Dr. Jodi A. Mindell, Professor of psychology at St. Joseph’s University and of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine posted an article on children’s sleep problem over at sleepfoundation.org :
Since sleep problems can have very significant consequences for children’s health and functioning, it is very important for parents to know and recognize […]

By Lisa Malkiewicz
Grown-ups love to think of childhood as a carefree time of life. In reality children have stressors that can cause difficulty falling asleep, restless waking and nightmares. Of course we all recognize some events as definite stress causes: Parents divorcing or death of a family member. But parents getting back together after a […]

I found an interesting research on when people showered over at to-done.com. Among 130 responses, 54% of them shower in the morning, 24% of them shower in both the morning and evening, and 22% of them shower only in the evening.
What’s your choice, shower in the morning or evening? But for my children, I used […]

The sleep pattern of newborns is one of the most difficult issues that parents have to struggle with. As newborns’ sleep pattern is mixed up night and day, parents would be very tired of getting up from bed to feed or clean their baby during the night. However, good news awaits parents stated by KidsHealth:
Your […]

By Lisa Malkiewicz
#1 Parenting Tip for Bedtime:
The best thing you can do is create a bedtime routine. First, a nice warm bath. Then an enjoyable snuggle and a good book. Give yourself ample time to make bedtime a pleasant experience. This is an opportunity for “quality time” we want our kids to get. So make […]

Psychology Today states a fact that, 40 million of Americans are suffering from various sleep disorders, and 20-30 million experience intermittent sleep-related problems. Do you feel fatigued in daytime? Do you have enough sleep and energy to do your parenting job?
If you want to know how your bedtime habits influence the quality of your sleep, […]

Now and then, children will encounter another sleep problem, that is nightmare. What is nightmares?
While you sleep, your brain doesn’t just turn off. It goes through several sleep stages, including REM, or Rapid Eye Movement, sleep. Why do they call it that? Because during this stage of sleep, your eyes move back and forth under […]

As for teens, according to National Sleep Foundation, these signs are indicating their lack of sleep:
“If a teen has trouble staying alert during school, long drives, while reading a book or in other quiet situations when sleepiness is often “unmasked,” they probably are not getting enough quality sleep. Other signs of chronic sleep deprivation are […]

Without enough sleep, not only would our performance at work or school  be hurt, we also look tired and feel depressed, irritable, and angry. How much sleep is enough?
It’s different from person to person by age. National Sleep Foundation provides a breakdown of the recommended number of hours of sleep people need by age (*including […]

I totally agree with the words in Hara Estroff Marano’s article, How To Get Great Sleep, about trouble sleep:
“Everyone has a troubled night sometimes, or even a run of them, which happens to the average person about once a year. It’s part of being human, subject to stress and worry. ”
Children, like adults, would also […]