Ari turned 1 today!!! Can’t believe it’s been a whole year with this amazing child. Practically a newborn. 16 pounds, no teetth, not sleeping through the night, but his personality makes up for the sleep deprivation ❤️❤️
My sweet baby girl gained her angel wings this morning. She was my best friend, my true love my everything. She was so happy and beautiful, I'm struggling to say good bye. Sleep tight princess, mummy and daddy love you very very much ❤
#momlifechats Moms, Welcome to #momlifechats! We’re so excited to welcome Infant & Child Sleep Consultant Hailee Schollaardt (@nurturingsleepsolutions). Hailee has been a Certified Sleep Consultant for 3.5 years. She has 3 kids aged 4.5 years, 2.5 years and 6 months and knows all too well the difficulties of a non-sleeping baby. “My first baby was 11 months old before he slept his first 2 hour stretch (It was a wednesday) and since then I became obsessed with learning about sleep!” Hailee classifies herself as more of a gentle sleep coach and encourages parents to do what works best for their own family. “Always advocate for your family and your baby! After all, you know them best!” She has worked with many families and loves providing tools to help improve sleep for every family she meets. Healthy Sleep equals Happy Families! Hailee’s top 3 sleep tips: 1.) Create a baby cave! The body is cued by light levels and so darkness in the room environment is so important. We want that room to be pitch black if we can. This helps newborns feel at home (in the womb) and it help’s older babies produce sleep hormones. 2.) Use white noise. This is my “must have” in any sleep space. It helps newborns feel at home because it sounds like the womb and it helps older babies to cycle through sleep cycles. Use a constant sound such as static, heavy rainfall or a vacuum. Make sure it does not turn off after a certain interval as we want it to be playing the whole time to help those sleep cycles! 3.) Build strong routines. This is not the same as a schedule. A routine is just the steps you do before putting your baby down to sleep. Each step in that routine triggers the brain to release sleep hormones. Essentially, it acts as your baby’s clock telling the body what time it is… sleep time! Inconsistent sleep routines can lead to inconsistent sleep! Please ask @nurturingsleepsolutions anything by tagging her in the comments below. And a big thanks to @nurturingsleepsolutions for participating in this chat! Hailee welcomes you to follow her Facebook Page Nurturing Sleep Solutions for more live Q&A’s and helpful Facebook Live sleep tips! Let’s get chatting! 🍁mom.life_usa🍂
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Liz·
@dscurry2011, well hopefully if you do get pregnant it’s a girl. I have thought about it but I don’t know just yet. My mom want me to go to school because she thinks it’s not the same.
Destinnie Scurry ·
Мама четверых детей
@dragon_ball_mommy, I know. My fear is I would get pregnant and it would be another boy. But I want a daughter so bad. I already have names picked out lol. But I know exactly how you feel. Since we have four we both work but I wish everyday i could just stay home with them. Have you thought of taking online classes? That’s what I do
Liz·
@dscurry2011, she wears 2month diapers. Awww girl I don’t feel like I want more but then I do lol. I want more so I can have a lot of kids but then the thought of not wanting to leave my babies to go to work is just hard. I haven’t been to school for a year and I hate that. I want to go but I’m scared to leave her and not know what she’s doing. I’m over here not wanting another kids until she’s at least 13 but then I’m picking names already like ugh 🙄 you never know you might get a baby girl
Destinnie Scurry ·
Мама четверых детей
@dragon_ball_mommy, that’s how I feel lol he’s wearing 6-9 month clothes and size 2 diapers. I have all boys and even though I want a daughter so bad idk that I will have another. I keep thinking maybe God intended for him to be this way because he is probably my last baby 😥
Liz·
I want to cry because my baby will be 1 in 3 months 😫 what a beautiful baby boy you have. My chil is still small I think she’s going to be like me since I’m short lol. She still fits in 3 month clothes so I still have a 3 month lol.