There are strategies, we, as parents can do that will help set our children up for the most restorative and healthy sleep they can achieve. Respecting our children’s sleep needs, keeping our child on an age-appropriate sleep schedule, and creating an ideal sleep environment are my top 3. Today I am going to explain what an ideal sleep environment should look like. Enjoy!

The same sleep principles apply to multiples as they do singletons. The key is getting multiples onto the same feeding and sleeping schedule. I will be referring to twins throughout this post but the exact same rules apply to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, John and Kate plus 8….wait I mean Kate plus 8. Anyways, you know what I mean….

All too often I see parents switch their two year old child to a Big Kid’s Bed in order to free the crib up for the arrival of a new baby. Getting up throughout the night to care for your newborn is exhausting enough and the last thing a new mom needs is to be having to get up, even more frequently to walk her toddler back to bed!

I realize, first hand, how different camping with kids is compared to camping without kids. Camping with children requires planning, patience and realistic expectations (and a cooler full of booze!!).

You hear your babe. You look at the monitor. She’s sitting up. Wide awake. You look at the daunting time on the clock…..5:00 AM. “and it begins again…” you say to yourself.

There’s conflicting information floating around out there on the web regarding white noise. Some say that white noise helps babies and infants fall asleep and sleep more soundly, while others say that it is damaging to the child’s hearing. Well folks, let’s get to the nitty-gritty on this one….

Springtime, my most favourite time of the year! Grass starts growing, windows get opened, birds are chirping, the sun stays out longer, calves are born, our gravel roads turn into mud pits, and car washes make millions! It’s a beautiful sign that we are done with the long cold winters we experience in Northern Alberta, and warm weather is imminent.

We hear it all the time. The 4 month sleep regression. Parents are often baffled at the fact that their child slept wonderfully from birth until 4 months and then it seems that it has turned into a train wreck. Baby will begin waking from naps after 30-50 minutes, staying awake for longer periods during the day and is likely to experience more night wakings. There is a biological reason for all of this.