Get kids to sleep on Halloween
Halloween comes once a year presenting challenges of how to get the kids to sleep at the end of an exciting evening. It’s not just the sugar from trick-or-treat candy that doesn’t help get the kids to sleep on Halloween. You know what it’s like when the kids don’t...
How to sleep when the sun is shining
In the northern hemisphere, it’s solstice. We’re experiencing our longest days of the year. The sun shining way past bedtime makes sleep a challenge. How the heck do we get some sleep during this season? A more important question is this: how do we get the kids to...
Bedtime routine essentials according to experts
A consistent bedtime routine is essential for restorative sleep according to experts. What exactly does that mean? What are the essentials when it comes to a successful bedtime routine? Sleep medicine specialist and expert Dr. Robert Rosenberg of Answers for Sleep,...
Epiphany
Epiphany – flash – insight – discovery – aha! It didn’t take a lightning bolt aha! to tell me my kid needed a nap. It was Sunday, January 8th. She was 14 months old. She was pulling her ear, rubbing her eyes and you could not hear the bishop recite the liturgy of...