The holidays are a hectic time for parents. When you are the parent of a newborn, the stress is multiplied. Here are five tips to survive the holidays with a newborn:
Plan for feeding your newborn during the holidays
Feeding a...
If you're a new parent, you're likely worrying about a million things when your baby comes home from the hospital. Gaining enough weight, watching temperature, figuring out days/nights - its endless. If you're anything like me, you might also...
I sat in the passenger seat next to my husband, Nick, and bawled. We were still sitting in the parking lot. He grabbed my hand and told me this was normal. I turned to look at him and he...
As a sleep consultant, one of the biggest questions I get from parents of young infants is about when to unswaddle their baby.
The Google machine can give conflicting answers…
One popular sleep guru suggests swaddling for as long as necessary...
We just got home from an incredible breakfast at Great Hill Maples in Newmarket, NH. It was enjoyable for many reasons. The warm fire, delicious food, great service, but primarily because our nearly one year old daughter was filled...
I came from a camping family. Every summer, my parents would pack up the minivan to explore the natural beauty of our country by way of campgrounds. These adventures made me love and appreciate a meal cooked on an...
In a mom’s group the other day I saw a question from the mom of an 8-week-old baby. She was wondering what to do about her newborn who was waking 2 or 3 times a night. I was the...
When I began sleep training my daughter, I faced serious backlash. One woman told me that allowing her to cry (at all) would give her brain damage. Some suggested I would ruin any attachment she may have with me,...
In this Covid world, masks are an inexorable part of our new reality. As an early intervention speech language pathologist, I hear concern from families about how the lack of face to face communication may impact their children’s language...
If you have an infant or toddler, you’re more than likely to associate the term “infant sleep regression” with sleep. Second only to teething, regression is the default word parents use when seeking a reason for their child’s sleep...
In + Around Seacoast
5 Seacoast Peaks Your Kid Can Summit
When you think of the Seacoast, I’m assuming that mountains don’t readily come to mind. However, while the southeastern portion of New Hampshire and...
