As a professional sleep consultant, I hear the term “regression” used in regard to just about every imaginable circumstance. Essentially, if baby doesn’t sleep well for a couple of nights, parents start referencing the “regression” word. Some people subscribe to the idea that there is an eight-month regression, a nine-month regression, a one-year regression, as well as teething regressions, growth spurt regressions, and so on. Others see these as simple hiccups caused by e

Raising kids is a high-stakes responsibility, and in this age of social media and easy access to information about anything and everything, parents are easily overwhelmed with feelings of guilt and inadequacy. As a sleep consultant, I see this all the time from parents whose babies aren’t sleeping well. One of the other major contributors to the, “I’m doing something wrong” sensation is separation anxiety; that oh-so-challenging part of a child’s life when they start to comp