The big day is here! All the planning, preparing, shopping and wrapping are <close to being> done and it is time to enjoy the holiday spirit with the people we love! As a new parent or a parent with little ones, it can be a little confusing to figure out how to enjoy your family… [Read More]
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… [Read More]
Sleep & Five Positive Parenting Tools
. Maybe your family is like ours. We require sleep to live a happy, relatively harmonious life. We don’t buy into this “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” mentality or accept that not sleeping is normal for children or adults. I need sleep to be the type of Mom I want to be and to be… [Read More]
Top Tips for Working Moms to Balance Healthy Sleep Habits
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… [Read More]
Top Tips From a Sleep Consultant – Welcome Renee!
Hi! I’m Renee. I am so excited to join the Bella Luna Sleep Team as a certified child sleep consultant and to share my top tips with you! My sleep story My journey to becoming a sleep consultant began in late 2015. A year prior, my twin girls were born, 6 ½ weeks before… [Read More]
Top Tips to Help Your Children Share a Room
Many families come to me looking for tips on how to help their children share a room without bedtime, nights and naps turning into a three-ring circus! As a mother to twins and a certified child sleep consultant, I can 100% understand the fears and concerns that come with children sharing a room. In some… [Read More]
Successfully Transitioning from a Crib to a Bed
As a child sleep consultant, I coach parents through successfully transitioning their children from a crib to a bed all the time. As I am in the process of transitioning my own twins, now seems like a perfect opportunity to share some… [Read More]
White noise for my baby or toddler?
“Should I use white noise for my baby or toddler?” is one question that I get a lot as a child sleep consultant. You probably stumbled upon this page by asking Google the same question! The short answer? YES! Now, you ask, “Why?” Let me break down the reasons why below, but first let’s answer… [Read More]
The Importance of Bedtime Stories as Part of a Soothing Routine
Today on the Bella Luna Sleep Blog, we are welcoming Stephanie Brusseau of Usborne Books & More to help us understand the important of bedtime stories and answer the question “why should I read bedtime stories to my children as part of their soothing routine?” Stephanie is also a twin Mom to 2-year-old boy… [Read More]
Determining the Best Bedtime and How Much Sleep Your Child Needs
As a certified child sleep consultant, I am asked a lot about the best bedtime for babies and children; as well as how much sleep 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 – SLEEP IS… [Read More]
