Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant

Helping babies + infants + toddlers + children across the globe 🌎 get some much-needed sleep 😴 PersonIized Support In-Home and Virtual Options

[Dr. Amy M. Bender @Sleep4Sport]

What type of blue light blocking (BLB) glasses work? Undergrad (🤩!) Destiny Rupple & team, tested 31 commercially available BLB glasses for spectrophotometric properties.
Winner: Opt for red-tinted or orange-tinted which did the best & could preserve most melatonin.
#SLEEP2021

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

@CTVJoelle Hilarious

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

As our children grow, their body clock matures and new sleep stages emerge.

Understanding how their sleep changes and when they change can explain some of the patterns you see with your child’s sleep.

#sleepeducation #sleep

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

@KayeEllen17 So much prayers and love being sent your way

[Portlandsleepdoc @PortlandsleepMD]

Vibration promotes sleep in some fruit flies, a phenomenon that may help explain why your child falls asleep on car rides: https://t.co/tFJk1yIhOm

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

Sleep is essential for our wellbeing

[Matt Walker @sleepdiplomat]

Sleep: a foundation, not pillar, of mental health? Associational study of +1,000 people. Sleep quality was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms and flourishing, followed by sleep quantity. Next were physical activity then diet (fruit & veggies). https://t.co/bhu7hRJG7W

[Sleep Research Society @ResearchSleep]

Melatonin is used as a dietary supplement to promote #sleep & get over #jetlag, but nobody really understands how it works in the #brain. Now, researchers show that #melatonin helps worms sleep, too, & they suspect they've identified what it does in us. https://t.co/c2n6CDPMCl

[Sleep Research Society @ResearchSleep]

Explore a brand-new themed collection from SLEEP and the ASN journals on the topic of nutrition, #sleep, and time. With the aim of answering common questions on how these topics intersect, these articles are available until the end of 2020. https://t.co/vTmUozfOq1

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

Value is my fav of the 5 principles to help with sleep!

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

🔎Our research reveals evidence of the impact poor sleep is having on the nation’s mental health.

So, what can we do about this? Read our report and recommendations today to find out more: https://t.co/UiR7DUXWjC

#TakingSleepSeriously

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

Parents your sleep matters too and this study talks about the effects when you are running on top little

[Centre for Sleep @CentreforSleep]

The pooled cohort study of more than 20k participants from England & China found cognitive function declined faster in people with either very short (≤ 4hrs) or very long (≥10hrs) #sleep duration than in people who slept 7 hrs/night. #cognitivehealth
https://t.co/LhM3rxZjmg

[Centre for Sleep @CentreforSleep]

The @UCLA researchers looked at data from more than 60 #sleep studies and have discovered that sleep is critical in brain development in babies until around age 2.5. At that time the purpose of sleep transitions to #brain maintenance and repair. #REMsleep
https://t.co/YJn0vrRPQl

[Scary Mommy @ScaryMommy]

Before you judge a parent for sending their child to daycare or in-person school, remember this: My friend is an essential worker. She can't work from home. She's a single mom with no family nearby and can't afford a full-time nanny. We all have our own circumstances. Be kind.

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

To all those struggling to fall asleep during this heat wave

[Centre for Sleep @CentreforSleep]

#TipTuesday #sleep #sleeptips #heatwave #yyc #calgary

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

The environment that are children sleep in can impact their sleep. Read more about your child’s sensory needs and sleep. #sleepsupport #sensoryneeds

https://t.co/ibVYeSR9JF

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

Adolescents getting 8 hours of consolidated sleep through the night or obtaining it with an additional nap is important to avoid impact on basic cognitive functions

[Portlandsleepdoc @PortlandsleepMD]

Study of adolescents found basic cognitive functions were not impacted if sleep was split into shorter overnight and nap (vs longer, continuous overnight) as long as total sleep opportunity was 8 hours: https://t.co/l6KTL3110C

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

@SauravLuthra @PortlandsleepMD I was wondering the same thing

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

As I unmute myself I want to let everyone know what I’ve been up to this past week. ⁣
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I have been reading, reflecting, learning and growing. ⁣
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I have had some uncomfortable conversations and I am committed to… https://t.co/q1eskESkNO

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

@Sethrogen Wtf

[American Academy of Sleep Medicine @AASMorg]

Much like the brain and the body, your eyes heal themselves as you #sleep. Sleep deprivation can open the door to #eye infections, twitches, spasms, blurry vision, and even #glaucoma. https://t.co/qnpMeoju4A

[Ashley Fricker | Sleep Consultant @MountainsSleep]

Feeling sleepy after lunch? What you eat and how your body digests what you eat plays into wanting that afternoon seista! #foodie #sleep

[Future Of Sleep @future_of_sleep]

The post-prandial dip - food-coma or circadian rhythms? https://t.co/UZQ128RUPT