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The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation and Melatonin Use in Kids

*02/15/2013 update at bottom of post *09/06/2013 update at bottom of post Sleep deprivation is a common complaint around here (especially at our Facebook group). High need babies tend to have trouble

Try To Stress Less Super Mommy

Let’s face it, being a new mom or a second or third time mom is a huge life change. No matter how experienced you are or no matter how many books you have read or schedules you have created, it is not

The Aftermath of Colic: Are You ‘Over It’?

My kids, both former colicky babies, are now 12 and 10. In one way, colic is just a “thing” that happened over a decade ago. And yet, I believe that for many of us, colic stays with us in

…Then I Guess I’m a Bad Parent

Maybe it’s because I had fussy babies, and anything that worked was worth doing. Or maybe I’m missing the gene that is supposed to make me care about what other people think, but when it comes to

We Are Individuals – And We Happen to Parent

On many occasions I’ve read, in this blog and in other spaces, about how mothers of fussy or colicky babies often feel like frauds. They fear that they are the cause of their child’s fussiness or that

The 9 Causes of Colic, Fussiness, High Need Behaviour and the Spirited Temperament

*Please note: This entire post is TONGUE IN CHEEK. I figured I better state that up front before I receive any more hate mail 😉 Great news! Having run The Fussy Baby Site for 5 years, I’ve had

The Green Eyed Monster

I had two disagreeable newborns. Neither were the kind of babies who could nap anywhere or go anywhere or be amenable to whatever situation they found themselves in. They hated the car, they hated being

Why It’s Not “Just” Colic or Fussiness

I loved Sophie’s last post on how parents of fussy, colicky or high need kids are part of an exclusive club. Without having thought of it in those terms before, that’s exactly what it’s like: The

Learning Curve

There is a huge learning curve in becoming a parent. There is an even bigger, steeper curve in learning how to parent a fussy or high-needs baby. I am still in awe of how much my life has changed. I lost

The Truth About Parenting

Last month my post encouraged mothers (and fathers) to recognize when it was time to come out of the bunker mode, the take it one day at a time – we’ll get through this mode, and start to think

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