If your child sleeps better, you do too!

Attachment and forming a child-parent relationship can be especially difficult with adopted children. However, the keys to forming a healthy attachment are the same whether your child is biologically yours or has been adopted.

Child-Parent relationships are the foundation for a child’s personality, life choices, and overall behavior. Furthermore, healthy relationships and attachment strengthen the social, physical, mental, and emotional health of children. Especially in babies and infants, brain development is dependent upon loving bonds or attachment. So a good child-parent relationship and attachment isn’t just recommended, it’s necessary.

Have you tried breathing exercises with your child? Well... if you need some convincing here’s everything you need to know about conscious breathing, its benefits and how to get started. Deep breathing, also known as abdominal breathing is the use of breathing for various mental and physical health benefits.

No matter what kind of parent you are or parenting style you follow, independence is essential for children. Independence most simply teaches children self-reliance and allows children to feel they have control over their lives. Independence also improves autonomy which builds self-esteem, confidence, and motivation.

Emotional intelligence is a set of skills related the the monitoring of one’s own and others’ emotions. Using this information one can use emotions to guide their thinking and actions.

Gentle parenting is on the rise, and you’re probably wondering exactly “What is it?” Gentle-Parenting focuses on a parent-child relationship based off positive encouragement and your child’s willingness and choices. That is contrary to the other traditional parenting styles with focus on demands, rules, and punishment. Gentle-Parenting uses positivity and patience instead.

Routines are undeniably important for little ones. Routines help children feel safe and secure, bringing consistency to their lives, especially in times of change (moving, divorce, new brother/sister, COVID pandemic). Routine is very important is raising “well-adjusted” children. Routines also set children up with good habits in life.We all know that life can be stressful, well... routine gives predictability and familiarity to children. If you have a school-aged child, they were probably well adapted to their school day routine (especially before the pandemic).

In case you didn’t already know, too much screen time can be extremely detrimental to your little one. Screen time can contribute to decreased melatonin production, vision problems, mood swings, increased tantrums, sadness and depression.

The lights are low, baby is bathed, warm and fed – and now it’s time to drift off to sleep. Still, persistent sleep problems that make it hard for your baby (and you!) to get the rest you both need could be a sign of a bigger issue. Getting your child to fall asleep (and stay asleep) is not a task for the faint of heart. For the most part, repetition, patience, and maybe a little praying are a part of every parent's repertoire. Don't worry, no one will blame you for using every handy tool at your disposal — like your Smartphone — to pull it off. These are five apps  to help get baby to sleep.

We are celebrating 1'000.000 downloads in 150 countries in the world. Daniela and Francisco (our co-founders) created this App without knowing even a single line of coding. They quit their jobs to get fully involved in this venture. They hired, as well as partnered, with developers to bring out the idea to life.