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How to Get Things Done With a High Need Baby or Toddler

High need babies and toddlers are notorious for needing lots of help to stay entertained. When my (not as high need) daughter was a baby, she could sit for up to an hour quietly looking at books. Sammy?

Tami’s Story: Colic and Postpartum Depression

When McKenna was born in January of 2003, I didn’t realize that my whole world was about to change. I was aware that having a baby changes your life; after all, I already had a 10 year old son. But from

Sleep Tips for High Need Kids

By Rebecca Michi, Infant Sleep Consultant When we have a baby we know we’ll be tired, we’ll be getting up a few times a night to feed. But having a high need infant is very different. There can be

Top Websites for Colic

If you’re at all like me, you head straight for your computer when you have a problem. When Sammy was a newborn, we scoured the Internet for information related to colic, fussiness, and crying.

Ashley’s Story: A Fussy Baby & Postpartum Depression

Haylie was born in April 2009 and nothing about it was easy. I had gestational hypertension, so at 38 weeks they decided to induce me. 48 hours later, I wouldn’t dilate past 9cm and they decided

My Plea to Pediatric Health Care Professionals

My husband dared me to write this post, so if you are offended by it, blame him. Well, actually he dared me to title this post Breastfeeding Nazis, but I didn’t quite have the guts to do that. Let

Shocking Research on Infant Colic

An article was published this week on the psychology of infant colic. The results may come as a shock to you, but this scholarly review of the current research indicated that colic still sucks. I am paraphrasing

Just the Way He Is

When Sam was 4 months old, I remember writing a blog post titled Just the Way He Is on my now-defunct blog. The magical 12-16 week mark had passed, and yet the crying and fussing continued. We had been

Cheril’s Story: A Fussy Baby & Sleep Issues

Our firstborn, Adrian, was born after a long, hard labor. Latching was a difficult process that took over a month to develop; I used a shield to help him to latch for feeding time for a month. We tried

Sleep Training A High Need Baby

Recently a mom on our Facebook page asked about sleep training her high need 5 month old son. She wrote: We have a 5mth old. He has needed to be bounced to sleep, but has now gotten to heavy for me to