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Last week, we talked a lot about daycare and sleep – what can you realistically expect from your provider, for better or worse, what can you realistically expect from your child, and how they’ll actually sleep. If you haven’t read it yet, pause and go back so you don’t miss anything! This week, we’re continuing […]

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It is back-to-school season, which is usually a very transitional time for families. If your baby or toddler is in daycare, this might be when they go back to daycare after being home for the summer, or move up to another room, maybe you’re putting your little one in daycare for the first time…or maybe […]

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Growing up, my brother and sister had special blankets, my other sister had a stuffed animal, and I had my pillow – we were all attached to them when it came to sleep! I’m pretty sure both of my sisters still have theirs, my mom hid my brother’s in fear that he’d one day throw […]

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twins

Have you ever wondered how in the world families get sleep when their kids share a bedroom? Or are you coming upon a season where your kids either need to share a room, or you want them to share a room, but you’re nervous about how it will go? If you answered yes to any […]

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This week, we are celebrating five years of Via Graces!! It doesn’t feel like it’s been a full five years, but at the same time it feels like it’s been way longer. So in honor of five years, this post is going to walk through the five key pieces to successfully sleep training your baby, […]

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We are now on the fourth and final post of this mini-series we’ve been doing all about oral restrictions! So far we’ve talked about: And now we will hear from Erica Cavaluzzi of Facial Fitness & Well-Being. She is an Oral Myofunctional therapist and will be explaining all things high palates and mouth breathing. Introduce […]

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Craniosacral therapy…have you ever heard of it? I hadn’t until our lactation consultant highly recommended we do it after our youngest had her lip and tongue tie released, and now I’ve not only taken my youngest but also my oldest, and I’ve even had craniosacral work done on me! I can’t wait for you to […]

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In last week’s post, I walked through our tongue and lip tie journey with our youngest daughter. I shared all of the signs that pointed toward her oral restrictions, some of which were clear to us and some that weren’t, and I talked through her frenectomy and what the stretches and healing were like from […]

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I’ve said before that I love all things pregnancy, birth, and babies, so each pregnancy I go into, I know more and more. By the time we were pregnant with our third baby, I had heard more stories about tongue ties and lip ties, what the signs were a baby might have oral restrictions, and […]

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sleep products

All too often, I see products marketed as “the one” product your little one needs to sleep. If you just get this one special product, all of your sleep troubles will be solved. And that could not be more misleading! Yes, use a sound machine so your babe won’t wake up to every sound in […]

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All it Takes Is a Plan

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Being a parent is beautiful and messy, but when it comes to most things in parenting, all it takes is a plan - AND a whole lot of grace. Each week, Lauren will share new sleep tips and tricks, or simply real life parenting moments. She'll also interview other experts to share practical advice to help us navigate pregnancy, birth, babies, and beyond, with "plans" and "graces."