by Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC
“What are you thinking? Haven’t we talked about this before?” My seven-year-old son looked down at the food that had just spilled on the kitchen floor. He stood statue-still, as children often do after an accident. The words and tone I’d used were having their impact. He braced himself to fight [...]
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By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Gentle Baby Care
It’s a biological reality and a tiring facet of new parenthood: babies wake up frequently during the night. Luckily, there are a number of ways that you can help your baby sleep better.
Sleeping Noises
Babies make many noises during the night, and not all of these noises mean they [...]
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by Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution
In their efforts to encourage their baby to sleep better, one approach that many parents use is to put their baby to bed later in the evening. They think, “If he’s “really tired” he’ll sleep better, right?” Wrong! This often backfires because Baby becomes overtired, and chronically [...]
Tags: Baby, bed, bedtime, better, clock, early, more, sleep, working
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