How to Prepare Kids for Daylight Saving Time Changes – NOW!
Sleep is incredibly important for behavioral and emotional well-being. Don’t let the time change sneak up on you – start preparing your kids today!
Infant
Separation Anxiety: Four Steps to Prepare Your Child
When I was 6, we moved to a new town and I started a new school for first grade. I generally have poor memory, but I can distinctly remember my panic when my dad walked me to my classroom and Mrs. Michaels put her arm across the door so that I couldn’t give him one … Read more
The Best Way to Handle Preschool Separation Anxiety
When unexpected separation anxiety shows up, what can you do to help your child get through it? Learn how we helped our preschooler adjust to 3 hours a day without mom.
Is White Noise Right for Your Little Sleepers?
Twenty-five years of my life have been dedicated to finding the perfect white noise machine. Well, not completely dedicated…but a significant amount of time has been put into this pursuit!
Simplify Parenting With Routines!
When I stopped working 3 ½ years ago, I felt a little lost. We had recently moved to a new town, I didn’t have any friends, and I was home with a newborn all day. I was sleep-deprived and lonely. Know what saved my sanity? It wasn’t making friends (although it was nice to finally … Read more
How to Get Baby to Sleep Later
It’s been a while! Sorry about that. I have been very busy (during my one to two hours of kid-free time each day) developing my first online course! Click here for more info! Anyway, I wanted to give a quick update about how sleep is going. I won’t bother discussing the 3-year-old. Things are going … Read more
Kid Habits: How They Made Them and How to Break Them
What comes to mind when I mention child habits? It’s usually the “bad” variety (although our kids certainly have beneficial habits too!). Personally, I think of our 11-month-old’s subconscious pinching while nursing, our 3-year-old’s heedless nose picking, and our 11-year-old’s oblivious nail biting. Maybe your toddler has a pacifier or thumb-sucking habit? Perhaps you have a teen with an eye-blinking tic?
Is It Working?!
Subscribe to skip all this and get More Carrot Than Stick’s Measuring Progress Behavior Guide! Have you tried some of the techniques I have suggested for improving your child’s behavior? (I recommend starting here and here). Maybe he or she hasn’t seemed quite as annoying today as in past days? Maybe you felt like snuggling … Read more
Let Natural Consequences Do the Work!
Often I see parents bending over backwards to develop elaborate reward and punishment schemes that are too complex for realistic follow-through. I’m guilty of it too, particularly when I was a young parent and just learning about behavioral techniques in graduate school. What if I told you there is something so much easier and just … Read more
Always Start with Sleep
Has an adult in your child’s life (including you) used any of these terms to describe your child? Inattentive, angry, impulsive, distracted, nervous, irritable, depressed, not following directions, moody, hyperactive, stubborn, anxious, fidgety, fearful…the list could go on and on. Generally, if your child is anything but happy and functioning optimally, sleep should be the … Read more