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Breaking Down the 6 Most Popular Baby Sleep-Training Methods 🛏️ 👶

Although the idea of ‘sleep training’ might seem unappealing to many mothers, experts recommend it for infants four to six months.

If you leave the child to their own devices, when they inevitably wake up, they’ll have the tools they need to go back to sleep. There are several ways to sleep-train your infant, but here are the six most popular.

Check and Console

Put your baby to bed, leave the room for a minute, come back, and reassure them, but don’t pick them up, then leave the room again. Repeat this process for 10-15 minutes until they fall asleep.

Extinction or Cry it Out

Put your baby in the crib and leave the room. Do not reenter, no matter how much they cry. If your baby wakes up again after midnight, Mommas can come in and comfort them.

Chair Method

Prep your baby for bed and sit in a chair next to their crib. Leave the room when they fall asleep, but come back and sit in the chair. Every night, move the chair further away from the crib until you’re out of the room.

Pick Up, Put Down, and Shush-Pat

When putting your baby to bed, stand over their crib, shush them, and pat their tummy until they’re calmer. Experts don’t suggest this method for babies over seven months.

Bedtime-Routine Fading

Choose any routine you prefer and continue decreasing the amount until you no longer do it.

Greater Good

Gradually take your baby’s bottle and pacifier away until they no longer need them to fall asleep.

How to Make Extra Money Before the Holidays 💵

As we enter the holiday season, it’s always good to have extra cash flows in your life. Here are some simple, yet reliable ways to make this season work for you.

Start a Temporary Side Hustle

Side hustles are one of the best ways to earn money quickly. You don’t necessarily need to get another job but consider delivering food, dog walking, driving for Uber or Lyft, or anything else that might interest you.

Sell Items You Don’t Use

If you’ve noticed your house or your closet bursting at the seams, consider selling anything that’s no longer serving you. Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, and Depop are great places to start.

Sell Your Crafts

If you’re crafty or creative, consider marketing your skills! Make an Etsy shop, list your creations on Facebook Marketplace, create an Instagram account for your business, or set up shop at a craft fair.

Rent Your Property and Clothes

If you’re not ready to sell your items, consider renting them out! You can Airbnb your extra room, a storage shed, and even parking spaces you aren’t using. If you have some nice clothes sitting around, download Pickle!

Autumn Grilling Recipes You Need to Try Before it Gets Too Chilly Outside 🍖 🥩 🔥

These Autumn grilling recipes will take you back to the good old days of cooking dinner over an open fire. Thank goodness it’s easier now!

Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken with Foil Packet Greens

Steak Skewers with Chimichurri

Pomgranate Maple Glazed Lamb Chops

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks with Avocado-Cilantro Sauce

Unique Pumpkin Carving Ideas That Will Impress the Neighbors 🎃

It’s pumpkin carving time and these wonderful templates are the best way to ensure your designs will be the best on the block. Pumpkin carving templates are easy to find and use, especially if you want to make a clean-cut and impressive-looking pumpkin this autumn. If you’ve never used a stencil before, here’s a helpful tutorial. Here are a few of our favorite pumpkin stencils you can use.

Ghost in the Window

Cat Stencil

Bat in the Moon Stencil

Micky Mouse Stencil

Lemon Shots 🍋 🥃

💊 Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday. The popular drugstore obtained $3.45 billion in financing from some of its lenders through the process. The 61-year-old drugstore owns over 2,000 locations and faces hundreds of lawsuits over opioid supplies.

❌ The Illinois landlord has been charged with a hate crime after fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely wounding the mother on Saturday evening. The Palestinian-American boy was killed because he was Muslim.

🔴 🔵 The first round of voting is over and the U.S. House of Representatives still hasn’t elected a new speaker. Republican nominee Jim Jordan lost 20 votes from his party, just falling short of the 217 votes he needed.

🏥 Hamas said they would release civilian hostages if Isreal stops the Gaza strikes. A senior Hamas commander was killed in the Isreali air strike on Tuesday. The Israeli military said they are quickly moving to the next stage of war, which is the ground invasion.

❌📜 On Saturday, Australia voted no to recognizing Indigenous people in its constitution and creating an Indigenous advisory body, the ‘Voice to Parliament.’ 60% of voters said ‘No’ to the referendum, saying it would divide the country. Many fear this vote sets the country back.

Wednesday Word of the Day

Elucidate (Verb):

• To make lucid, especially by explanation or analysis

• To give a clarifying explanation

Sentence: It doesn’t matter how much I elucidate the topic, my children still don’t understand why they can’t have candy for dinner.