Clara has really amped up her game since she turned two. She learned how to open doors and climb out of her crib in one day. The next day I put her down 34 times for her nap. The following day, 60 times. 60 times! We put all the bar stools in the garage because she climbs… Read More 25 effective toddler discipline strategies
I used to have a lot of nightmares. Truly terrifying scenarios and stories would invent themselves in my mind while I was sleeping — sometimes on a nightly basis. “What is wrong with me?” I wondered. “Is there something dark inside of me?” I was a grown adult who was, at times, scared of the… Read More How to stop nightmares
Luca and Adriano have been sharing a bedroom for almost a year now. When they shared a room as babies I thought I was going to lose my sleep-deprived mind, so we were quite nervous when it was time for baby Clara to move into her own room. To our surprise, this time is going much smoother now that… Read More Boys shared bedroom
My kids have been trying to wake up between 5 and 5:30 a.m. for the past two weeks! This weekend the time falls back an hour and I have been terrified. Are they going to wake up at 4 in the morning? I had to figure something out. I have been fighting with my three year… Read More Getting my kids to stay in bed
Oh the joy that lives in my heart! Adriano (almost 14 months) has decided he wants to go from two naps a day to one. This means he can now go to sleep at the same time as his older brother, Luca (2 years)! Let me tell you what this means to me, as I… Read More Capt. Mom retires from Sleep Police
We have a small house with two bedrooms and two boys who need to successfully share one of them — and it’s not going well. Siblings have shared a room since the beginning of time. Of the centuries of coroomhabitation (I made that word up), it stops with us? We’re the only ones who can’t… Read More Baby and toddler room sharing
I order practically everything online — from toothpaste to clothing to weather stripping for the door. I just can’t get much done with a 9 month old and a 2 year old. They’ll give me one errand a day, tops. So that means a lot of deliveries and a lot of door-bell ringing. And a… Read More Free “Knock, baby sleeping” sign