Sleep & Mental Wellness
Look, I'm gonna be straight with you. When my second kid arrived, I thought I had this whole parenting thing figured out. I mean, how hard could it be? I'd already survived the newborn stage once, right? Wrong. So very, painfully wrong. Three weeks after bringing
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Picture this: It's 3 AM, your back is screaming from yet another night of a 30-pound toddler using you as a human mattress, and you're googling "is it legal to sell my child on eBay?" (Kidding! Mostly.) If you're reading this with
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Let me paint you a picture: It's 2 PM, you've spent 20 minutes getting your baby down for what you HOPE will be a glorious 2-hour nap. You tiptoe out of the room, maybe even do a little victory dance in the hallway. You settle down
Sleep & Mental Wellness
I remember the night I found my 13-month-old daughter sitting in her crib at 2:47am, not crying, not fussing... just sitting there like she was waiting for a bus. When I peeked in, she looked at me with this expression that basically said, "Oh hey mom, fancy seeing
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Let me paint you a picture: It's 3 AM, I'm standing in my kitchen in yesterday's pajamas (okay, maybe the day before yesterday's), holding my screaming newborn who has somehow Houdini'd his way out of yet another "foolproof"
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Let me guess – you're reading this at 2 AM while your little one's fingers are tangled in your hair for the third time tonight? Or maybe you're hiding in the bathroom, desperately googling "how to stop toddler hair twirling" because you'
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Look, I'm gonna be real with you from the start. If you're reading this at 2 AM while your baby screams in the next room and you're googling "is it normal for babies to throw up from crying" - I see you.
Sleep & Mental Wellness
Okay, real talk time. I'm about to commit sleep consultant heresy, but someone needs to say it: all those rigid rules about baby sleep? Most of them are complete garbage. I know, I know. You're probably thinking "But Maya, what about the lovey advice? What
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I used to think good parenting meant never letting my kids see me cry. Spoiler alert: I was spectacularly wrong. Last week, my 4-year-old found me having a small breakdown in the kitchen over burnt dinner and my impossible work deadline. Instead of trauma-dumping on her (because boundaries, people), I
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Let me paint you a picture. It's 3 AM, you're stumbling to your baby's room for the fourth time tonight, and there it is—that tiny pacifier lying just out of reach while your little one cries like the world is ending. Sound familiar?
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I'll be honest with you—I stumbled into reading routines not because I'm some amazing, organized parent, but because I was completely losing my mind. It was March 2021, my 4-year-old had asked "why" approximately 847 times that morning, my toddler was in full
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Look, I'm gonna be real with you. Three years ago, I was that mom who'd fall asleep standing up at my kid's soccer practice. I'd chug coffee like it was water and wonder why I felt like I was aging in dog
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I remember standing in my kitchen at 3 AM, holding a screaming baby while my other twin slept fitfully in the bassinet, thinking I might actually lose my mind. Not in the cute, "oh motherhood is hard but so worth it" way that Instagram posts suggest. I mean
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The Parent Sleep Paradox: When Baby Sleeps But You Still Can't It's 3:47 AM and I'm lying in bed, wide awake, listening to... nothing. Complete, blissful silence from the baby monitor. My 8-month-old daughter finally learned to sleep through the night three weeks
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The Chaos Chronicles: What Really Happens When You Sleep Train Two Kids Simultaneously Picture this: It's 8:47 PM. Your 18-month-old is screaming bloody murder in the crib while your 3-year-old is doing interpretive dance instead of staying in bed. You're standing in the hallway wondering
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Let me paint you a picture. It's 2:47 PM on a Tuesday. Your baby has been awake for exactly 2 hours and 13 minutes (yes, you're counting because some sleep expert told you to). You've dimmed the lights, played the white noise, done