All my clients complete a detailed assessment prior to every meeting. It is important to ensure that if a child is not sleeping due to medical reasons these red flags are tagged and appropriately addressed. By in large the marjority of sleep problems have no medical basis, but it [...]

I have told all my clients that teaching the skill to sleep is a one time deal, but managing sleep continues until their child is off to college.  Although most of us have young children, it is good information to keep in mind for down the road.

Some people truly enjoy having a family bed and it is not disruptive for anyone. Other families have taken to co-sleeping not by choice. Sleep problems that began when the child was an infant continued on into childhood. The following is an article from the NY Times describing [...]

The end of Daylight Savings Time marks the time when we “fall back” or set our clocks back one hour. Those who aren’t parents delight in the gift of an extra hour of sleep. Those of us who have children fear waking at 5 am instead of 6 am! However, [...]

The debate about when it is okay for children to watch television, what is appropriate and how much is okay is a hot debate among parents and child specialists. NY Times has recently published an article explaining current research on toddlers and television: “When Toddlers Turn on the TV and [...]

Many clients have had great luck using noise machines for their babies that were light sleepers. Now there are convienient noise machines specifically made for travel. A current mom working with Child-Works is in search of a noise machine that actually makes noise! She purchased one on amazon [...]

Recently a client told me that when she was a fussy baby her mother was prescribed drugs by the peditrician to help her (the baby) sleep through the night. My client was relieved that as a mother she had Child-Works to turn to for help with her baby’s sleep problem. However, using drugs to help [...]

A parent the other day shared a terrific story of how he overcame a “sleep obstacle” with his 2 year old son. This family had successfully completed our sleep package. Their son had transitioned to his big kid bed and was sleeping 12 hours a night. All of a sudden, their son began waking earlier [...]

Many parents who take the time and emotional energy to teach their child the skill of sleeping are devasted when their child falls ill. Teaching a child to sleep is a one time deal; however, maintaining a healthy sleep schedule is continuous. Getting sick is one obstacle that disrupts [...]

Many parents have recently been asking how to handle daylight savings and their child’s sleep schedule. Some parents who have babies on a very early schedule, i.e. going to bed at 6:30pm and waking at 5:30am, may consider not changing this schedule at all. With the time change the [...]