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  • 5 ways to put yourself first this Mother’s Day (and beyond)

    5 ways to put yourself first this Mother’s Day (and beyond)

    Mother’s Day is almost here, and, if you are like, many moms I know, I am going to bet you are too busy to think about how you might treat yourself that day. I am going to further assume most of the time you are thinking about your kids, your…

  • Tech-free player helps kids relax and reset

    My oldest is a highly sensitive child, who feels his emotions with deep intensity. When he is happy, he is exuberant, when he is sad, he is distraught, and, when, he is angry, he is furious. My youngest is a go-go-go type of child. His mind is always wandering, he…

  • How I get my kids to bed early

    My eldest was in camp for most of the day, for the first half of the summer, meaning he continued his early bedtime/early wake-up routine he was used to during the school year. When his month at camp ended, we took a more laid-back approach to bedtime, and let him…

  • Bedrooms are for sleeping and for sex

    Long before marriage and family was a possible thought in my brain, I watched an episode of a daytime talk show (I want to say it was Oprah), which would shape how I would eventually set up my home. In this episode, a very famous decorator/designer (I want to say…

  • Big boys and bunk beds

    “I want to get a bunk bed,” my four-year-old exclaimed, out of nowhere, one morning during breakfast. “Huh?” I thought. I must have misheard him. Let me back up for a moment here to explain that while my oldest technically has his own room and own place to sleep (a…

  • These 5 animals are worse at sleeping than your kid

    If you have kids who have slept for at least five straight hours since birth, first, tell me your secret, then stop reading. OK, you don’t have to stop reading, you can laugh along with the rest of us, miserable, tired parents. I am not sure who passed on the…

  • Early bedtimes are not just about the kids

    6:30 p.m. The late summer sun still glows brightly in the sky, nightfall is hours away, and I am ushering my kids to bed. The routine begins with a bath, followed by some quiet play time, stories, stretching and finally, sleep. The slow process finally concludes at 7:30 p.m. I…

  • Sometimes, you have to make up your own lullaby

    My son has always been a difficult sleeper. It’s not his fault, really; he has a father who talks in his sleep and a mother who is restless. He has heartbreaking night terrors, has trouble sleeping alone and crawls in bed with me almost every night.

  • Breakfast at 2 a.m.

    “How did I get here?” I wondered, as a scrambled some eggs up for my wide- eyed child. It was around 2 a.m., and he (we) had been up since midnight. I hoped that with minimal fussing he would have gone back to sleep, but when after almost two hours…

  • The search for the mythical sleeper

    I think every new mom has heard the story of the magical baby who slept through the night from practically out of the womb. Like the unicorn or leprechaun, this mythical creature sleeps peacefully through the night with nary a peep until morning.