Parenting can be summed up with one emotion: tired. “My child doesn’t fall asleep until 2 AM and doesn’t wake up until 11 AM”. “My child keeps waking up at 4 AM and won’t go back to sleep”. These are few common struggles of bedtime routines for families. It takes time to establish a consistent sleeping schedule, but it is not impossible. Learn more about the appropriate amount of sleep your child needs, how to establish a bedtime routine, and how to adjust unsavory sleeping schedules.
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Vasilikitsa “Kitsa” Antonopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP/L is a licensed speech-language pathologist with over two decades of experience supporting children and families. After earning her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Louis University, she gained deep clinical expertise working across pediatric hospitals, early intervention programs, and autism therapy settings.
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