by Kristen Chase | Spawned Podcast
Just when I thought I was pretty aware of what I needed to know about teens and sleep, I got my hands on Lisa L. Lewis’s book The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, And How Parents And Schools Can Help Them Thrive and I realized there was so...
by Christina Refford | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
Like so many other desperate — and exhausted — parents, we turned to melatonin supplements to help my son sleep when he was younger. I spoke to our pediatrician first of course, and did enough research about melatonin on my own to know that melatonin...
by Cool Mom Team | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
This is a sponsored message from Beam If there’s one thing parents can unify around it’s that we could all use a lot more sleep. (Well, we all pretty unanimously like Ted Lasso too. But that’s another story.) The one issue: It’s hard! Our minds...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips + Tricks
I am tired all the time. Like, I’m a parent. You are probably a parent. You get it. And yet, entertainment junkie that I am, I found myself staying up until midnight (or later!) catching up on every darn MA-rated show and movie each night, after the kids were in...
by Caroline Siegrist | Baby
The first few weeks of my son’s life, he refused to sleep without being cuddled up next to a parent. Since I know this is a problem for many newborns, and older babies too, I was excited to learn about the Lulla doll, which plays the sound of a mom’s...
by Jane Sweeney | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
It’s 4 AM and I’m awake. For whatever reason, I’m up and so is my mind. I toss back and forth for at least an hour before exhaustion takes over and I finally fall back asleep. Well, only until a small child wakes me up again and starts singing about waffles. Sound...
by Caroline Siegrist | Baby
Let’s talk about smart sleepers, those high-tech baby beds that are designed to help babies — and parents — get more sleep. As we know,,a good night’s sleep for the baby is important for the entire family, and during those early months,...
by Kate Etue | Tips + Tricks
Recently, we’ve seen more and more doctors recommending sleep logs and sleep journals for those of us who regularly wake during the night, or have trouble falling asleep in the first place. It makes sense. Especially for parents. One of our problems, which KJ...
