Do Sleep Consultant’s Kids Sleep Well? The short answer is likely NOT. For at least one of our children we likely really struggled with sleep. Especially for the world of truly gentle sleep support like mine, no one gets what you are going through more than us. It was our daughter who had me scour […]
The Truth About Self-Care…You Matter!
This post is about self-care. About the realization that when it comes to self-care, wondering whether something is “worth it” can differ from person to person. Let me explain. I reached a major personal ah-hah moment when attempting to decide whether using up my much awaited Mother’s Day gift (worth $75 for hanging around in […]
#1 Hack for the Early Crawling, Climbing, & Cruising Days
There are many difficult stages while your baby is learning to navigate the world around them. One moment you are throwing your hands in the air, giddy, cheering them on for their new attempts, and the next you are consoling them over a new bonk from a failed attempt. Learning to fall and to brush […]
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day!! Happy Father’s Day to all of the fathers and fathers to be out there. I hate to stereotype any relationship, and am so lucky to be close with both of my parents, but I certainly fall in the often spoken realm of “daddy’s little girl”. I know there are many people who […]
Finding Balance: When it comes to your child’s sleep, prioritize yourself too
I wrote a guest post recently for Mimijumi after connecting with them to thank them, as with them I finally found a bottle my son would take that allowed me to seamlessly switch from breastfeeding the majority of the time to the odd bottle of pumped milk. They actually featured a sweet and honest photo […]
The Dreaded Spring Forward and Your Kid’s Sleep: 4 Simple Ways to Prep and Cope
Moving the clocks in either direction is all the rage among parents the week leading up to it, everyone sharing ideas on how they will cope. Some are over the moon about Spring Forward as they have early risers who will now sleep in an extra hour. Others whose kids have naturally later bedtimes are […]
Parenting Dilemma of our Generation: Unplugging from our phone.
I am getting fairly personal here, but hey that often makes for a good read doesn’t it. We tend to only post the magical moments online that would have it appear that family life is always easy and perfection, and that’s why I am ok posting this publicly. I believe in honest portrayals of our […]
Why I Miss my Kids as Soon as they Drift Off to Sleep
Its almost 8:45 pm and I hear Grant exiting Hannah’s room. My heart is happy to know that she would have drifted off to sleep a while ago, and is now likely dreaming of some wild paw patrol adventure we will re-enact tomorrow. Then a funny song she was singing this evening pops into my head. […]
Two months in: Tongue Tie – Little Mouth, Big Decision!
I promised myself I would try to write short and sweet blog posts, as I can’t even find the time or muster up the attention span to read anything lengthy, even on my favourite parenting topics. So for this post I will stick to one topic that has pretty much been our focus for the […]
The first three weeks postpartum. My top ten topics!
Our first three weeks together have been wonderful! Of course not without sore nipples and re-adjusting to less consolidated sleep, but there is something spectacular about the confidence we hold in round 2 that allows us to go straight to the things that we know work for us without worrying quite so much. The early […]