at 6 months, I generally advise parents to wait until their baby is at least 9 months of age, and only if baby has continued to follow their growth curve since birth. There isn’t a set age where babies are ready to wean - just like anything else, this is entirely dependent on each individual baby and his or her needs. Night feeds well beyond age 1 are still very normal!

If you've been thinking about night weaning as a strategy to reduce nighttime wakes, let's chat. While this can sometimes be helpful, oftentimes very frequent night wakes are caused by things other than the desire to feed. If that's the case, attempting to night wean will likely not solve the problem.

Swipe through for 5 tips to help get you started with confidence - or help you ecide that it's just not time yet!

Do you have questions about night feeds? Drop them below!
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If you’ve ever googled newborn sleep help, you’ve probably come across the infamous ‘eat, play, sleep’, or EASY (eat, awake time, sleep, you time) routine.

This routine seems pretty innocuous, and you might have even given it a try. You are the expert on what will be the right fit for you and your family, so if it's working for you, that's great! But for many parents, especially those with sensitive babies, attempting to put an infant on a schedule simply does not work.

Before jumping into 'eat, play, sleep', here are some things to consider:

💤 Temperament: If your baby tends to need more support to sleep, or are generally a bit fussier, attempting a schedule too soon may create added stress for your baby

💤 Feeding on Demand: Scheduling feeds for young babies can interrupt the breastfeeding relationship and impact milk supply. Until around 6-8 weeks of age, milk supply is hormonally driven. Once supply is driven by demand, be sure to feed whenever your baby seems hungry, regardless of the time on the clock

💤 Biological norms: The main goal of this routine is to ‘teach’ your baby not to fall asleep eating. However, nursing to sleep is not a bad habit, and if it’s working to get more sleep for everyone, it’s not something you need to change

💤 Sleep Progressions: In the midst of a progression, parents should help their babies to get sleep by any means necessary, in an effort to avoid overtiredness at bedtime. A rigid schedule like EASY doesn’t allow the flexibility to follow your child’s cues

💤 Parental Mental Health: For some, being on a rigid schedule is helpful. For others, it creates unnecessary stress and unreasonable expectations that don’t allow you the flexibility to enjoy your time with your baby. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to sleep, so do what feels best for your family.

Have you tried 'eat, play, sleep'? Did it work for you?

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There are so many crazy sleep ideas out there, but

There are so many crazy sleep ideas out there, but this seemingly harmless one is worth taking a deeper look at, if you're struggling with overnight sleep.

Apparently, as the myth goes, if you feed your baby butter before bed, they are more likely to sleep through the night. When I first shared this myth back in 2021, it was because a medical practitioner went viral for sharing that she was feeding her 12 month old 3 tablespoons of butter before bed and - lo and behold - he slept through the night!

The average 12 month old weighs roughly 20lbs. That means that if you follow this "technique", you are feeding your baby nearly 0.5% of their body weight in butter. For comparison's sake, that would be the equivalent of a 150lb adult eating 1.5 cups of butter before bed each night.

Will that get your baby to sleep? If night wakings due to hunger are an issue, probably! Fat can be quite satisfying and takes a long time to break down, meaning it could definitely help satiate a hungry tummy.

But is this a reasonable, sustainable approach to sleep? Absolutely not.

While fat can be a healthy part of a balanced diet and even more so for little kids, promoting the intake of that amount of fat on its own as a bedtime snack can have serious health ramifications.

Moreover, other than possibly keeping your little ones belly full there is nothing in butter that would actually help them sleep longer. For many babies, their digestive system working to break down that large amount of fat might actually negatively impact their sleep. To support better sleep, you would be better off choosing foods high in tryptophan, which can support sleep (check out my blog for a whole list!).

Bottom line? Feed your child a balanced diet that gives them the wide variety of nutrients their body needs, and if your little one is routinely hungry at bedtime consider including a balanced snack in their nightly routine!

Have you tried butter before bed? How did it go in your home?
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Many of the tenets of current sleep training techn

Many of the tenets of current sleep training techniques are built upon outdated information that we know is no longer accurate.

“Self soothing”, as an example, was a term coined in the 1970s by Dr. Tom Anders. It was meant to distinguish between children who signalled for help, and those who did not. It was never intended to be the gold standard in nighttime child rearing.

The ever popular Ferber method, originally published in the mid 1980s, was clarified by Ferber himself to have been taken out of context. In his second book, Dr. Ferber clarified that he did not intend for the method to be applied to every child or every sleep issue, “of which there are many.”

Whether you believe that sleep training is helpful or harmful, I think we can all agree that 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙨. We understand far more about the value of a secure attachment than was believed in the past. We know that separation can be detrimental, and many have gone so far as to say, traumatic.

If we were to employ the suggestions of sleep trainers during the daytime, it could be construed as neglectful. And yet, at night, it’s positioned as “teaching” our children a valuable skill.

Despite all of this, if sleep training feels like the right approach for your family, I support you in making the decision that works best for your family.

However, if sleep training makes your uncomfortable, this is a safe space to push back against the pressure, to express your frustration, and to ask for help in making changes that align with your parenting preferences. 💕

✨ As a first time parent, did you believe that sleep training was your only option for better sleep? Tell me below.
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