sleep Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

Who Needs Sleep?

In my family of origin, I’m kiddo number four – with two older brothers, one older sister, and two younger sisters. My younger sister and I are only eighteen months apart. So, that means Mom got pregnant with her when I was only nine months old! This fact...

Shhh… Baby’s Sleeping

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 31Days, 4th trimester, baby, coping, sleep

Those signs you receive at baby showers that are supposed to go on your front door asking people to knock softly and avoid ringing the doorbell so your baby will stay asleep are really interesting to me. Not that I don’t understand how badly it sucks when you finally...

Crash Out, Please!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 31Days, coping, newborn, sleep

I just spent the last several hours talking to four different groups of expectant parents about how important it was after the birth of their baby that they crash out when their baby does following birth. This may sound like a no-brainer, but it’s really, really vital...

A Body at Rest…

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 31Days, 4th trimester, rest, sleep

This work of ushering new, little people into the human race is hard, stinky, messy work a lot of the time. And all of it is made so much harder by the fact that these new, little people have no clue how to sleep during the hours that old, big people are used to...