The holidays have officially kicked off! Around this time of year, I get a lot of people reaching out about how to keep sleep on track while traveling. Well, you’ve landed on the right blog! Not only do I offer customized travel plans, but I want to give you tips and... My mentor, Dana Obleman, founder of the Sleep Sense program www.SleepSense.net, taught me that a boundary is only a boundary if it is followed 100% of the time. Wow, mind blown! As a mother of four, this is really hard to follow. Honestly, I’ve reflected on this often... It is time to “spring forward” the clocks. This can be a dreaded time for parents of young children because they are forced to make an adjustment that does not come easy. Children are typically more structured in their bed times and wake up around the same time each... Bringing a new baby into the house is a glorious, exciting, terrifying occasion, especially when you have one or two already, and it can bring up a whole lot of questions. How are the older children going to react to their new sibling? Are they going to embrace the... Daylight Savings is coming to an end—every parent’s favorite time of the year, bringing sleep disruption and crankiness right along with it. Here are my top tips to make the transition as smooth and seamless as possible. Ignore It on Night 1: Your best bet on night... Bringing up a baby, and I don’t imagine I’m saying anything too controversial here, is some seriously, seriously hard work. Think of the hours, the commitment needed, the ambiguity of information, the stakes involved, and the endless, ever-evolving challenges that... 