Bedtime Matters
Bedtime Curtain Calls
The bedtime curtain call is not the time for applause. The bedtime curtain call is the time to set up bedtime boundaries. There is nothing charming about them. What is a "curtain call"? It's when your child gets out of bed again and again after you've done your best...
Get Your Sleep On!
The first Facebook private message with a link to this New York Times article had me intrigued. The second and third messages with links to the same article, had me grateful that my friends are thinking of Sleepytime Club's mission. But when I received a text from one...
Best Bedtime Routine for Sleep
The cornerstone of sleep in in your bedtime routine. But you knew that! Yet it's so easy to get overwhelmed and question what we're doing at bedtime. Is it the best bedtime routine for us? One that nurtures sleep? Did you know... Studies conclude that children...
EFT Tapping for Sleep
My friend Lani Muelrath first introduced me to EFT tapping in early October 2001. It's only been in the last 4 years or so that I've incorporated it as a "plus" for sleep. Lani had traveled from California to teach a wellness retreat at Wainwright House, just 35...
What “The Sound of Music” Can Teach Us About Sleep
Who knew that The Sound of Music had something to teach us about sleep? Problem: You know you have to get the kids to sleep. Or else...the few precious hours you have for yourself tonight will be lost, tomorrow could be horrific because of a cranky sleep-deprived...
Parenting Priority Tonight: Bedtime
Sleep and Vacation
Whenever I’m on vacation, I lose sleep over these two things: • If I sleep to get back in sync with the local time, I miss the local vacation experience. • If I force myself to stay awake and not sleep, I’m bad company PLUS miss the local vacation experience....
Bedtime Rituals: Training for Sleep
Who would have thought that we’d have to go into “training” for a good night’s sleep? But in the twenty-first Century, when we are overwhelmed with electronics and subtle, incessant stressors, sleep is one of those necessities for which we have to go into training....
Managing Bedtime Curtain Calls
There’s nothing charming about bedtime curtain calls. Not for parents. Not for caregivers. When bedtime curtain calls begin, they’re not an opportunity for a parent to applaud a child for a job well done, or for some spontaneous expression of that child’s unique...