"It is in the nature of babies to be in bliss." Deepak Chopra

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Blissful Babies is an Infant/Child Sleep Consulting and Parent Coaching company.

Using the 3 Day Sleep Solution, by Davis Ehrler, I help babies and children ages 6 months - 8 years old get the healthy sleep they need. The 3 Day Sleep Solution will teach you how to establish routines that will break old bad habits and immediately start new healthy sleeping habits that will stay with your child for life.

As a parent coach, I offer parents support in regard to parenting their children and raising a family. I can help with discipline issues, picky eaters, tantrums, toddler transitions - such as getting toddlers into "big kid" beds or new siblings, and a general lack of routine and consistency within a household. In short, I help to guide parents to a place where they enjoy parenting and provide them with the skills and foundation needed to raise happy and confident children.

This blog will feature tips and information on healthy sleep and parenting.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

NEW ARTICLE: Night Sleep in Babies Linked with Better Cognitive Skills

This is a great article from Mamapedia about the importance of night sleep for your children. Babies and children should be getting 11-12 hours of night sleep for healthy brain development.

"When is your baby sleeping? According to a recent study, babies who get most of their sleep at night--as opposed to during daytime naps--do better on tests of executive functioning, including impulse control, mental flexibility and working memory, compared with kids who sleep less at night. This research boosts what studies have been finding--that early childhood sleep plays a key role in the development of higher-order cognitive processes, which may later contribute to emotional and social adjustment and achievement in school. "These results raise the possibility that infant sleep affects developing brain structures [associated with higher-order cognitive processes] in the first two years of life," the authors of the study write, "thereby setting in motion a cascade of neural effects that may carry substantial implications for later executive functioning." The "restorative features of sleep may be especially prominent in the frontal cortex, which is one of the most active and most densely connected brain regions during wake time, and may thus require more recuperation during sleep," the researchers explained."

Monday, November 15, 2010

NEW!! GROUP COACHING!!

Now offering GROUP COACHING! If you know 5-8 moms that are facing challenges with parenting - or are simply not enjoying being a mom as much as they should be - please let me know! Group Coaching can be a great way to meet other moms and to gain insight through another's perspective. Contact me at adshillito@yahoo.com for more information.