Emily McDonald
Emily is originally from the MetroWest area but has been in Central Mass for about 15 years. She, first, was a dog mom who loved to travel with her Siberian Husky and Shiba Inu before she met her husband. Then, she settled down in a nice farm town and added two children to her pack. She enjoys traveling with her family and has a crazy hobby of collecting limited edition cloth diapers. When she is not home (or on an adventure) with her kids, she works as a paramedic and as a certified pediatric sleep consultant.
5 Odd Behaviors Children Find Soothing
Babies are not born with self-soothing/regulating skills, these skill develop over the first four months of life. Self-soothing tends to be associated with babies who are able to fall back to sleep on their...
Safe Sleep for Toddlers
When we talk about safe sleep, it usually revolves around newborns and infants. But it's important to make sure that sleep continues to be safe for toddlers too. Some of the rules change once...
Normalizing Safe Sleep
When I was pregnant with my oldest child, I got so many recommendations for all sorts of products. Everyone was a baby expert. You have to get a dock-a-tot, your baby will sleep through...
Surviving the Spring Forward: Sleep Tips for Daylight Savings Time
The clocks change yet again on March 14th. Even though this ritual feels completely antiquated and terrible for our sleep, it keeps happening. Jumping forward an hour can be difficult. It can cause some...
How to Counter Early Wake-ups
Early wake-ups do not have an easy answer.
There are a few factors to take into consideration. Frankly, this is going to feel like a choose-your-own-adventure. There just isn't a one size fits all answer....
My Child is Teething and Won’t Sleep
Teething has long been blamed for sleep disturbances. It seems that teething has become a catch-all for some relatively vague symptoms with no solid diagnosis. Yup, a teething child can be a bear. They...
Planning for the Best [Sleep] this Holiday Season
Regardless of how your family is celebrating this year, sleep could be affected. You may be traveling to see friends and family, maybe you are hosting a holiday this year. Perhaps, you are staying...
Falling Back: Getting Sleep After Changing the Clocks
The dreaded time change! Anyone else hoping this is the last time we have to change the clocks? I supposed the "extra" hour of sleep (if you don't have kids) in the fall is...
Elements of the Perfect Nursery: Considering Necessities Over Extravagance
We all want to have that picture-perfect nursery in the Pottery Barn catalog. But is that really practical? Heck no. It is pretty and expensive and has way more than you need. In fact,...
Getting Children to Sleep in Stressful Times
A lot of parents have reported that their once perfect sleepers starting exhibiting difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep back in the spring. Many felt that as the "chaos" died down and things went...
