by Kristen Chase | 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 Staff | 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 | Thinking : Parent, 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 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 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...
by Cool Mom Staff | Baby, Podcast
Is there anything new parent topic that generates more controversy than sleep training? Arguably…no way. But can we finally stop fighting about what’s right and wrong? Yes! Maybe? Certified sleep training expert Tamiko Kelly, owner of Sleep Well Wake...
by Kate Etue | Kids' Furniture
A couple years ago we took an in-depth look at some of the top mattress-in-a-box companies that had blown up the market. Since then, we’ve had a lot of companies reach out and ask us to take a look at their products and add them to our list. To be honest, none...
by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
I get a lot of email pitches here at Cool Mom Picks with all sorts of compelling subject lines, but when I saw Try the Top Rated Pillow on Amazon, this extremely tired mom couldn’t help but click that one open. To be honest, I don’t tend to put a lot of...
by Kate Etue | Tips + Tricks
What no one tells you about becoming a parent is the total and complete lack of sleep you’ll suffer. Sure, we all know it’s rough when they’re new babies. But, spoiler alert: It lasts way beyond the infant years. We know moms who can’t fall...
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