👩🏻⚕️When I was in fellowship @stanfordsleepmedicine I worked with some of the world’s foremost experts in pediatric sleep medicine. I’ve also spent time co-staffing a pediatric sleep clinic at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital with Dr. Carol Rosen. The most...
As a newer mother, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about sleep in babies! I thought I’d take off my doctor hat and put on my mom hat and share some of my experiences! When we brought our daughter home from the hospital we thought we’d mastered the swaddle (two...
A few years back my husband and I wore Fitbit devices but after a short time I stopped wearing mine because I didn’t like sleeping in it. My husband was into his device but forgot to charge one day and never wore it again. When I heard about the Oura Ring I was...
Sleep in dolphins is fascinating in that they have evolved to sleep with one cerebral hemisphere at a time. While asleep, the contralateral eye closes and the opposite hemisphere and eye, still partially awake continues to control breathing, scan for potential danger,...
Dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) is a useful marker for assessing the circadian pacemaker. It is also used to assess circadian rhythm disorders. One of the main reasons why DLMO is important is that it can determine when to expose or shield from light to delay...
I like to explain falling asleep like catching a wave 🏄🏻♀️. To catch a wave, you have to paddle out, pay attention to the timing of the sets, get in the line up, build some momentum and then drop. And if all goes as planned, magic 💫 When we talk about sleep...
