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Tips & Tricks for Better Sleep from Your Children's Mattress Experts

At 5 Little Monkeys, we're proud to have created a revolutionary children's mattress designed to give kids exactly what they need for perfect sleep – but our mission goes beyond that. We're passionate about ensuring that children everywhere get the restful sleep they need to grow and thrive, and while the 5 Little Monkeys Sleep System is central to that goal, we also want to serve as a resource for all your sleep-related questions and needs. Feel free to take a look through our blog for tips, tricks, and advice on getting better sleep for your little one. And if you haven't already, try the 5 Little Monkeys Sleep System for 100 days, completely risk-free!

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Can Children Get Insomnia?

Can Children Get Insomnia?

Quality, restful sleep is one of the most important factors in promoting a child's healthy growth and development. But often kids get a surge of energy right before bedtime, making the process of getting your child to sleep, well… agonizing! Helping your child get their requisite sleep can sometimes seem like an impossible task! Have you ever heard the phrase, “wired means tired?” Sometimes, though, inability to fall asleep can start to present a serious problem for kids, and that might leave you wondering: do kids get insomnia? At 5 Little Monkeys, our mission is to help kids everywhere get better sleep through our children's sleep system. So with that in mind, here is some information about pediatric insomnia...

The Best Lullaby Albums of 2018

The Best Lullaby Albums of 2018

At 5 Little Monkeys, we're on a mission to help kids everywhere get the deep, restful sleep they need to grow into healthy, happy young adults. To do that, we've constructed the best kids mattress, purpose-built to support growing bodies and help kids sleep better – but our commitment to sleep goes beyond our children's mattress. All parents have their tricks of the trade for getting their little ones to sleep. The oldest, probably being a good old fashioned lullaby. So to help you lull your little one off to dreamland, here's our list of 2018's best lullaby albums!

Rockabye Baby Beatles Lullaby Album

Our first contender takes an unconventional approach to lullabies, but any parent who grew...

The Effect of 27 Extra Minutes of Sleep for Your Kids

The Effect of 27 Extra Minutes of Sleep for Your Kids

At 5 Little Monkeys, we're big believers in the power of high-quality sleep to positively influence every area of a child's mental and physical health and wellness. That's why we've spent the better part of the past decade creating a mattress for kids that's designed from the ground up to be the best kids mattress on the market, and we've seen firsthand just how powerful the impact of better sleep can be in our own home. But as more and more data comes out on the subject, science is showing us that even a small amount of extra sleep can have a dramatic impact on a child's emotional and physical health. Just how small? 27 minutes, to be...