By Noreen Johnson, Certified nutritionist, Consultant & New Parent Who’s Been There. The Night I Realized I Was Doing It All Wrong I used to think a “perfect bedtime routine” meant singing lullabies while rocking my baby until she fell asleep then carefully laying her down… only for her to wake up 10 minutes later screaming. I’d try again. And again. And again. By 1 a.m., I was crying too. One night, I whispered to my husband: “I feel like I’m failing at the one thing I’m su

By Noreen Johnson, Certified nutritionist, Consultant & New Parent Who’s Been There The 3 a.m. Cry That Changed Everything I still remember it. It was 3:17 a.m. on a Tuesday. My newborn, Leo, had been screaming for 47 minutes straight. I’d tried swaddling, rocking, feeding, shushing, walking, singing — even playing that cheesy “Baby Mozart” CD I bought on impulse. Nothing worked. I was exhausted, tearful, and convinced I was failing as a mom. Then, on a desperate Google searc