It’s tough to have an anxious kid. Watching your child struggle with imagined fears on a day-to-day basis can be heartbreaking, because it makes you feel helpless as a parent. You wish you could just climb inside their head, erase all the things that are troubling them and make them understand that they really are going to be okay. Every … Read More
How To Get Kids Who Share A Room To Go To Bed – Q&A With Dana
How do you get kids who share a room to stop playing and talking when it’s time to go to bed? That is the topic of today’s video chat! Also, if you’re looking for a complete, step-by-step guide that will help you get your baby or toddler sleeping straight through the night check out The Sleep Sense Program.
Should You Ever Wake a Sleeping Baby?
As with all parenting issues, there’s lots of contradictory information floating around out there about whether you should wake a sleeping baby. Some people believe in just letting babies sleep whenever they want for as long as they want, and some believe in trying to control their baby’s sleeping patterns by waking them from naps at specific times in order … Read More
Please Don’t Say Your Kids are Your Whole World
I’m sorry, but when parents say their children are their whole world, I honestly throw up in my mouth a little bit. Because really!? Your whole world? You have nothing else going on in your life that pleases or excites you? It’s a given that parents love their kids. Of course we do. We will never feel the kind of … Read More
The 5 Easiest Ways To Stop A Toddler’s Tantrum
Ok, I know every single one of you parents of toddlers has had to experience the volcanic explosion of an angry child. Tantrums can come from seemingly out of nowhere: their socks are too tight, the oatmeal is too squishy, the TV stopped playing Frozen when it was over. The good news? You’re all in this together. Tantrums are totally … Read More
Fussy Eater? Here’s The One Thing You Should NEVER Say…
Having a fussy eater is no fun. How many of you parents out there feel like you spend half your life in the kitchen taking orders like a cook in a busy diner? This one wants eggs for breakfast, but only scrambled, and the other one only eats hard boiled. One kid wants you to take all the strawberry bits … Read More
Is Your Baby Not Napping Well at Daycare?
What do you do when your baby is not napping well at daycare or with a babysitter? Dana answers how to handle this situation in today’s video chat. If you’re looking for a more in-depth, step-by-step plan designed to get your child sleeping 11 – 12 hours straight through the night, check out The Sleep Sense Program. Click here to learn … Read More
Are You Making This Mistake When Your Baby Wakes At Night?
As mothers, we are hardwired to respond when we hear our babies crying. We all know that terrible feeling of guilt when we have to leave our screaming, wailing child at daycare or the helplessness we feel when she cries for hours with teething pain. Every cell in our body wants to make that pain or sadness go away, and … Read More
Three ways to help your child make friends.
Nothing breaks your heart more than having your child come home from school and say, “Nobody likes me.” The thought of your child sitting alone on the swings during lunch, or walking solo around the playground with her juice box and animal crackers is enough to make you want to go down to the school and bribe some kids to … Read More
How To Keep Your Child From Waking Up At The Crack Of Dawn
Does your child wake up as soon as it is light out? Do you want your child to sleep longer? I have some tips that can help you with this in today’s video below! And, if you’re looking for a complete, step-by-step guide that will explains exactly how to get your child sleeping straight through the night, check out The … Read More