Your little one's sleep doesn't have to be a mystery

Traveling with young kids can be challenging enough (trips not vacations, right??), not to mention changing time zones and dealing with a jet lagged baby or toddler. It can be rough! But that doesn’t mean changing time zones with kids is impossible, and I certainly don’t want you avoiding family vacations and all of those […]

Do you live in an area of the country where hurricanes, tornadoes, or wildfires are a pretty real threat? If so, this week’s post is for you! I’m interviewing my teammate, Maura, as she has been in or around her fair share of natural disasters. She’s going to be sharing about how she and her […]

When I say the Fourth of July with kids, what’s your first thought? Is it, “Yay, fireworks are the best!” Or is it, “I can’t wait until they’re older so we can go to the fireworks again.” Or is it, “Ugh, the fireworks better not wake up my kids!” Or something in between? In this […]

“Is there a wrong way to sleep train?” I’m going to be answering that question today with six mistakes parents often make when sleep training. I don’t know about you, but we attempted to “sleep train” our oldest several times before actually sleep training her – or maybe I should say before “successfully” sleep training […]

In last week’s post, I shared the birth story of the most recent addition to our family, baby number four and our first boy – little James. And I shared that we had a homebirth! I always get lots of questions about homebirths, so in this post, I’m going to share our why behind having […]

Our fourth baby and first boy was born right before midnight on February 26, 2025. And in true Engler baby fashion, he came FAST. So in this post, I’ll be sharing our birth story! For a bit of context, all of my births have been pretty fast, so we didn’t expect this one to be […]

Raise your hand if you think daylight saving time should just be done away with! (You can’t see me right now, but my hand is raised high.) The good news is that “springing forward” isn’t nearly as brutal as “falling back”; the clock will say 8:00 am when you wake up rather than 7:00 am, […]

When someone struggles with insomnia, intervention strategies often focus on bedtime routines or surviving sleepless nights. However, good sleep hygiene starts during the day. Just like in any sport, preparation is key to success when “game time” arrives. Your daytime choices work to either support or sabotage your ability to sleep by influencing your sleep […]

When it comes to baby products, the choices are endless! There are SO MANY products out there – some of which are great, some which you could easily do with or without, and some that just seem pointless. And the same goes for baby and toddler sleep products! In this blog post, I want to […]

In last week’s post, I shared my top three priorities postpartum, none of which had anything to do with baby’s sleep. So this week I’m going to focus on my top three newborn sleep tips for when baby arrives! Being able to establish a solid sleep foundation with my second and third girls was a […]