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New Year’s Sleep Resolutions
It’s that time of year! We are emerging from the post-holiday bliss/exhaustion/food coma and we are turning our sights to the New Year. There is something about the New Year that has us all craving a fresh start. Many of us are thinking about what we want to achieve and how we can improve our…
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How Dads Can Help With Sleep Training: Father’s Day Special Edition
“How can Dads help with sleep training?” is a question my sleep coaching clients ask me A LOT. When baby arrives, Dads oftentimes feel a little left out and like they can’t do much to help. I remember my husband sharing these feelings with me when our boys were newborns. Many Dads want to be…
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Tips For Working Moms Whose Kids Need An Early Bedtime
If you’ve been following us, you probably know that we are FANS of an early bedtime. We work with a lot of working Moms and Dads, so we hear a lot of feedback on this recommendation. The consensus is that working Moms find it difficult to balance healthy sleep habits for their children and their…
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How To Survive the 8 Month Sleep Regression
As a certified child sleep coach, I spend a lot of time talking about the 8 month sleep regression and helping parents through it. I hear this a lot from parents, “my child has never been a good sleeper and I didn’t think sleep could get much worse, but when the 8 month sleep regression…
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Your Child’s Sleep Needs & Ideal Bedtime
As a certified child sleep consultant, I am asked a lot about the best bedtime for babies and children. Right after that is how many hours of slumber children need each day to meet their sleep needs. It makes sense that parents want to make sure that they are providing their children with adequate rest…
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My Adventures In Potty Training
I’m just going to come right out and say it – potty training twin boys was my kryptonite. I would wake up every Saturday morning with gusto and by 10:30 am, I was wondering if it was too early for wine. Literally – ask my husband. Plus, as a child sleep consultant, you can imagine…
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Toddler’s Parental Preference – Why Don’t You Want Me?
Would you believe me if I told you my 2-year-old likes his dad better than me? It’s true even with how cute this picture is! My toddler’s parental preference is all Dad. He behaves better for Dad, calms down faster with him when he’s upset and prefers when Dad does the bedtime routine. I couldn’t…
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Sleeping at Daycare
“I know they won’t be sleeping at daycare.” I remember when my twins were starting daycare. We had always had in home care and I worked from home so I could see them all the time. I was now trusting my heart and soul to someone else and that was scary. What worried me, almost…
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Maternal Mental Health Awareness & Tips
In honor of Maternal Mental Health Week and as Moms ourselves, the Bella Luna team has put together our top maternal mental health tips to help YOU with the postpartum period. As you know or will know soon, having a baby or babies, is the most dramatic and profound change a person will ever experience.…
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How To Survive The 2.5 Year Sleep Regression
You made it through the 2 year sleep regression and you think “it’s smooth sailing from now on. We put all those pesky toddler sleep regressions behind us!” Then your toddler turns 2.5 and the wheels come off the bus again. This has parents asking me “is there a 2.5 year sleep regression?” Short answer.…
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What’s Sleep Training All About?
I see similar posts to the one above on Instagram all the time. I decided I wanted to create my own because I feel like sleep training and prioritizing sleep gets a bad rap. Maybe you are starting your journey to learn about helping your little one to sleep better. Maybe you are asking yourself…
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Maintain Your Child’s Sleep Schedule This Holiday Season
The holiday season is in high gear, calendars are booked up and there is no shortage of fun to be had! Holiday parties, trips to see Santa, Christmas light peeping, holiday shopping and more. All that fun can quickly result in overtired, cranky children and parents too. I don’t know about you, but I prefer…
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