by drcatherinedarley | Mar 17, 2010 | behavioral treatment, insomnia
There’s a saying in the sleep community “the only people who try to sleep are insomniacs, everyone else just sleeps.” Unfortunately, sleep can be one of those things that becomes more difficult the harder you try. Sometimes patients share that when...
by drcatherinedarley | Mar 3, 2010 | driving safety, fall asleep, sleep, sleep deprivation
Several years ago I had a neighbor who worked odd hours. Sometimes she’d work in the day, sometimes leave for work at 4pm, and sometimes she’d be in her office for more than 24hrs. Our kitchen and dining room looked out onto her driveway and front door so...
by drcatherinedarley | Mar 1, 2010 | Children's sleep, health education, parenting, sleep
Last month we discussed infant sleep health, today I’d like to follow-up with discussion of family sleep health. Whenever I’m working with a family to help them improve their child’s sleep, I also think about the parents sleep too. So many parents come in saying they...
by drcatherinedarley | Feb 16, 2010 | bedroom, behavioral treatment, insomnia
Sleep is interesting in that it is a physiological process, which is strongly influenced by habit. When we work to have positive sleep associations with our bedroom, we can sleep better. Remember Pavlov’s dogs? Whenever Pavlov fed the dogs, he would ring a bell....
by drcatherinedarley | Feb 10, 2010 | Children's sleep, fall asleep, parenting
Once your baby starts to have more sleep at night (about 7 weeks old), you can start to teach them to sleep well. At this point, you can observe when your child is sleepy, and put them down to sleep at that time. The first signs of sleepiness are that your child will...
