Ask me anything! A sleep consultant’s answers to parents’ top 10 questions about baby sleep!

I get a lot of questions about sleep – from clients of babies and clients of toddlers; from moms and from dads; from grandma and grandpas; from inexperienced parents, and parents who are on their eighth child. I have answered questions on the phone, via email, through text message, in line at the farmers’ market, […]

Parents are constantly told “read to your child at bedtime.” But, more than just making it a habit or doing it because we’re “supposed to,” it’s important to understand the crucial benefits that reading at bedtime provides to both your child’s healthy sleep, and his whole life: Reading is part of a consistent, proper bedtime […]

Meeting with my sleepy mama clients, I see a LOT of diaper bags. And, it’s no secret that I have become a huge fan of Oemi Baby since falling in love with my first bag of their collection. So, when a very good (and very pregnant!) friend recently asked me to tell her all of […]

When it comes to babies’ sleep, everyone has an opinion: Baby needs more sleep; baby needs less sleep; she should be swaddled; he should be in a toddler bed; let her cry it out; pick him up more…. The list goes on and on. And then there are the baby sleep skeptics, who just don’t […]

So your baby finally figured out this sleeping-through-the-night thing on his own (or you called WeeSleep and we got him sleeping through the night in less than two weeks!), and now (after throwing a massive party to celebrate!) you’re wondering: What do I do with all my spare time?! Here are 10 ideas for how […]

Sleep, for many parents, is a four-letter word. At around the age of four months, many babies stop falling blissfully asleep anywhere-and-everywhere, and naps and nighttime sleep – while perhaps already allusive – often become even more daunting. Here are some common sleep mishaps to avoid: i.e. what NOT to do when your baby isn’t […]

It’s January – that means coughs, colds, and flus… and the end of your baby’s amazing sleep habits, right?! Not so! When our little ones are sick, this is when they need restful, healthy sleep the most. Here are some recommendations for keeping your little one’s sleep on track during illness: For coughing and congestion, […]

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  WeeSleep has some super dreamy faves that we felt we just HAD to share so you can start 2016 off with the best of the best. If it helps with positive and comfy sleep shaping, we are all about sharing the WEE-love!  Enjoy! Aden + Anais swaddle blankets: Until your baby is somewhere […]

Sleep makes you more alert. Your boss is tired of complaints about you dropping things, forgetting meetings, and mowing colleagues over in the hallway as you do the sleep-deprived zombie-walk to the water cooler. Lack of sleep impairs attention, alertness and concentration.   Sleep makes you smarter. Sleep plays an important role in thinking, learning, […]

The holidays are here! That means lots of visits to and from friends and family, parties galore, sugary goodies, late nights and…. very tired babies and toddlers!   Often, we get so caught up in the whirlwind of the holiday season that we take our little ones’ sleep for granted. More than almost any other […]

Is your baby up all day? All night? Is “napping” a word that left your vocabulary ages ago, and is “sleeping through the night” just a phrase you think someone made up to drive new parents crazy? Here are nine signs you need help with your little one’s sleep! 1. Your definition of “sleeping in” […]

Just when you thought you finally had this sleep thing figured out, along comes the test of a holiday weekend. Easter is a very important occasion in the religious community, but it has also evolved into a candy-laden sugarfest for the parents of young children. Wondering how to keep some guy in a bunny suit […]

They say they roll up the sidewalks in Ottawa after the parliament buildings empty out. Every new parent in Canada’s capital region can tell you that is simply not a true story – the party goes on all night in their sleepless households! Forgive us for joking when you’re really, really tired. We know it’s […]

Every year nearly 70,000 babies are born in the Greater Toronto Area, which means there are about 140,000 really tired parents zombie-walking their way through the day right now! If you are one of them, you may feel like a restful night’s sleep is a thing of the past. No new parent gets off scot-free […]

Though you will get about a hundred reminders that the clocks go ahead an hour this year on Sunday, March 8, we thought we’d make it 101. But instead of just telling you about the time change, we also have some helpful hints to guide you and your young children cope with the sleep disruption […]