All posts by: HLSleepers

Good News for Early Risers! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SUNDAY MARCH 10th 2019 at 2am. It is the official day that we put our clocks forward one hour for spring. Yes, I said it ‘Spring’. Just typing it makes me happy and optimistic that spring really can’t be too far away. It’s hard to believe with […]

How will your child cope when daylight savings time comes to an end? I have to accept it. I have been in denial for the past month but this morning as my feet touched the cold tile of the bathroom floor I faced the fact that fall had finally arrived, even at my house. Sure, […]

  A Guide To Summer Sleep. How do you keep your kid’s summer sleep at bay while still making the most of those short summer months? A week or two into the winter I begin counting down the weeks until the summer. I cant help it I’m a sun and heat lover! I live for […]

Tips to Keep Your Child Sleeping this Summer After a long, hard winter what family isn’t ready to get outside and make the most of the summer months? Like many of us you are probably planning adventures on the beach, late night BBQs, toasting marshmallows over the fire, and dreaming of long lay ins. Hold […]

What is a safe sleep environment for my child? Everyday I hear from parents who are confused and unsure about the latest recommendations Safe Sleeping Guidelines. As parents we are inundated with well meaning advice from friends and family leaving us agonizing over where and how our children should sleep. Read through the following information, brush aside […]

Tips On Enjoying & Surviving The Holidays with your Baby You’ve dodged the crowds at the mall, frozen your fingers while putting out the lights (darn it, you knew you should have done it that weekend when the weather was warmer!) the gifts are wrapped and the tree is trimmed. You sit down in front […]

IS IT TIME TO STOP SWADDLING YOUR BABY? A Gentle Guide To How and When To Stop Swaddling your Infant We all understand that by the time our children go to university they will have learned how to sleep without that well rehearsed swaddle wrapped around them. However, how and when to stop swaddling your […]

Is it Time to Transition from Crib to Big Kid Bed? Amanda Dadd, Certified Gentle Sleep Coach helps families decide when its time to painlessly transition from crib to toddler bed.    

Its time! You have decided to teach your child how to fall asleep independently and to stay that way but there are many different Sleep Training Methods circulating the internet! What do you do now? Where should you begin? You’ve read the books and spent hours on the Internet researching the different sleep training methods […]

HOW MUCH SLEEP IS ENOUGH SLEEP? So how much sleep do babies need within each 24 hour period? Below are new and revised guidelines from the National Sleep Foundation. Helping parents with one of the most frequently asked questions “how much sleep do babies need?“. It shows the AVERAGE amount of sleep a child requires at various […]