by Moorea Malatt | Sep 7, 2017 | Gentle Discipline, Sleep
For every cozy bed-sharing child, there will come a common, beautiful and sometimes scary rite of passage. We wonder, if our attachment strong enough to help them through the transition to one’s own bed? Is it too strong? Will we fail and sleep fitfully in pile...
by Moorea Malatt | Dec 30, 2016 | Gentle Discipline, Recipes & Health, Sleep
Will your child ever be ok with giving up the pacifier? How? Sucking is totally natural. It just feels good to suck! And for parents of a cranky baby, simply a Godsend! But, sucking for comfort (NNS- non-nutritive-sucking) can become a problem as we transition our of...
by Moorea Malatt | Dec 12, 2016 | Gentle Discipline, Uncategorized
This article is not meant to disrespect the traditional American Santa myth, if you subscribe to it. It is meant for those of you who are a little uncomfortable about lying after your children ask if he is real, or a bit uneasy with normalizing a stranger entering...
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 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. Sharing...
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 and every so...
