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Sleep

What Self-Soothing Skills Are

"Self-soothing" is one of the most overloaded phrases in baby sleep — used to mean everything from "fall asleep without being held" to "stop crying al...

5 min read

Parenting

Calming Strategies Children Can Learn and Use

A 3-year-old in full meltdown is not being defiant — their prefrontal cortex, the part that does breathing exercises and "use your words," is essentia...

8 min read

Emotions

Emotional Regulation in Children Under Six Months

When people talk about emotional regulation in babies, they often mean the baby's own ability to settle herself. For the first six months, that frame...

4 min read

Care

Thumb Sucking in Babies and Children: When It Matters

Thumb sucking is one of the oldest and most instinctive of infant self-soothing behaviours. Some babies begin in utero. Most parents of thumb-sucking...

5 min read