Free Stuff Alert: Lyla Tov Monsters
If you want help ensuring your kids get a good night’s sleep, you ought to be looking to the monsters. That’s right, monsters. 6-year-old Lyla Black has become quite the entrepreneur with her line of...
View ArticleSleep Training with the Shema
Sleep training. Like just about every other parenting decision, the controversy rages about how to get an infant to go to sleep. I’ve heard that some babies snuggle down for a night of uninterrupted...
View ArticleMaking the Switch to a Big Girl Bed
My 2-year-old daughter celebrated Independence Day in style: she got a big girl bed. She had asked about a bed for months. I was resistant. Her 4-year-old brother had only gotten his early because we...
View ArticleFinding the Perfect Lullabies for My Daughter
After reading Elissa Strauss’ recent post, The Best Lullabies Turn Out to Be Jewish, I got to thinking about the songs I sing to my daughter when she goes to bed. Before my little girl was born, I set...
View ArticleAsk a Sleep Coach: How Do I Get My 4-Year-Old to Sleep On Her Own?
Anyone with kids knows that getting them to sleep is no easy feat. Luckily, there are people who specialize in these things, like Israeli sleep coach Batya Sherizen. Below she takes on a question from...
View ArticleAsk a Sleep Coach: What to Do About Your Early (Reeeally Early) Riser
The following question for Batya, our resident sleep coach, comes from contributing editor Jordana Horn: Hi, Batya. I am hoping you can help me out. My 2-year-old, whom we’ll call G, is an early riser....
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How My Toddler’s Tedious Bedtime Ritual is Actually a Lot Like Prayer
Each night before my daughter, age 2.5, goes to sleep, she has a “special minute” with my husband, and then one with me. This started as a compromise so that we didn’t both have to be present every...
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Ask a Sleep Coach: My 6-Month-Old Screams at Night
Anyone with kids knows that getting them to sleep is no easy feat. Luckily, there are people who specialize in these things, like Israeli sleep coach Batya Sherizen. Below she takes on a question from...
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Our Ever-Growing Bedtime Routine Needs to Stop, But I’m Not Ready
A few weeks after my son was born, I made up a lullaby that I’d sing before putting him to bed. Back then, getting my son into his crib was a simple matter of swapping his diaper for a new one and …...
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The Softer Side of Sleep Training
I’ve been blessed with good sleepers. All three of my babies were excellent sleepers as newborns, giving me nice long stretches of sleep. I’m lucky, I know. But don’t hate me just yet… because after...
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