A reader asks our NPN Mentors about nighttime nursing with twins.  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep

My daughter has sensory processing disorder, an oversensitivity to sensory input that means my daughter has lived most of her life in constant arousal, her system always poised for fight-or-flight. No wonder she has trouble sleeping.  Read More…

7 Comments | Posted in Cosleeping, Nighttime Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep

A peak inside Gretchen’s journey towards peaceful nap times with her young daughter.  Read More…

12 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Parenting Philosophies, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep, Work and Family

Review and giveaway of Until the Light of Morning, a soothing CD that can be played any time you or baby needs to relax.  Read More…

37 Comments | Posted in Natural Parenting Products, Nighttime Parenting, Reviews and Giveaways, Safe Sleep

An informative guide on how to prepare a room to be ready for earthquakes!  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Family Safety, Safe Sleep

A reader asks our natural parenting mentors about causes of night waking and how to remedy it.  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Safe Sleep

Co-sleeping is one excellent way to have two attachment parents in the family (instead of just one). Unfortunately, the family bed doesn’t always work for every family member. Co-sleeping usually brings a more restful night for families but if you have a baby who wakes crying frequently to nurse (my daughter), it can be hard on a parent who was …  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Alternatives, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Safe Sleep

Nothing has generated more interest, questions, and comments than our cosleeping arrangement. In the course of my conversations I have been able to enumerate the countless benefits of bed sharing. Here are six of the reasons we chose to share our bed: Instinct The most simple explanation is the strongest. We chose this sleeping arrangement because it just feels right.  …  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Nighttime Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Safe Sleep

This week we asked you to share sleep with us. Read more about sleep in our articles this week. Link up!  Read More…

10 Comments | Posted in Cosleeping, Nighttime Parenting, Safe Sleep, Wordless Wednesday

As those early weeks and months of parenthood unfolded, night was not the sanctuary of peace I had anticipated. Sleep was broken, and tears were shed nightly by one or more of us. It was hard. Harder than anything I had imagined.  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Cosleeping, Nighttime Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep