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  • Older Child Resisting Bedtime But Finds Parent In Bedroom to be More Stimulating Than Calming

    I’ve had a lot of people ask what to do if an older child is having a hard time with bedtime because the parent being in the room seems to keep them awake instead of helping them sleep. When my… Continue reading

  • Your Eyes Look Sleepy – Naptime WIO at 29 Months

    Upset because papa changed her bandaids without asking her, tearstained. Daddy brings her to me and she asks to nurse. So we lay down to nurse. Huge blue eyes twinkle at the corners as I tell her funny things. Then… Continue reading

  • Sleep Crutch

    Restless. She cries and sits up, reaching over for me. Alex rolls her over his body into my arms. She melts onto my chest, her head in the dip of my collarbone, her little face turned towards mine. The heat… Continue reading

  • Bad Track Records, Those People and Their Advice

    Alex, in bed next to me, tapped me on the arm. “I just can’t sleep.” I said. I had a weird dream, the type of dream that gets my brain revved up to a million miles a minute about random… Continue reading

  • I’m Not Against CIO, I’m For WIO

    I’m often asked “So you’re against CIO?” No. I’m not “against” CIO. I don’t use CIO. I have reasons why CIO isn’t a tool that I choose. And I don’t spend much time thinking about those reasons anymore. Being “against”… Continue reading

  • Haha Just Kidding on the Sleep Thing

    Dear Daughter, Haha apparently you were just kidding with the sleep thing. After I wrote the letter that you were sleeping through the night at 23 months old? Daylight savings time happened. And a cold happened. And your two year… Continue reading

  • A Letter to Those Still Waiting

    Dear Mama Who is Still Waiting It Out, I can’t tell you to enjoy your time. I won’t. I just spent the last Very Hard Six Months not really enjoying the wait on top of the other months that I… Continue reading

  • Sleeping Through the Night at 23 Months

    Dear Daughter, In just 39 days you will be two years old. You have just started sleeping through the night. I remember just two weeks ago I COULDN’T DO IT ANYMORE because YOU WERE NOT SLEEPING AND I WAS TIRED… Continue reading

  • Parenting Like a Marathon

    “Does anyone else find later stages more difficult than the newborn one?“- A question asked in the WIO group. It varies. I find that I struggle at different points in time. I compare it to a marathon. At different points… Continue reading

  • The Shifting of Naps in Toddlerhood

    Dear Daughter, You’re twenty months old today! You’ve been working on trying to figure out what new napping pattern makes sense for you, and you’re hovering between those two places at the tail end of your journey to independent sleep.… Continue reading