In the news I cam across this new campaign to curb SIDS in Baltimore. Some of the recommendations were ones I hadn’t heard about yet. I thought it worth sharing: Continue reading “New Campaign Against SIDS” »

The debate about co-sleeping in the United States is growing. Here at Child-Works we believe co-sleeping can be a wonderful situation in the early months as long as it is done safely. It is a tremendous benefit to a mother who is nursing every hour or two. It [...]

Babies become interested in books at various ages and in different ways. Some babies like to hold the book and “read” themselves, others want to focus on the pictures while others enjoy hearing every word read to them. A literacy group located in Pittsburgh gathers specialists together to [...]

Many of my clients have heard my philosophical approach to parenting and sleep training a child. I always refer to “attachment parenting” (as described by Dr. Sears) as child directed and “baby wise” (by Gary Ezzo) as parent directed. Child-Works aims to strike a balance between these two approaches [...]

Here’s what one mom had to say after completing the Child-Works plan with her four month old son:
“After four months of getting up just about every hour throughout the night, we knew we needed help. I had six or seven sleep books but not the time or energy to read them [...]

Here is what one mom recently had to say after completing the Child-Works sleep plan:
“Thanks again for all of your guidance and support with getting Ellie to sleep better. We are doing very well and she is sleeping great! She goes down for every nap and at night without any fuss and wakes up happy [...]

Many times I have heard from clients that they were initially hesitant about moving forward with a sleep plan because it was a big financial commitment–and it is! I just got off the phone with a client whose baby is going down easily and sleeping happily every night. They [...]