Becoming a parent (first-timer or not) is exhausting. If this is your first child, you are blindsided by the dramatic shift to your new schedule. If this isn’t your first child, you may remember the unpredictability of a baby’s schedule but now you’re experiencing it while managing multiple schedules. You don’t have to go into
Parents and children can both be intimidated by bedtime. You never know if you’re going to get a sweet, peaceful, and bonding evening or if it will be filled with stress and meltdowns. We would all choose the first experience if we could. While nothing in parenting is guaranteed, there are steps you can take
Being a parent to one baby is a lot of work so as you can imagine, that work is multiplied with twins! Having your twins on opposite schedules can be a parents’ worst nightmare. You don’t have to accept that as your reality though. Parents can help their twins by sleep training so that everyone
Odds are, you had some sort of comfort item that accompanied you through your childhood and if you didn’t, you surely knew someone who did. Sometimes these items were seen in a store. The shopper held it in their hands, felt how soft it was and imagined the sweet child coming into their life soothing
Rocky Mountain Sleeping Baby specializes in sleep training, and you may have heard it mentioned several times in our various blogs. Our certified sleep experts share more about what sleep training is and its benefits of it. If you are interested in learning more or want to set up a session, please give us a call, send us an email, or fill out the contact form on the website. We work with families across the United States and look forward to working with yours!
As our children become toddlers, they also become adjusted to their environment, and how their space becomes their own. Ownership over space can build confidence and responsibility, however, it can also start abstract thinking. Abstract thinking is when your toddler begins to mimic actions, use symbols to visualize an action, or mime an action when
Traveling itself can be a feat as it is. Adding a baby, or toddler, or one of each to the mix, brings it to an entirely new level. Before you embark on this adventure, our certified sleep experts at Rocky Mountain Sleeping Baby have compiled our best tips for traveling with babies and toddlers. Learning
As many of you know, Kandra, the owner of Rocky Mountain Sleeping Baby is also the proud mother of two beautiful children. When she was pregnant with her second child, Kandra often worried about how to introduce the newborn to her toddler, and what the reception would be. As a guest writer for this blog,
Should you swaddle your newborn? Such a great question! Let’s start with the basics. First things first, what is swaddling, and why is so popular? Swaddling a baby has been around for hundreds of years and has seen a resurgence in popularity over the last twenty years. Swaddling is beneficial to your baby’s physical and
Let’s talk about the history of the crib for a moment. “High-sided” or “Infant-beds” were first invented in 1620 to keep a baby contained in a small space. The crib, as it became known, was first made from a hollowed-out tree trunk or log. Through the years, improvements were made such as adding a sidewall
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