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What to Do When Your Toddler Wakes Up Every Night

Dec 28, 2021

It's hard when your toddler wakes up every night crying and not going back to sleep. Learn how to help him stop waking up and sleep all night. You forget how good you have it until your child starts waking up in the middle of the night again. You get used to sleeping eight hours of sleep without interruption. But when your toddler wakes up every night, the sleep deprivation kicks in. It can feel like the newborn stage all over again, as if you were up feeding and changing diapers and not getting enough sleep. Maybe he had never been a good sleeper and still struggles with sleeping … [Read more...]

How to Help Your Sad Child Handle Their Feelings

Development

Dec 26, 2021

Wondering how to help your sad child feel less overwhelmed with her feelings and emotions? Learn how to address her sadness in a healthy way. While kids are born with the ability to feel emotions, they can't express them verbally or as clearly as we do. We end up with tantrums, confusing behavior, or kids who refuse to talk or communicate because that's all they know how to express these feelings. This is true even for a sad child overwhelmed with how she feels. Maybe she lost a toy, fought with a friend, or watched a sad movie. She did something wrong, didn't get to do what she … [Read more...]

How to Get Baby to Sleep Longer Stretches at Night

Newborn

Dec 20, 2021

Does your newborn only sleep one hour at a time at night? Learn how to get baby to sleep longer stretches at night between feedings! Even though you know that newborn sleep is erratic, you're struggling with your baby's inconsistent patterns. On some rare nights, he'll eat every three hours like clockwork, giving you a few stretches of decent sleep. But other times, you can't get him to sleep until midnight, and the whole family is exhausted. Despite all your preparation, the lack of nighttime sleep is starting to wear on you. It doesn't help when you hear about other babies the same … [Read more...]

How to Deal with a Child That Cries Over Everything

Behavior

Dec 19, 2021

Wondering how to deal with a child that cries over everything? These 7 phrases will guide your overly sensitive child through this stage. The blanket that isn't set exactly the way she wants. The artwork that got bent along the corner. A sibling playing with the toy she wanted to play with. Let's not forget the stuffed animal that wasn't where she left it, the finished cookie, or the sandwich cut the wrong way. These are just some of the things my kids have cried easily about, enough to drive me crazy. In short, they cry about anything that isn't exactly their way. Sure, it helps that … [Read more...]

How to Stop Preschool Behavior Problems

Behavior

Dec 16, 2021

Overwhelmed with your child's preschool behavior problems that are out of control and getting worse? Find out what is normal and what to do. Hearing that your child has been behaving poorly at preschool can come as a shock for many moms, especially when we don't see it at home. Maybe your child's teacher reported that he's been hitting, kicking, and pushing other kids during play time. Or that he refuses to follow directions and can't seem to sit still like the others do. He doesn't know how to control his anger when he doesn't get his way. He might even yell at nap time to wake the … [Read more...]

Children’s Books about Climate Change

Children's Books

Dec 13, 2021

Want books with environmental themes for kids? Check out these children's books about climate change, from read alouds to middle school. I'll be the first to admit that, until a few years ago, I would tune out headlines about climate change. Not that I was in denial of the plight of polar bears and monarch butterflies, or that I didn't believe that rising seas would engulf communities. I also did my part, from recycling to shopping at the farmers market. But hearing dreadful news made me feel anxious about how life would be different within my lifetime if nothing changes, not to … [Read more...]

How to Get an Overtired Newborn to Sleep

Newborn

Dec 12, 2021

Need to know how to get an overtired newborn to sleep? Here’s how to break the cycle and get your baby back to sleep, without crying it out. The 10- to 20-minute sleep cycles were killing me. My newborn was having a hard time falling and staying asleep, squirming and crying within minutes of putting him down in the crib or bassinet. I knew he was clean and fed, and couldn't think of what else might be causing him to keep waking up. It didn't help that he'd calm down and fall asleep as soon as I picked him up. But I couldn't lay around all day with him in my arms for hours. I could … [Read more...]

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