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ity privacy policy featured slider any links to amazon are affiliate links what to do when your toddler cries at nap time what to do when your toddler cries at nap time ten common reasons toddlers cry before nap time and what to do each time after going through all of the effort to teach your baby to sleep well it can be unsettling and unnerving if your toddler starts to cry at nap time while solving a baby s nap issues can be tricky it is more straight forward than solving a toddler s nap issues the older children get the more complex and individual they become in this post i discuss various reasons a toddler might start crying before nap time and how to respond to each scenario for this post i am assuming your toddler has been a good sleeper in the past and was taught and expected to sleep independently already the crying is different than how things have been in life for your toddler up to this point toddler is crying because of a sleep regression since you have made it this far into your parenting journey a sleep regression is nothing new to you you know all about sleep regressions and what they mean this is when your toddler suddenly stops sleeping well and seemingly for no reason if this is a literal regression there is nothing you can do but wait it out at this point you should know your toddler well enough to have a good idea of how to respond and how not to respond during a sleep regression does your toddler need to just blow off some steam for a minute before settling down if yes just let her be does your toddler tend to do better if you go in and address her somewhat if yes go in read more no comments share labels crying naps sleep sleep problems toddlers how to choose the best parenting strategy for you how to choose the best parenting strategy for you tips for thinking through options to choose the parenting strategy that best suits you and your family by diana while i haven t had kids for that long of my life my oldest is 5 5 years old i have done a lot of research as a mom my husband and i have also had a lot of conversation analyzing parenting how things are going and what we can do better at this point in our parenting journey here are our parenting systems some of these things won t apply to everyone but this is what we try to do first make sure you are on the same page with your partner no need to try to implement any new parenting or discipline stuff by yourself that being said if you and your partner are not on the same page kids even young ones will figure it out they know that certain behaviors may be acceptable with one person and not another and they will act accordingly read more no comments share labels guest post parenting kaitlyn preteen summary 11 25 years old eleven year old preteen girl information schedule extra curricular activities and more this is a summary for kaitlyn from 11 years old to 11 25 years old eating everything is the same with kaitlyn for eating if you don t know kaitlyn is my most particular eater of my children brayden and mckenna eat anything anytime and love a variety of flavors brinley is usually the same but has her moments usually when she really wants to get back to playing kaitlyn had reflux as a baby and has always been more sensitive about her foods she does not love many many foods that doesn t mean we give her a pass though i have never required that she eat foods that exacerbate heartburn but i do require a varied diet she eats that variety even if she doesn t love it i thinks she would live on pasta bread rice and the occasional fruit if i let her we don t have battles at all she just doesn t love many foods read more no comments share labels preteen summary the basics of a dreamfeed the basics of a dreamfeed the things you need to know to help the dreamfeed effectively work for your baby to sleep through the night the dreamfeed is a helpful tool to help your baby sleep through the night when you are also sleeping through the night baby need so many feedings in a 24 hour period and the dreamfeed is a way to make sure another feeding happens during your day so fewer need to happen during your night the term dreamfeed comes from the book secrets of the baby whisperer affiliate link by tracy hogg a dreamfeed is simply a late feeding that starts typically between 10 11 pm the baby is already in bed but you go in and feed baby one last time before heading off to bed yourself the idea here is that baby gets a feeding in just before you go to sleep when baby starts sleeping 7 8 hours straight without eating these 7 8 hours then fall between 10 6 giving you a good night stretch to sleep yourself the dreamfeed is not necessary if you would rather feed baby and put her to bed in the 7 8 pm hour and then head to bed yourself go for it the downside to not doing a dreamfeed is that it will likely be that the 7 8 hour stretch of sleep between night feedings will come between 7 2 instead of 10 6 if you are okay with this there is nothing wrong with it what you have to do is be prepared so when you hear stories of the 8 week old sleeping through the night from 10 6 and yours is still waking up around 2 am you can not be discouraged you can remind yourself that your baby is also sleeping well and there is nothing to worry about some babies do not respond well to the dreamfeed some won t wake up for it and some sleep mores soundly through the night without it always do what is best for your baby however also be sure the dreamfeed legitimately does not work and the problems is not with your implementation of the dreamfeed some babies are very particular about certain aspects of the dreamfeed so you might be able to tweak one thing and get a great stretch of sleep in the night in general a dreamfeed works well for most babies some babies take work to get to take the dreamfeed initially i had babies who needed a lot of time and effort put into establishing the dreamfeed before it was really a benefit for me it was something i wanted to establish i wanted to be able to stay up past baby s bedtime to spend time with my husband with effort i established a dreamfeed with those babies here are the basics of a dreamfeed to help you get baby sleeping through the night read more no comments share labels dreamfeed night sleep schedule sleep sttn everything you need to know about wonder week 19 everything you need to know about wonder week 19 what is wonder week 19 or leap 4 how to help baby through wonder week 19 what baby learns during wonder week 19 and what to expect it did not take long after starting this blog for me to quickly realize a common time period babies were having troubles with sleep i got an overwhelming number of questions from worried parents about their baby s sleep all of a sudden regressing right around four months old in fact the first time i wrote a post on it was two months after starting this blog i did some polls to try to figure out why some babies would be having issues while others would not i came up with some theories as to why problems might be happening it wasn t until my third child was a baby that the term wonder weeks first came to my knowledge wonder weeks by frans x plooij and hetty van de rijt was first published in 1992 yet i hadn t heard of it until 2009 the power of the internet and moms groups introduced it to me this book talks about time periods in your baby s life when your baby is developing new skills called leaps these periods are marked with fussiness clingyness crying poor eating and poor sleep the wonder weeks tells you when to expect these leaps what skills are being developed during the leaps things you can do to help baby get through each leap and how long each leap will last guess when the biggest baddest leap of all is four months old this is also known as wonder week 19 or leap 4 in this post i am sharing everything you need to know about this wonder week leap so you can help baby get through this sleep regression as smoothly as possible read more no comments share labels sleep problems wonder weeks brinley child summary 6 years old six year old girl schedule and development how to deal with emotions and what six year old girls are like this is a summary for brinley from 5 years 10 months old to 6 years old she is now 6 sleep sleep is great brinley had one night where she woke up crying because her leg hurt i am 99 sure it was from growing pains the 1 is reserved just for the fact that there is always a chance it could be something else i gave her some pain killer and rubbed some deep blue oil on her the doterra deep blue products are fantastic for growing pains other than that night things have been great eating eating has shifted some she has always been a great eater even through the typical picky slides toddlers go through she has started to say she doesn t like certain foods and not want to eat them there isn t one food group she is directing this toward but i would say most foods fall into the meat category brayden and kaitlyn both spent years not liking meat they basically didn t like meat until they were about 5 6 so it is funny to have her start to be picky about it now read more no comments share labels child summary emotions 7 practical ways to save money on baby items practical ways to save money on baby items tips to save money on everything you need for baby what to know how not to spend a fortune on a new baby this is the list for you 1 accept hand me downs we have been so abundantly blessed to receive a ton of baby gear from friends and family if you re looking to save money then saying goodbye to any pride you have about accepting second hand items will do you in good stead it s also good to bear in mind that by accepting the gift of hand me downs from another family you re allowing them to be a blessing to you most times people are happy to get rid of clothes and other baby items so that they can de clutter their home i would suggest asking what their expectations are for instance i when we have been given clothes i always ask if it s okay to pass them on to someone else once we re finished using them that way if there s anything that isn t to your taste or doesn t suit your child you can re gift them to another person with no guilt hand me downs aren t limited to clothes either we were given a crib bassinet bouncer baby bath and a number of other items of course you ll want to know the kind of home the item has come from but so long as you re comfortable with that there is nothing wrong with second hand the only exception is a mattress over time they lose their firmness and may not be as safe to use not to mention they tend to hold onto dust mites etc do some research and get your baby a good quality mattress but otherwise be open to receiving second hand items read more no comments share labels baby baby prep pregnancy over 70 beautiful and easy hairstyles for girls over 70 beautiful and easy hairstyles for girls these are hairstyles that your daughter can wear to school included are braids ponytails up dos buns pigtails and half up dos i taught myself how to braid using my rainbow bright doll when i was in first grade that was the start of me doing hair in every toy i had with hair fast forward to motherhood and now i have three daughters i get to do hair on every single day one of my favorite ways to play as a child has been able to become my reality in motherhood i am a person who really likes variety in many aspects of my life and a hairstyle is one of those i like to do many different styles on my girls and myself we take photos of what we do so we can visually look through the options when choosing what to do that day i often post our hair on instagram you can find photos on my feed and in my stories i also have a story highlight called hair tips where you can see past stories of hairstyles we have done you can also follow my hashtag cbwmhairideas in this post i have over 70 different hair styles for you to look at and get ideas for doing your daughter s hair i have written on my must have products for doing girls hair having a good detangling brush tools and elastics really make the whole process much smoother read my post on must have products for doing your daughters hair here read more no comments share labels hair schooling moms finding time to grieve after the death of a loved one moms finding time to grieve after the death of a loved one how mothers can find the time and space to grieve after the loss of a loved one when a loved one dies grief can rear its ugly head at unexpected times when you are a mom it can be difficult to find the time to properly grieve it can be difficult to give yourself the space that you need to mourn after all your toddler and or baby is demanding your undivided attention your needs as a mom often take a backseat this can unfortunately also include your time to grieve it is so important however to allow yourself the space to grieve and heal properly the only way to move through grief is to allow yourself to actually grieve it takes time time isn t something moms have plentiful forms of after losing my daughter however i had to find time to make the time grief also comes in waves unexpected at times things trigger emotions that otherwise wouldn t have and it can consume you in the blink of an eye there s no right way to grieve there s no normal way to grieve there are however some things that can help as you navigate the waters and there are ways you can find the time and space that you need for you read more no comments share labels grief guest post miscarriage stillbirth from learning time to homeschooling a seamless transition from learning time to homeschooling a seamless transition how doing learning activities in preschool years helps you prepare for homeschool during school years i first learned about the babywise version of learning time right here on val s blog i was happy to find something new to incorporate into my son s daily routine as he was getting older as a former teacher turned stay at home mom i knew then that learning time would be an important and hopefully fun part of our day when my son was an infant and pre toddler i can remember carefully choosing toys that would promote his development i remember carefully choosing board books to show him about current holidays or places we had visited like the farm or beach i remember slicing holes in the top of a container and showing him how to put pom poms through the hole diy fine motor work at it s finest i think i started official learning time with my son when he was about 20 months old right after my daughter was born during her morning nap i presented my son with a new lesson and then afterwards we would head outside to play during learning time i taught my son about colors shapes letters and numbers we did puzzles made crafts based on the current season or holiday and experimented with various types of art materials i followed his interests and together we both 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