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Everything You Ever Hoped to Know About Swaddle Blankets

Alexis — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:28 +0000

Talking about swaddling blankets is a lot like talking about cutting toenails. Neither is very likely to get you invited to the next cocktail party. But you can’t blog about how critical swaddling is without also talking about swaddling blankets. What are other people using? Which ones work best? Or don’t work at all? So, [...]

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Eat Play Sleep Fail

Alexis — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:15:15 +0000

Eat Play Sleep is a popular baby management plan that shows up in a number of best-selling books (Baby Whisperer, BabyWise, etc.). I’ve steered clear of the Eat Play Sleep conundrum because I don’t like to poke at other baby sleep people. Mostly because I don’t want them to poke back at me. But today [...]

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Dr. Karp Part 2 Answers Two Key Swaddling Questions

Alexis — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:57:56 +0000

I have made no secret of my unassailable love of swaddling. Swaddling babies might be the only thing I love more than Game of Thrones (Winter is coming, unless you live here in VT where apparently winter is already here and apparently, never ending). Swaddling provides so many benefits (not even including how cute little [...]

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Dr. Karp Interview Part I Baby Swings and Safe Sleep

Alexis — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:38:04 +0000

Most of you know who Dr. Karp is. If you don’t? Well he’s awesome. And frankly the fact that he’s awesome probably trumps the fact that he’s a fellow with the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a USC professor, and a best-selling author. Further, as you can see from the picture above we’re practically BFFs [...]

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5 Things I Learned from Doing Sleep Consults

Alexis — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:31:16 +0000

A few weeks ago I decided to give away a few free personal sleep consults on Facebook. I fully expected to get a handful of comments and end up doing 1-2 free consults. I ended up with over 400 comments and 13 families to work with. Thirteen. Not one or two. THIRTEEN. So that’s what [...]

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A Study in Sleep Training Part 2

Alexis — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:01:27 +0000

When we last left Penelope Pittstop she was tied to the train tracks while Snidely Whiplash was…wait, wrong damsel in distress. We were talking about a smart, thoughtful, AP Mom who had reached the end of her tether and turned to sleep training to help get the whole family back on track. Only things went [...]

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Her Story, Your Story, A Study in Sleep Training Part I

Alexis — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:47:45 +0000

I am so so sleep deprived and at the end of my tether, I feel like crying. It’s 4pm and I have been reading all the pages on your blog since 11am since morning, over and over trying to make a plan for tonight but my sleep deprived brain is making it so hard to [...]

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Much to be Grateful For

Alexis — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:50:40 +0000

Your baby sleeps through the night but still only takes 20 minute naps and is an absolute misery in the evening. My husband and I are ridiculously educated and yet have no cash so most of our furniture still looks like starter furniture that you get right out of college. My kids have a playroom [...]

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Great Holiday Books for Kids

Alexis — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:26:01 +0000

Let’s face it, most holiday books are pretty lame. Take any well-known series of books (Little Critter, Bernstein Bears, etc.), slap a Christmas tree on it and voila – Christmas book. Usually somebody is learning an important lesson about the true spirit of Christmas which means they’re dull, preachy, and your kids won’t dig them. [...]

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Why Night Weaning Isn’t Working

Alexis — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:06:33 +0000

Is your ongoing project to night-wean your baby a huge and utter failure? Does the idea of sleeping, without interruption, seem as unattainable as travel by jetpack? Starting to feel a little stabby? Don’t feel bad, you’re in good company. Getting your baby to consume all their calories during civilized hours can be a tricky [...]

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