Sleep & Mental Wellness
Let me paint you a picture: It's 2 AM, you're running on three hours of sleep spread across five days, your baby has been crying for what feels like seventeen hours straight, and you're bouncing them while scrolling through your phone trying to figure
Sleep & Mental Wellness
I remember sitting in that sterile pediatrician's office at my daughter's two-week checkup, nodding along as the doctor recited the safe sleep guidelines. "Never co-sleep," she said firmly. "Always put baby back in their crib." What I didn't tell her?
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Let me tell you something that'll probably ruffle some feathers in the sleep coaching world... I was once that desperate parent googling "baby sleep help" at 3 AM, eyes burning from exhaustion, ready to throw money at anyone who promised my kid would magically start sleeping
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I'm writing this at 2:47 AM while my 18-month-old practices what I can only describe as "crib gymnastics" in the next room. The irony isn't lost on me that I'm about to dissect the sleep coaching industry while being the poster
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Picture this: It's 3 AM, you're bouncing a crying baby while scrolling through conflicting sleep advice on your phone. One expert says "never let them cry," another insists "consistency is key," and somewhere in between, you're wondering why your kid
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Picture this: It's 3 AM and you're googling "is my baby nocturnal" while your perfectly healthy newborn stares at you like you just told them the most fascinating story ever. Meanwhile, you haven't slept more than 2 hours straight in weeks and
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Oh no. OH NO. You just realized Daylight Saving Time is this Sunday and you haven't done ANY of the prep work you keep seeing all over Pinterest and parenting blogs. Your kids are going to be absolute disasters. You're the worst parent ever. Time to
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Picture this: your sweet little sleeper who used to go down like a dream suddenly acts like their crib is made of lava. Welcome to month four, where everything you thought you knew about your baby's sleep gets tossed out the window at 3 AM. If you'
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It's 3:47 AM and I'm holding my second baby, wondering if I've somehow broken the fundamental laws of infant sleep. Again. My phone screen burns my retinas as I frantically Google "why won't my 6-week-old sleep longer than 45 minutes&
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Three months in, I was losing my mind. My twins, Emma and Jake, had turned our house into some kind of 24/7 baby casino – all lights, all noise, all chaos, all the time. I'd downloaded every sleep app, bought blackout curtains that cost more than my first
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Picture this: It's 2:47 AM and you're googling "is my baby broken" for the third time this week. Half the internet tells you to let them cry it out like some kind of baby boot camp, while the other half makes you feel
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Last Tuesday, my three-year-old peed on my kitchen floor. Not near the bathroom. Not even close to her little potty. Right there between the refrigerator and the island, while maintaining perfect eye contact with me. And you know what? I wasn't even mad. Six months ago, that would&
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Let me start with a confession: I was terrified of swaddling my first baby. I know, I know. It seems ridiculous now. But between the conflicting advice from my mother-in-law ("We never did that in my day!"), the scary articles about SIDS, and watching my husband wrap our
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I'll never forget the day my middle child looked me dead in the eye, crossed his arms, and declared, "I'm NEVER using the potty, Mommy!" He was two and a half, I was eight months pregnant, and honestly? I wanted to cry right there
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So there you are, practically ready to throw yourself a parade because little Emma has been using the potty like a champ for two whole months. You've already started eyeing the diaper aisle with the smug satisfaction of someone who's graduated from that particular circle of
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The Great Sleep Method Circus: Why I'm Done with Labels Let me paint you a picture. It's 2 AM, I'm googling "gentle sleep training" for the hundredth time this week, and my 8-month-old is treating his crib like it's made