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What people think sleep hygiene is: showering and brushing teeth before jumping into a bed of clean sheets 🪥🚿

What sleep hygiene actually is: beneficial habits and environmental conditions that help us (kids and adults!) get to sleep and stay asleep 🛌
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We’ll spare you the conversation about how important sleep is… we know you know.

Here are some changes you can start to make, piece by piece, to help your child get to sleep (and stay asleep!):⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 consistent bedtime routine⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 engage in relaxing activities before bed⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 keep regular sleep/wake times; try not to deviate by more than an hour on weekends⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 reduce noise and light in room; nightlights are OK, but they should not be bright enough to see words on a page⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 get plenty of natural light during the day to help with body’s natural hormone release⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 no screens at least 1 hour before bed⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 use bed only for sleep… no homework, phone use, toys, etc. in bed⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
😴 keep room temperature cool; our body needs to drop a degree or two in order to fall asleep⠀

Choosing the gender of your child is technically possible, advances in fertility treatments allow doctors to identify male and female embryos.

This option allows parents who have children of one gender and want to have a child of the other gender.

This is called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).

WHY IS INFERTILITY SO PAINFUL? 😞

Alexandra Kimball says in her book:

“It’s not that motherhood is out of reach, it’s that it’s just out of reach.
It’s not that motherhood didn’t happen, it’s that it almost did and, in fact, still could.

The difference between the grief of infertility and other reasons for mourning - the loss of a spouse, for example - is in that promise of ‘JUST,’ in ‘ALMOST’ in ‘STILL COULD.”

Do you agree?

You are not alone in this fight. 💯

Dealing with infertility can put a strain on relationships, can increase stress levels, and add to possible pre-existing mental health issues.

No. You're not alone. 1 in 8 couples has trouble growing their family.

When joy is in the air, those giggles in your house turn into sweet melodies like you’ve never heard before. Rely on a team, that helps you embrace parenthood.

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