respectful parenting

Reducing stress: Find your self-love, Mama!

Reducing stress: Find your self-love, Mama!

As a sleep coach, I talk to new moms all the time with their own mom in attendance.  And Grandma will often remark "I don't know why babies don't sleep these days.  In my day, we just put them in the crib and walked away and they slept".  Well, yes.  Right there folks- I just gave my baby space to learn and she did it on her own.  Sleep used to be, like many things about parenting, different 20+ years ago. 

One Mom's Truth -"What it's really like to work with a Sleep Consultant"

One Mom's Truth -"What it's really like to work with a Sleep Consultant"

A must read for any parent wanting the truth about infant sleep training. The whole truth...
A brave and honest mama describes the good, the bad and the ugly of hiring a sleep coach and teaching your baby to sleep. 

Should I ignore my baby's cries?

Should I ignore my baby's cries?

This week a great friend of mine, admitted that as much as she supports me and how I help families, that she's of the camp that believes we shouldn't ignore the cries of our babies to "sleep train" and today I want to share my response.  It might not be what you'd expect from a sleep consultant!