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Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant

09/08/2026

Facts:

🐧 Not all children of the same age have the same sleep needs
🐧 School age children need lots of sleep to grow, learn, focus, and emotionally regulate
🐧 Your school-age child may benefit from more sleep than you realize (10-11.5 hours) - check the chart below!

09/07/2026

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07/29/2026

Happy summer everyone! Summer is generally my slowest season, families are enjoying the long sun-lit days, bedtimes creep later, family trips are happening, and that's wonderful. It's fine to be more lax and less structured in summer. But if the scenario below is starting to happen more and more, know that you can't reason your way out of it with your toddler. Asking (or begging) for independent sleep is not a strategy. Need a strategy? I can help with that. pinestreetsleep.com

05/10/2026

Wishing all the mommies a wonderful day! Although as my mom says, every day should be mother's day! Hopefully your littles will gift you with a good night's sleep.

04/21/2026

Spring is here! The temperature is warming and the sun is gracing us with more delicious daylight. We are wired to wake with sun, however, and if you want to prevent early wakes check the darkness in your child's bedroom. I often hear parents complain that their children are waking at 5am in the late spring and summer - this is often due to early sunrise! Make sure there are adequate blackout shades (you can double up window clings and curtains) keeping the room nice and dark. Adequate darkness will also eliminate that confusion of "it's bedtime but my room looks like it's day time!"

04/13/2026

On National Scrabble Day (April 13) I'm here to remind you of a simple fact: children and adults who sleep long, uninterrupted stretches of sleep are happier and healthier in body and mind than those who don't.

Are you ready to enjoy your Spring? Reach out for sleep support today!

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03/15/2026

We're back with more toddler tips! Toddler tip #7: validate your child's big feels without making those big feelings disappear.

Here’s a little scenario. You’ve been on vacation and sharing a room out of necessity. You’re finally back home, you tuck your toddler into her own crib in her own room where she has slept her whole life (except for this vacation), and she screams “no! stay here!” and will not settle. So you do. You sit in her room until she calms and falls asleep, then you sneak out. Four hours later she is up screaming again for you. You go back in and stay in the room until she settles. Fast forward four weeks and you have now set up a blow up mattress in your toddler’s room because she “can’t” fall asleep or stay asleep without you there.

Sound familiar? I have heard so many different versions of this exact situation. And parents don’t know how to get out of it. But it’s quite simple - you don’t have to make your child’s big feelings go away. In fact, you shouldn’t. Big feelings (anger, sadness, nervousness, frustration) are a part of life and it is a disservice to your child to make sure they never feel them. I would argue that our job as parents is to support our children as they experience these big feelings.

There is a huge difference between supporting your child through their big feelings around sleep (“I know you want me to stay in your room, it was different on vacation wasn’t it? I’ll come check on you so you know I’m around”) and rescuing them from their feelings (“Ok, I’ll sit here until you fall asleep”).

If you're stuck in your child's room at bedtime and throughout the night and don't know how to get back to your own bed, please reach out!

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03/10/2026

Back to basics - the ABCs of safe sleep!

Your baby should sleep ALONE without other people, without stuffed animals, without pillows or blankets or bumpers. All of these are suffocation and asphyxiation risks. Eager to have your baby close by? Pull the bassinet or crib directly next to your side of the bed.

Your baby should be put to sleep on their BACK. This is the number #1 recommendation to prevent SIDS. As your baby becomes more mobile they might flip onto their belly as their preferred sleep position. Even when that happens, continue to put your baby down for naps and bedtime on their back.

Your baby should sleep in a CRIB (or bassinet as a newborn), not a bed, not a couch, not an infant lounger, nor a car seat for extended periods of time.

Safe sleep is healthy sleep!
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03/03/2026

Is your wonderful child preventing you from getting enough restorative sleep? Guess what - it means your child is also not getting enough sleep (unless you have a newborn, newborns really do need to wake every couple of hours). Pine Street Sleep - Pediatric Sleep Consulting can help with all your sleep woes! Reach out to schedule your free intro call to learn more!
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02/10/2026

Toddler tip #6: Do not assume your toddler is ready to stop napping...even if they stop napping

“My kid stopped napping the day she turned 2!”
“We went on vacation and my kiddo never napped again”
“Your kid is already 3? Don’t you think he should stop napping?”

You have probably heard (or said!) one or more of the above statements. Toddler naps can be so finicky! The truth is most kids really do need a nap until at least 3 years old. And some continue to need that nap through age 4 or even 5. So what to do when your 18 month old/2 year old/3 year old refuses a nap?

Before assuming they are ready to drop a nap, consider that your child is going on a “nap strike.” Nap strikes do not mean the end of napping forever, but a temporary disruption of your child’s regular nap routine. Nap strikes may occur during developmental leaps (language acquisition, learning new physical skills) or due to toddler stubbornness. More often than not, the nap will return after a week or two if you stay consistent, continue to offer nap time at the appropriate time, make sure the room is adequately dark, and give your child at least 60 minutes to settle down to sleep. And always offer an early bedtime whenever nap is missed!

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