Struggling with a newborn fighting sleep for hours? Learn 12 tricks on how to get a baby to stop fighting sleep — and get the rest you and your baby need! Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links, which means I will earn a commission—at no extra cost to you—if you make a purchase. Never mind that I was beyond exhausted—I knew my newborn was, too. He'd sleep easily in my arms, but would cry the second I put him down in the crib. I tried changing his diapers, walking him around the house, snuggling with him in bed—nothing seemed to convince him that it was time to sleep. Even as … [Read more...]
How to Get Things Done — Even with a Needy Toddler
Wondering how to get things done with a toddler, especially when he's needy (and stuff is piling up)? Organize your days with these 5 effective tips. Are you finding it impossible to get anything done with your toddler around? You're at your wit's end, unable to accomplish much with your two-year-old awake. You end up doing most of the things you need to do after he's already in bed, which means you're dragging yourself the next day from having stayed up the previous night. Whether it's laundry, grocery shopping, or even decluttering your home, you can't get anything done when your … [Read more...]
Want to Practice Minimalism with Kids? Focus on These 3 Key Areas
Want to practice minimalism with kids, even with a large family? The best way is to start with these three key areas, guaranteed to keep your home—and life—clutter-free. By: Rachael Robison I’m not sure of the exact moment I lost it. Maybe I had stepped on yet another Lego, or possibly it was the sound of a toy with no off-switch and just two volume settings: loud, and ear-splittingly loud. I had three children under the age of five and so, unsurprisingly, toys were everywhere. Regardless of which specific toy it was, I was done. I literally broke down in tears because the toys were … [Read more...]
How to Get Your Baby to Adjust Using a Newborn Schedule
Want to create daily consistency with your baby? Discover how a newborn schedule based on babies' rhythms, feedings, and sleep can help them adjust to life outside the womb. As any new mom can tell you, babies do things on their own terms. Forget long stretches of sleep—they'll gladly sleep in spurts, waking up periodically to eat. Peeing and pooping happen at all hours, no matter how inconvenient to clean. And days and nights are mixed together, with no structure in place. Unfortunately for any sleep-deprived, exasperated parent, this is all normal, and for so many reasons. Babies … [Read more...]
7 Simple (But Genius!) Ways to Stop Diaper Change Tantrums
Does your toddler throw diaper change tantrums? Learn what to do when your 2 year old fights diaper changes with these 7 simple—but genius—techniques. The diaper change tantrum—for any toddler mom who's already had it with diaper changes, adding tantrums to the mix is often a challenge. My kids would cry, kick, hit, and do anything they could to get away from changing their diapers. Sometimes they even seemed scared to have their diapers changed. And when you're trying to change a poop diaper, that often means an instant mess on your hands (literally and figuratively). I'd find myself … [Read more...]
Need a Toddler Schedule? 15 Examples That Will Actually Make Life Easier
The toddler schedule. This is often the first place we look to when the kids are throwing us off. Maybe your child has been refusing naps or taking a long time to fall asleep. Or perhaps her behavior since the new baby arrived hasn't improved, but grown worse. Your child could also be starting preschool in a few months, prompting you to start her on a toddler schedule before then. Or maybe you've been struggling to find things to do now that your little one is a toddler. And still yet, you might be looking for a toddler schedule that doesn't leave her overtired come bedtime after a long, … [Read more...]
How to Get Through the 2 Year Old Sleep Regression
My toddler had been the perfect sleeper... until the dreaded 2 year old sleep regression. He'd go to sleep as he usually would, but in the middle of the night, would get out of bed, run to the door, and cry hysterically until I opened the door. But my going into their room only seemed to aggravate him even more, resulting in further kicking, screaming, even slapping. Other times, bedtime would already begin with terrible tantrums, and he'd refuse to go to bed. Any attempt to get him to sleep would be met with even more kicking and screaming. This seemed so unlike him—I had never seen him … [Read more...]
One Easy Hack to Help Your Baby Sleep Longer at Night
Want to help your baby sleep longer? Learn 3 ways to dreamfeed your baby and the best tips to make dreamfeeding work for you and your family. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of MomCozy. All content and opinions expressed are my own. It's the sound every exhausted parent dreads: the cry of her baby at night. Maybe you'd just gone through your entire bedtime routine only for the baby to cry soon after. Or perhaps she wakes up in the middle of the night, expecting to be fed (never mind that you had just fed her). Your baby could even be sleeping in shorter and shorter cycles … [Read more...]
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