December 10, 2019

3 Steps to Resolving Night Terrors

Night Terrors

Distress, yelling, screaming, thrashing, and not receiving comfort? If these words describe episodes that your child is experiencing soon after falling asleep at bedtime, your child is likely experiencing what’s known as a night terror. What are night terrors? Night terrors are considered a parasomnia-a disorder characterized by the abnormal or unusual behavior of the […]

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May 3, 2019

Effects of Tongue Tie on the Sleeping Baby

So your baby has a tongue tie. The significance of tongue tie on sleep is two-fold. First, the baby has limited tongue mobility due to tightness in the frenulum, so instead of being able to breastfeed for long sessions, the eat in shorter bursts. Therefore, they are hungry more often. The baby may want to […]

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#baby is still hungry #Breastfeeding #click sound during nursing #feeding difficulty #fussy baby #gassy baby #lip tie #low milk transfer #low weight gain #newborn #nipple pain #Nursing #nursing all of the time #nursing pain #short frequent feeds #sleep #Tougue tie

July 30, 2018

“Mommy, I had a bad dream” – Resolving Bedtime Scares

Resolving Nighttime Bedtime Scares

Does your little one experience fears at bedtime or wake with nightmares? Try these approaches to resolve those night-time scares. Before we get into techniques to resolution approaches, let us delve into an understanding of why these approaches work and why I suggest them. Fear, anxiety, and depression are fueled by one part of the […]

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#Bedtime #Circadian Rhythm #nightmare #Self-Regulation

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