Sleep
This World Breastfeeding Week, I’m inviting Palestinian Mothers to the Table
By Elizabeth Moore Simpson [Trigger warning: infant loss] “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever…
Read MoreSumi’s Story
I was 28 when I had my first baby, when most of my peers were just meeting lifelong partners. The pregnancy went smoothly until the last trimester, when I was…
Read MoreCara’s Story
I had my child on April 3rd, 2020. That day is such a blur. It was not how it was supposed to be. It was terrifying and traumatizing, and I…
Read MoreAlma’s Story
I was 38 years old when I became pregnant with my first son, Sebastian, who is now 4. As a woman who had her first pregnancy after 35, I received…
Read MoreMy baby won’t sleep!
Baby not sleeping? That’s actually normal. By Macall Gordon, M.A. gentle sleep coach, www.thatfirstyear.com “Hi, I’m calling about getting some help with sleep for our 4-month-old… We’ve been… um…nursing her to…
Read MoreWhat do we even know, believe, think about sleep?
by Amity Kramer, owner Thresholds www.thresholds.info Sleep is the priceless gift that many parents, maybe even you, fear will be lost forever. It is a reasonable worry because your sleep…
Read MoreSleep and Breastfeeding: The Middle Path
By Gwen Kiehne, Doula and sleep coach (www.seattlefamilydoula.com) The vast majority of people becoming parents now have lived their entire lives in the digital age. The availability of information through…
Read MoreUnderstanding Sleep Deprivation
For anyone who has a new baby, the idea of sleeping when the baby sleeps is a great thought. But the reality is that most parents at one point or…
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