Coping with Sleep Deprivation
For new parents, a certain level of sleep deprivation is part of the job description, but how can one stave off the negative effects or at least minimize them?
A Response to Gina Ford’s “Golden Rules”
The Daily Mail summarized Gina Ford's 8 Golden Rules in one of their pieces. I'd like to discuss them all one by one in hopes of showing how these rules need to be amended.
A Response to Gina Ford’s “Golden Rules”
Click here for Rules #1-4 Source: The Daily Mail Rule #5: Let your baby cry for up to 12 minutes each night before it goes to sleep. Note: Online it says 5-10
Bedsharing on the Rise. Everyone Panics.
USA Today published a piece this weekend condemning bedsharing, but did they really look at the whole picture? Once again, are we fear-mongering instead of offering real education?
Bedsharing: Risks and Realities
The myth (yes myth!) is that bedsharing is inherently dangerous. But what if we looked at every single bedsharing death? What would we find then?
Evolution, Crying, and the Fallacy of a Different Environment
I hear people argue all the time that we don't need to be as responsive to our children because there aren't wild animals anymore. We couldn't be looking at the issue any more wrong if we tried.
Infant Night Waking as Evolutionary Manipulation?
Dr. Haig suggests infant night waking is an evolutionary trick for babies to increase mom's postpartum amenorrhea and suggests sleep training is therefore okay. But is this the whole story?
Creating “Bad” Habits?
Used to being told you're creating "bad habits" by doing things like nurse your child to sleep or respond to their cries? If so, this post is for you - I won't tell you to change these behaviours, but rather to look at them as they are: biologically normal.
Recovering and Moving on from Crying-It-Out
This is for those of you who have gone the cry-it-out route and now regret it. The two biggest questions I'm asked on the topic - have I done irreparable harm and can I fix it? - are discussed herein.
The Problem with the One-Size Fits All Solution
Most "expert" bits of advice rely upon the assumption that what works for one baby will work for all... Yeah, right.