Sleep
Sleep tips to cope with hot summer nights
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all sleep like this baby during the hot summer? We all look forward to summer arriving, however what we don’t enjoy are the sweltering nights where we can’t sleep. The hot nights are especially challenging for our kids, and any time their sleep is affected, so is ours!!!…
Read MoreSleep training is about developing new habits
Research tells us that it takes 21 days to establish new habits.⠀ It’s the same with babies learning how to sleep. We expect them to learn overnight a brand new skill, and that’s unrealistic. We can’t expect them to learn new habits overnight, when it takes us on average 21 days to establish a new…
Read MoreTroubleshooting sleep issues in newborns
There are many factors that can affect a baby’s quality of sleep. ⠀ The 2 most common ones that Mamas find affect their babies the most are:⠀ 1 Strong startle reflex 2 Hand sucking Some babies have a very strong startle reflex. It’s so strong that it will actually wake them up or keep them…
Read MoreIntroducing a Lovie
What is a lovie? A lovie is a stuffy or blanket that your child uses to give them comfort ❤️⠀ When is it safe to introduce a lovie?⠀ When they are able to roll over. This way if the lovie ends up covering their face, they have the strength to push it off of themselves.⠀…
Read MoreWin a Virtual Prenatal Class or Sleep Consult
Today marks MamaBear Holistic Care’s 1st Birthday 💙 MamaBear was created to help support Mamas-to-be and new Mamas adjust to their new role. It’s vital, now more than ever, that new Mamas get the support they need in order for both her and her baby to thrive. Babies don’t stop coming because of a Pandemic.…
Read MoreShe wanted to sleep, but she didn’t know how
Does this sound familiar? She wanted to sleep, she just didn’t know how. Babies need to learn how to sleep. Some learn more quickly than others, but every baby/child needs to be taught the skills to help them fall asleep without needing to cuddle with you, breast/bottle feed or co-sleep.⠀ The biggest challenge Mamas face…
Read MoreBaby Milestones
Baby Milestones We just celebrated a leap day and it reminded me of leaps/milestones that baby’s encounter. Like Feb 29, they aren’t every day occurrences, but they sure can be affect things. Milestones include: Rolling over Crawling Walking Teething Growth spurts Talking Growth spurts can very much affect a baby’s temperament. You usually notice that…
Read MoreSafe Swaddling
Safe swaddling. There’s a lot of contradicting information out there. It’s safe to swaddle a baby… It isn’t safe to swaddle a baby. The reason why you are hearing that swaddling your baby isn’t safe is because the rate of SIDS is up. Since we still don’t know the cause, they try and take out…
Read MoreSleep tips to cope with Daylight savings
The dreaded day is near… Sunday March 8 is Daylight Savings!!! Any time you lose sleep is not good, especially when it involves your child losing sleep. I’ve got a tip to help your little one adjust. You can start this today or you can start his on Sunday. It’s totally up to you. Start…
Read MoreWhy we need to stop normalizing bad sleep habits in our children!
Let’s talk about sleep! Sleep is one of the biggest struggles new parents face. As a new Mama, I didn’t know that I had to teach my son to sleep. I just thought that once he was tired, he would fall asleep and stay asleep for as long as he needed to.⠀ Ha, boy was…
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