Let’s start with a clarification here. I really don’t like the expression “sleep training.” People who know me, who have worked with me or have attended any of my sleep events know that I always refer to what I do as “sleep education” or “sleep intervention.” Training referred to a child just feels negative to …
By Eliana Beeson Is your child a light sleeper? Does she wake up every time she hears a little noise? Does she go from fast asleep to wide awake the second you put her into her crib? This is one of the most common frustrations parents have around their child’s sleep. They complain that their …
By Eliana Beeson Raising children is a high-stakes responsibility. In this age of social media and easy access to information about anything and everything, parents are easily overwhelmed with feelings of guilt and inadequacy. As a sleep consultant, I see this all the time from parents whose babies aren’t sleeping well. One of the other …
By Eliana Beeson You finally got your child going down easily at bedtime. That same child is now also able to sleep well, with no interruptions, past midnight. But then… he wakes up at around 3.00/4.00 AM and is really difficult to settle. “Why?”, so many parents ask me. Is it a developmental milestone? A …
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By Eliana Beeson Have you ever been a scapegoat in your life? I have, when I was younger and surrounded by older cousins who wanted to win easily! What’s this got to do with teething, you might wonder? I find that teething is the main scape goat when it comes to bad sleep, and not …
By Eliana Beeson “With all of the information that’s readily available online, and the resources you have at your disposal in the form of friends and family who have managed to get their kids to sleep, why would you want to invite a stranger into your home to get your child sleeping through the …
By Eliana Beeson I get asked a lot of sleep questions. The one question I wished people asked more often is, “When should we move our child into a big kid bed?”. And the reason why I would love to hear that question more often is because most parents tend to feel an urge to …
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By Eliana Beeson Being in the infant sleep business, I’m often exposed to the term “regression” in regards to just about every inexplicable circumstance. Essentially, if baby doesn’t sleep well for a couple of nights, parents tend to associate it with a ‘regression’ issue. Some people believe that there is an 8-month regression, a 9-month …
By Eliana Beeson I’m sure you can guess what my answer is to this question, since I am, after all, a Paediatric Sleep Consultant. I tend to put a high priority on sleep and am of course passionate about its benefits for children. But is my passion for sleep clouding my view on this matter, …
Sleep vs Diet: What’s More Important for a Child’s Healthy Growth? Read More »
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