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Sometimes It’s About the Less-Bad Option
I keep trying to write this post, and keep deleting it. In fact, I started to write this post over a year ago. This time I’m determined to actually publish it! Here’s why: This post is about….sleep training (gasp!). People are so incredibly polarized on this issue, and I can completely understand why. I get [...]
4 All-Natural Teething Remedies
I’ll admit it. When my kids were teething, I went straight for the Tylenol. Maybe I should have been more hesitant when it came to giving medication*, but I figured both my babies were fussy at the best of times, and I was shooting for instant gratification (well, instant relief). But I know many of [...]
A Conversation on Perinatal Imprinting
Aside from the medical and developmental scales we use to understand babies, there is a language we can learn that lets us decode exactly what babies are telling us. They have a stealth language that is designed to draw us in so that we listen very closely to what words and thoughts fail to do. [...]
Get Your Baby Sleeping Through the Night….By The End of the Week!
Do any of the following sound familiar? Your little one: Seems unable to soothe himself to sleep: This means that up until now, you may have needed to rock, nurse, pat, or swing your baby to sleep. Takes short naps: When you do manage to get her to nap, she wakes up after 20-45 minutes and won’t [...]
When Do High Need Babies Get Easier?
Unfortunately there’s no ‘one size fits all’ answer to this question, but there are some definite patterns. I know when your baby is up yet again partying at 3am, or your toddler is having his 3rd (or 5th, or 10th) tantrum of the day, you need some good news to hold onto. So I thought [...]
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The Great Jacket Fiasco [Video]
I thought I’d share this little diddy from when Sammy was about 3 years old. I was trying to get him into the routine of hanging his jacket up on his hook every time we came in from being outside. I was determined that this wasn’t too much to ask of him, and I told [...]
Ann’s Story: Not What I Expected
My husband I decided we were open to the idea of having a child of our own after a trip to the Shedd Aquarium with our three year old niece. She had a wonderful time looking at the fish, waited patiently in every single line, and ate primly at the Aquarium’s cafeteria. Not even a [...]
Melissa’s Story: A High Need Baby After Infertility
My husband and I turned to a fertility specialist in order to conceive our daughter. It was a heartbreaking time when all I wanted was to get pregnant and I just couldn’t. Finally, though, we conceived. My husband and I were thrilled. At last, we would be having a baby! I borrowed my sister’s What [...]
4 Bits of Advice for Parents of High Need Babies
Baby books and websites will often give you tips for making life with your baby easier and less stressful. These tips may include: ‘Get your baby into a good routine as early as possible’, ‘Put your baby to bed drowsy but not asleep’, ‘If your baby is fussy, it’s probably because of gas’, and ‘Be [...]
