by Moorea Malatt | Jun 28, 2021 | Feeding, Sleep
Neighbors and friends told me they could find almost zero internet information on cooling tiny babies in extreme heat. No time to lose with cooling your baby down, so let’s get to it! Keep the lights off or very low. Do frequent 10-15 minute tepid baths for baby...
by Moorea Malatt | Jun 7, 2021 | Sleep
Understanding Night Terrors It isn’t paranormal, but it is “parasomnia”. Parasomnia is scientific word for night terror and nightmare or other unusual sleep behavior. All children have nightmares at some point and many children have at least one episode of night...
by Moorea Malatt | Sep 12, 2017 | Sleep
Myth: Babies Can Sleep Through the Night if You Start Early Total Myth. Nobody sleeps through the night. Adults have longer sleep cycles but still come out of REM sleep and into a conscious state for a second between sleep cycles (unless we fully wake up to pee!). The...
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 | Aug 4, 2017 | Sleep
Will you join me in re-connecting, making eye contact, and getting to things you have been meaning to do as a family? I’ll be doing mine Aug 7th-13th. When I talk to families in my sleep consulting practice, number one is always to promote better sleep for all...
by Moorea Malatt | May 2, 2017 | Sleep
You’ve probably asked yourself, “Why doesn’t my baby sleep? Is there something wrong with my baby’s sleep?” Firstly, Babies DO sleep; they just don’t sleep the way we wish they would. They have different sleeping patterns than older...
