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- MSN Health & Fitness, December, 2008
Sleepless Baby, Depressed Mom—Which Came First?
Helping moms help their babies get to sleep. by Tina Adler for MSN Health & Fitness
Until recently, Diana Funk's blog, "Caffeinated," had the subtitle, "Because Maddie Lu Says, 'I Refuse to Snooze.'" Maddie Lu is Lulu, Diana's 2-year-old daughter. For Diana, Lulu's wakefulness was not just a minor annoyance. Diana is prone to depression, and "sleep deprivation adds to it," she said. She felt like her life was "falling apart because of Lulu's just horrible sleeping habits."
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- Washington Post, March, 2008
A Coach at the Crib And a Consultant at the Potty by Annys Shin
Maria Zimmitti didn't set out to become, in her words, the potty lady. The Georgetown psychologist fell into the role of toilet-training coach. She mastered potty training while working with children in an early-intervention program in the District in the late 1990s. About five years ago, she shared her techniques with a few groups of mothers. Word of Zimmitti's skills soon lit up local Internet discussion groups.
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- Washington Parent, July, 2007
Good Luck and Goodnight
Coaching Your Child to Better Sleep Habits by Julie Kirtz Garrett
What is a good night’s sleep worth to a busy, sleep-deprived mom? Rockville mother, Elaine Sigman, paid $600, and she considers it a bargain. For that amount she could have supplied herself with a daily café latte for six months straight – enough caffeine to keep her perky all morning. Instead, Sigman hired a sleep coach to get her 2-year-old son to sleep through the night.
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- The Washington Post, April 25, 2006; Page HE05
Teaching Kids to Sleep by Margaret Webb Pressler
When a child's sleep problems are entirely behavioral, nighttime can become a battle of wills in which the shortest person in the fight is usually the victor.
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