When I talk to clients about their sleep goals for their family, I often hear from Mom some variation of this request: “I want anyone to be able to put my baby to sleep, not just me!” or “My husband really wants to help, but my baby will only let ME put him to sleep” or […]
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How to Treat and Prevent Swimmer’s Ear
Ear infections are one of the leading reasons for doctor visits among children, and during the summer there is one type of infection in particular that accounts for a majority of the cases – swimmer’s ear. In fact, more than 40 percent of swimmer’s ear cases occur during the summer months. Swimmer’s ear, also called […]
Necessary Discipline vs. Keeping Children Happy
I want to discipline my child, but I don’t like how it feels. I don’t want to upset my child, but I know I have to start sometime Here is the secret to discipline: think about it as it is really meant to be. Discipline is meant to teach life lessons, to instill the idea […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Grandparents Want To Be Only with Their Well-Behaved Grandchild
I am wondering what you have to say about the following situation I was reading about. A mother describes her two children – a daughter, 7, who is polite, well mannered, easy to be around, and her 4-year-old son, who is sweet, but can be a bit of a handful with temper tantrums and defiant […]
UV Hurts: Preventing Your Kids from Getting Sunburn
Sunburn is the reddening of skin, which is the result of getting overexposed to the harmful ultraviolet or UV rays of the sun. Although it may look like it’s just some temporary irritation, it can cause long-term skin damage. Kids are especially prone to this damage, since blistering sunburns during childhood double the chances of […]
The Two-Year Sleep Regression – No Joke!
In the baby sleep world, the word “regression” gets thrown around quite a bit. I’m generally not a fan of it. I think it’s easy to chalk behavior up to a regression when, in fact, there are often certain things that can be done to help adjust wonky sleep behavior. But two-year-olds? They are no […]
3 Ways to Stop Yelling This Week
We say it all the time, don’t we? We wish we didn’t yell so much. It feels awful for us, the kids, the family. We want to stop, but how? If we don’t yell, how will we be heard? How will our kids learn? What else can we do? I could keep going with all […]
Eating Mindfully
My daughter reached for the plate of chocolate truffles on the kitchen counter (the healthy kind sweetened with dates, of course…) As we talked, I watched her pop one after another into her mouth. “Are you even hungry?” I asked. “You’re eating them so fast, you won’t even notice when you get full.” Think of […]