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Is your wily 3-year-old winning the bedtime battles?Here are some handy (and effective) workarounds.
Bedtime battles often start with a change in routine for livewire kids. Discover why the first night feels impossible and how consistency makes sleep easier.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


The Sleep System: Why your child can't "just fall asleep"
Struggling with your child’s sleep? Discover a sleep system designed for alert, sensitive kids who just can’t power down. Learn why some children aren't wired for easy sleep, and how understanding their temperament can make all the difference.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


How to have a bedtime routine that’s not a three-ring circus
Struggling with a chaotic bedtime routine? Learn practical, research-backed tips to help your spirited child wind down and actually go to sleep.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Low Ferritin: The Little-known Reason for Chronic Sleep Issues in Young Children
Low ferritin and low iron sleep issues may be the hidden cause of your child’s restless nights. Learn signs, symptoms, and what to do next.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


What’s a Livewire? Big Brains, Thin Skins, and an Ocean of Feelings
What's a livewire? Find out what traits your child came wired with and the upsides and challenges that come along with them.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Why parental burnout in parents of big-feeling kiddos is worse than I thought.
Parental burnout among parents of fussy/alert young children is eight times higher than the average, some data indicates.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Why the “research base”of crying-it-out isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The research on crying-it-out is not as clear as you think. What's been left out might be critical for parents.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


How to navigate the messiness of meltdowns (theirs...and yours)
In the spirit of full transparency, I have no business writing an article on managing meltdowns. I feel like I was sooo bad at it. And...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Itches, gasps, thrashing, and yelling: Five organic sleep disruptors you should know about
Physical conditions that can look like infant and child sleep problems.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Parents are increasingly worried that they’re blowing it: Is parenting advice to blame for that?
Is too much advice/information helping parents? or just making them doubt themselves? Consumer and information culture might be to blame.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


More than just "difficult"? Results from my research on temperament, parenting, and sleep.
If you look at the research on temperament, it seems to be full of bad news. The original categories of temperament (created by...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Put on the danged oxygen mask: How to get some self-care even when it seems impossible
When you are running on fumes, I know it is a big ask to even consider self-care…but, trust me, it’s so insanely important. Being...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Rather than “sink or swim,” self-soothing should be like learning to ride a bike
Self-soothing is a skill that's rooted in brain development. It's learned in relationship, not in isolation.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


It’s not your imagination. Parenting a non-stop, alert, non-sleeping child is harder.
Parenting a livewire means your job is harder. Knowing that you are not alone, and prioritizing some self-care can help.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Four sleep hacks that really do work. . . when nothing else has.
"Sleepy signals"...ha. What are those? If my daughter ever yawned, it would be a miracle. I swear this baby could go all day, never, ever...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


“You’re amazing. I’m exhausted.” Parenting an alert, non-stop little livewire.
Small children who have extra big feelings and extra low thresholds experience the world profoundly…and they let you know it. They can be...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Temperament may be the reason your child can't sleep
Aspects of temperament are a MAIN reason why sleep is difficult. This article tells you why that is.

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Hello, parents of high-need babies or children? Two words: parental burnout
We all have an image of what parenting will be like. For me, it was those ads with a mom sitting peacefully in a rocking chair with the...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Sleep research and advice is full of parent-shaming and it needs to stop.
I recently met a woman who told me that when her baby was roughly four-months-old, she was constantly fussy and just wouldn’t sleep…at...

Macall Gordon, M.A.


Worried that you're creating "bad sleep habits" in your newborn? Good news: You don't have to.
The notion that you’ve already irrevocably ruined your child’s chances of sleep by nursing or rocking her to sleep at 4-months is just false

Macall Gordon, M.A.
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