by Moorea Malatt | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
I wish I could say that this post is late because the bad news is over. Unfortunately the bad news has started to get worse as hate crimes go up and hateful people are invited one-by-one to lead the country from the White House. Many of us are flailing between despair...
by Moorea Malatt | Nov 4, 2016 | Feeding, Sleep
My new video series is here! I will be giving you one amazing sleep tip from my 20+ years working with babies and kids (I’m older than I look) and my 6 years as a breastfeeding friendly sleep consultant and one lullabye or funny song bi-weekly. Make sure you are...
by Moorea Malatt | Oct 24, 2016 | Sleep
The AAP has released the new infant sleep and sleep position guidelines. Some of us thought something huge was coming but the AAP really has made only one shifty little co-sleeping change since the 2011 recommendations, as I see it. While it does not specifically...
by Moorea Malatt | Oct 11, 2016 | Sleep
The 3 or 4 Month Sleep Regression as many call it – isn’t a sleep regression at all, it is a maturation (as crazy as that may seem, stay with me!). Babies aren’t reverting back to a “bad” sleep pattern. That newborn stage was full of...
by Moorea Malatt | Sep 26, 2016 | Gentle Discipline
I’m calling for a turn of the tides in child discipline research. Studies so far have proven beyond a doubt that spanking is not a healthy or effective method of discipline and yet, the studies continue to be created, funded, and published because too many...
by Moorea Malatt | Sep 26, 2016 | Gentle Discipline
It has been 20 years now of teaching and caring for children! The thing that comes up as the most difficult things to teach and learn? Sharing. (Well, besides sleep, of course!) I’m happy to share my tips. Making them share does not teach them how to do it....
by Moorea Malatt | Sep 23, 2016 | Gentle Discipline, Recipes & Health
Fall is here. Our little ones will get sick. Germs are good right? Build the immune system. But then we will get sick. We will be sick and tired and the kids recover fast and run circles around us on the sofa wanting us to play. I am prone to sinus infections and...
by Moorea Malatt | Jul 8, 2016 | Potty Learning
When I usually talk about Going Potty, it is within the context of being a potty learning coach for parents of wee ones; but more recently going potty has become very political. I have to weigh in because my work with potty learning and children makes me feel very...
by Moorea Malatt | Jun 17, 2016 | Feeding, Sleep
The Enormously Helpful Tip for Colicky Babies You Likely Have Not Heard Yet! (These colic tips will also help babies, toddlers and adults sleep well!) There is no actual definition for or known cause of colic beyond it being a term that describes a period of evening...
by Moorea Malatt | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
We see the news about Orlando and we feel helpless. We feel scared of the world our children are growing up in. My family and I took took it very hard because we were planning to go to Pride festivities that morning and the reality of our vulnerability was shocking....
