I have received many requests to weigh in on (excuse the pun) weighted blankets over the past few months, so I wanted to write a blog post about these blankets in the style of an interview. Why are weighted blankets so popular these days? How do weighted blankets work? Weighted blankets are popular because lying under … Continue reading Weighted blankets: why are they in the news so often?

Four-year-old Armand loved to play with a smartphone in bed for over an hour each night until he fell asleep. He became so used to this and so upset when his mother tried to take it away that his mother began making sure that the phone would run out of power each night around bedtime … Continue reading Tips and Recommended House Rules for Electronics

The bad news: you may be making two common mistakes during your preschool- or elementary-aged child’s bedtime routine that are keeping your child from sleeping well. The good news: both mistakes are easy to fix! Mistake number one: Staying with your child until he or she is completely asleep.  Parents often ask me, “Why does … Continue reading Why doesn’t your child sleep well? The two mistakes you may be making during your child’s bedtime routine