Best Parenting Humor - October 2021

Every once in a while it's good to stop smell....the dirty diapers? Here's a round-up of some hilarious posts for all the fellow parents out there. Enjoy scrolling while you take that potty break!
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Naive But Well-Meaning - Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Anyone who has a child with Down Syndrome has encountered those people who mean well, but just don't know how to respond. Here are some of the most common things we've heard, and some tips for how to respond.
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The Skinny on Night Terrors

You run in because your little one is screaming. You check to make sure there is nothing majorly wrong, only to see that it seems like they are still asleep. You try to soothe him, but he just screams louder. You pick her up, but then she starts flailing and trying to hit you.

NIGHT TERRORS.
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Why You Must Be The Expert In Down Syndrome

Hello my friends, good morning! He was reaching for me to pick him up, now he wants down. Hold on…

So I was planning to have Noah on this morning, but apparently he had other plans this morning. So I want to jump right in and share with a couple stories about advocating for our kids and why it’s so important to understand what’s really going on inside of them.
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How to Get a Better Night Sleep

Do you wake up sometimes, and regardless of the amount of sleep you got, you know that you don’t feel rested, and know that you didn’t get good sleep? The answer to why this is may actually really surprise you, and it is actually the thing I am shooting this video with: Your phone!

Your phone can cause so many disruptions to your sleep. This is not just when it buzzes or rings, or if it lights up while you’re sleeping, but it is even the waves that it emits. When you study sleep, you hear about brain waves, or the waves of energy that happen within your brain as you’re sleeping. There are different forms of brain activity that you need during the different stages of sleep.
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