Sleep is a crucial part of life, but it does more than just replenish your energy for the day.

Sleep is a vital biological process that is essential for maintaining our overall health and well-being.

Is it healthy to nap as an adult?

Childhood obesity is an urgent and complex problem, and its relationship with poor sleep poses a major public health challenge.

Daylight saving time is the period of the year between spring and falls when clocks in most parts of the United States (U.S.) are set one hour ahead of standard time.

As your child gets older, their sleep needs change. The number of hours they sleep usually varies as well. Also, most preschoolers may stop taking naps. On average, your preschooler’s sleep drops to about 10 to 13 hours, including naps. By age 4 years, they may start dropping their daytime naps. When it comes to getting your preschooler the restful sleep they need, patience and consistency is key. If they attend preschool, it is helpful to work with their teachers to maintain a consistent schedule. In this blog, I discuss the sleep goals for your preschooler as well as address common sleep problems in this age group.

Sleep training involves getting your baby/child into the habit of falling asleep independently without any kind of outside help/assistance. This process varies for every child, even among siblings. When most moms hear about sleep training, they first think of the cry-it-out method. You can use several ways to achieve independent sleep in your child. Despite popular opinion, there is no perfect sleep training method. The ideal approach is the one that works for your family.

As the summer rolls in, many families get to travel, go to the beach, or just kick back after a busy school year. Exploring the world is fun, but having a cranky toddler dealing with jet lag isn’t. Traveling with newborns does not pose as much of a concern regarding jet lag, as they spend considerable periods sleeping around the clock. However, toddlers and older kids tend to have a more challenging time as they adjust to the different time zones. While these adjustments only take a few days, they could be the longest days of your and your child’s travel experience.

Sometimes as busy professional women, our thoughts make it very difficult to fall asleep or get back to sleep after we wake up.Thoughts of when we should have done the day before, combined with our next day’s todo list run through our minds all at once. Sometimes these thoughts trigger anxiety and oftentimes prolong our sleep onset.

At night, as soon as the sun begins to fade and darkness falls, Jennifer begins to dread going to bed because she knows that she won’t be able to fall asleep for several hours. She begins to worry about another restless night of sleep. Even when Jennifer tries to think positively about getting a good night’s sleep, she has difficulty blocking out negative thoughts such as, “Here we go again, I’m never going to fall asleep tonight” and “If I don’t sleep tonight, how am I going to make it through the day tomorrow?”