WAKE UP! It’s a School Day!

Disclosure: I am a Serta brand ambassador and I m compensated for my time and participation in the program. I have also received complimentary products for review.
All opinions are my own. 

Back-to-school sleep tips for kids

Many kids in this area are going to back to school after Labor Day, so I wanted to share some back-to-school sleep tips for kids to hopefully create brighter mornings when school starts.

From my work the past three and a half years with Serta, I have had the opportunity to experience firsthand the difference a good night’s sleep makes when sleeping on a quality, supportive mattress like the iComfort.  Serta’s Perfect Sleeper mattress is the official mattress of the National Sleep Foundation – a great resource site for all sleep topics.

Getting enough sleep is essential for a child’s health and well-being, especially during the school year so they can be alert and able to learn.

Summer inevitably brings later bedtimes for the kiddos. With lighter, later nights, fun activities and vacations, parents tend to relax a little on bedtime, especially if they can sleep in the next morning.

But when summer vacation comes to an end, it’s often a rude wake up call for kids to wake up early.

Here are some of my personal tips I have learned through my 8 years of parenting combined with expert advice on back-to-school sleep tips for kids from the National Sleep Foundation.

15 Books You Can’t Put Down

15 Books You Can't Put Down

Last summer I got addicted to reading again after a long hiatus and I realized how much I love to read.

But here’s the thing. As you fellow mommies know, finding spare time in the day to to read a book can be hard to come by so I don’t have the time or patience to “get into a book.” It has to grab me from the first chapter and be so good it becomes one of those books you can’t put down.

Over the past year I have read lots of books that fall into the books you can’t put down category, so I wanted to share the titles with you.

How to Sleep Cool This Summer

Disclosure: I am a Serta brand ambassador and am compensated for my participation in the program and receive complimentary product for review. 

How to Sleep Cooler on Hot Nights

Those of us in So Cal are fortunate to experience pretty moderate temps year round, which means many homes in our area don’t have AC. Most days you don’t need it, but when those heat waves strike, well, they can make for some pretty miserable nights.

Serta Mattresses, along with the experts at the National Sleep Foundation have some great tips on how to sleep cooler on hot nights.

If you have any secrets up your sleeve on how you sleep better (and help your kids sleep better) when it’s hot, please comment below!

10 Tips on How to Sleep Cooler on Hot Nights

1. Keep your bedroom hotel-dark during the day….

Shopping with the Serta Test Rest App!

I am a Serta brand ambassador and am compensated for my participation and receive complimentary products to help educate readers about the brand and their dreamy mattresses.  Recently my husband and I visited Friedmans Sleep Center in Long Beach to test out the new 2014 Serta iComfort and iSeries mattresses which were newly redesigned this year and they… Continue reading Shopping with the Serta Test Rest App!

Meet 4 Boys

This mom walks into swim lessons for the lesson after us last month and puts down a pool bag unlike any I have seen before.  It’s huge. It stands upright. It can fit all her multiple kids’ pool gear. I had to have it. The bag is the 4 Boys bag from SCOUT. I am already a… Continue reading Meet 4 Boys