Parents everywhere know that it can be a challenge to get a good night’s sleep with a baby or toddler around.
But Lehigh Valley mom Ronee Welch says she can change that.
Ronee has four children herself, including a set of twins.
She says she found success with something called the Sleep Sense program, developed by Dana Obelman.
So much so, that she started her own business teaching other parents how to guide their children to better sleep.
It's called Sleeptastic Solutions and Ronee does most of her work over the phone, via text or email. But sometimes she'll meet face to face.
She met Lauren Shaver of Palmer Township, Northampton County, at a local twins' club.
Lauren was having trouble with her 10-month-old twins Max and Jack.
"They were just miserable all the time. We would be like, okay they're tired, let's put them down and they'd sleep for like 30 minutes and then the cycle would start all over again and it was exhausting," says Lauren.
So she turned to Ronee, who designs customized plans for tired parents.
Ronee remembers being a tired parent herself after having difficulty with her twin girls and their sleeping habits. That's when she found the Sleep Sense program.
"But then a few years later I also used it with my son in a newborn state so it wasn't really sleeping training, it was sleep teaching. So I taught him what to do right from the beginning so I didn't have to change anything later on," Ronee explains.
It worked so well for her, she trained to counsel other parents.
Ronee 's advice: No sleep props like feeding, swings, car rides, pacifiers or rocking.
"That's really the big key..if you can get your child to go to sleep all by themselves then when they wake in the night they're going to know how to get back to sleep all by themselves."
Next, have a bedtime routine that includes something like reading a book.
"Somewhere around 30 minutes, you can do 45 minutes if you're including a bath. You want it to be a set of enjoyable activities, something that happens every sleep situation."
Establish an early bedtime, don't skip naps and be consistent.
" If you're not consistent with what you're doing, your child's not going to know what to do. These new sleep skills take time and so they need a chance to practice at every situation," says Ronee.
Lauren adds, "The best piece of advice that Ronee gave me was she gave me the confidence to know I was making the right choices."
If you’d like to learn more you can visit Ronee’s website, http://ift.tt/1sv5cHW.
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