That right there might be the single most common question new parents ask.Is it a developmental milestone? A regression? Are they getting too much sleep during the day, or not enough? Maybe they’re just hungry. Maybe they’re too hot, or too cold.Well, the truth is that it could be any of those things, and it […]
AKA: PLEASE NAP!In my younger days, I was not a napper. In fact, hated them. I would go down for a nap, be awoken, and feel miserable all day. I never understood why my friends in university would run back to their dorms to get in 30 minutes. Ugh. No thanks.Enter children.I LOVE NAPS. I […]
When I was 21, I was hired at Lonestar Bar and Grill in Kingston, Ontario. Home of my alma mater Queen’s University (woo!), and the best fajitas ever (at the time anyway. I ate a lot of fajitas in University, FYI). Ok, totally off-topic completely BUT all this to say that when you start working […]
This was my first baby’s first Christmas and though I look happy, this is a face of exhaustion. We were on week one of teething, and my lovely girl cried all day and all night. It was horrible. I was going to work looking like a zombie and I felt tired to my core. Smash […]
Trigger Warning–this blog discusses the idea of birth trauma, and a non-descriptive example.Why Your Birth Experience and Sleep Are Connected and What You Can Do About ItWhat’s YOUR birth story?Hey!I like to keep it light up in here. I mean, I’m someone who loves a good wine, a good comedy more than anyone. But lately, […]
Sometimes you set out to sleep train with the best of intentions and things just don’t seem to be adding up! Feel like you’re caught between a rock and a hard place (AKA bed time)? This is the episode for you! Join resident sleep expert Amanda Jewson as she talks with listener Dom about sleep training that hasn’t gone to plan!
I can clearly remember, like most mothers I’m sure, the very moment I gave birth to my first child. I was absolutely buried in feelings of love and gratitude.And then, about ten to fifteen seconds later, I was equally buried in advice, suggestions, and information.This was all thrown at me with the best intentions, but […]
As a professional sleep consultant, I hear the term “regression” used in regards to just about every imaginable circumstance (See my blog post here about just such things). Essentially, if baby doesn’t sleep well for a couple of nights, parents start dropping the ‘R’ word. Some people subscribe to the idea that there’s an eight month regression, […]
UPDATE!Need nap help now? Amanda has finally created a NAP TIME MASTERCLASS! Go here to learn more and join the class! Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar…Your baby wakes up in the morning after a solid night’s sleep. You feed her, change her, play with her for a little bit, take her for a little […]
It’s summer! Time for warm sun, sand, evenings that stretch into late nights and THE EARLIEST WAKING IN THE WORLD BECAUSE YOUR CHILD GETS UP AT 4:45AM. Ahem. Excuse me. I love early wakings…Sound familiar?(Amanda, awake with her first child at the crack of dawn. She looks happy. But she is not)While you may be […]