Restore Sleep Consultants

Respect your child's routine & prioritize sleep. WHY? Kids who miss 30 to 60 minutes of sleep might function just fine eating, talking, playing but their higher mental powers are affected: they lose their ability to focus and their creative edge falters, they don’t retain information as well, or they become emotionally fragile and quick to snap or melt down. Toddlers need 12-14 hours of sleep, preschoolers 11-13, and school age children 10-11.

New study on Bed-sharing & risk of SIDS: TOP THREE FINDINGS - 1. Don't co-sleep on a couch or chair. 2.Don't bed-share if either parent in the bed has had more than 2 drinks of alcohol. 3.Don't bed-share if either parent smokes, especially with babies younger than 3 months

Your phone is messing with your sleep...and the rest of your body. Bright blue light disrupts the brain’s production of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the sleep cycle. That’s fine in the morning, but our brains are supposed to start producing melatonin when we are ready for sleep, and blue light interferes with that process.

To my friends and clients with Postpartum Disorders...a look at how your diet can play a significant role in your recovery. #research #ppd #nutrition

Steve Virtue is an amazing client of mine with three kids! He reached out when his middle child, an active, bright and curious toddler was getting out of bed at night at waking-up at 5:30am! "I wanted to thank you for your great help and support - he's now doing a great job of sleeping like a big boy." I love helping families get a good night's rest!

{What to sleep as well as baby Isabel's Mama, Anna?} Five Tips for Parents - Get a good night's rest: 1. Avoid using any electrical device 45 minutes before bedtime. Your brain connects the light from the screen to that of the sun, and continues to release your waking hormones.... 2. Being reliant on unnatural night-time props (e.g. warm baths, pills, alcohol) can fuel sleep anxiety and further sleeplessness. 3. Go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time each morning, so your 'drive' for sleep the following night isn't disrupted. 4. Cut out caffeine after lunchtime and limit alcohol to one small glass of wine. It takes an hour to metabolise one unit of alcohol, so your body won't be focusing on sending you to sleep. 5. While 7 to 8 hours is the average for MOST people, anything from 4 to 10 can be normal. Try to find your own average, and don't worry if it's different to others. Be aware of your sleep debt. I think that after a while, we forget how much sleep we're missing. Six hours a night and chromic daytime yawns become our new normal. But knowing that we're behind on sleep. combined with the knowledge of the profound effects of sleep debt on mood and cognition, can give us valuable perspective. Maybe catching up on sleep will help the day's problems seem a little more manageable!