Sleep Training

Get help for sleep training baby! Sleep training helps for getting your infant, newborn, or baby on a great sleep schedule. How to get your little one sleeping well for naps and sleeping through the night. Find tips on gentle sleep training, Ferber sleep training, extinction sleep training, and various other methods.

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Tips for Swaddling Baby in Hot Weather

Swaddling a baby is a great way to help the baby sleep better. Swaddling helps control the Moro reflex that can startle the baby to wake up. A swaddle is comforting and soothing. When the weather gets hot, however, you can find yourself wondering if it is safe to swaddle your baby, and if so, how to swaddle without your baby getting too hot. Frist of all, yes, swaddling is safe in the summer! This is good news because it helps your baby sleep better. There are some precautions to take and things to do to help your baby be safe and still swaddled.

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Sleep Regressions By Age

10 Month Sleep Regression

8 Month Sleep Regression

4 Month Sleep Regression

Sleep Regressions

8 Month Old

Sleeping Well

When Your 8-10 Month Old Suddenly Stops Sleeping Well

While the 8-10 month sleep regression is not as infamous as the 4 month sleep regression, the sleep troubles that come up at this age are well documented and always noticed. One day you will find yourself thinking, “Why is my 10 month old fighting naps?” Or perhaps you have an 8 month old waking at night crying. Well, it is likely a good old sleep regression. With a 3 month long sleep regression, it is easy to understand why this sleep regression gets noticed. In this post, we will talk about when this sleep regression happens, why it happens, and what to do about it. Stop that sleep regression and get baby back to sleeping! Learn all about the 8 month sleep regression and why it can happen at 9-10 months, also. Learn 8 common causes for the regression and what to do about each.

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Sleeping Through The Night

Sleep Training

7 Tips to Get Baby STTN

7 Tips to Get Baby STTN. Get tips so you can get your baby to sleep through the night. Have patience as baby gets old enough and big enough to sleep through the night Figure out if baby needs to eat in the night or not Make sure baby is not sick, in pain, or uncomfortable Figure out if baby is waking out of habit or not Have a consistent bedtime routine Make sure the schedule and routine are all working for baby Sleep train baby so baby can fall asleep independently. Avoid sleep props

Baby Dreads

Witching Hour

Sleep Schedule

Is Your Baby Fussy At Night? This is the reason!

Is Your Baby Fussy At Night? This can be very normal! Find out how to handle it. This is the reason! Tips to help your witching hour baby through this fussy evening period and help you know how to deal with baby’s witching hour. This post outlines the details of witching hour, how to help baby through it, and our personal experience with witching hour.

Parenting Help

Organized Mom

The Reason to Allow Baby Thumb Sucking

The Reason to Allow Baby Thumb Sucking. You might think you need to stop the thumb sucking, but you can really let your thumb sucking baby continue on. Read to find out why. You can stop it later and can break the habit at an older age. Tehre are ways to make it easier to break the habit later if you follow some simple rules.

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Is Baby's Night Waking Because of Hunger?

It is normal for babies to wake in the night. We all expect it. As baby gets older, we hope for baby to sleep through the night. We can find ourselves wondering, is baby waking up because he is hungry? Or is it from something else? Hunger is not the only reason babies wake up in the night. There are many reasons. You can find the full list in my post How To Solve Your Baby’s Nighttime Sleep Issues. In this post, we are going to talk about how to tell if baby is waking from hunger and what to do if that is the reason. Just because baby is waking in the night doesn’t mean baby is hungry at night. This post outlines how to tell if the night waking is from hunger or not.

Bedtime Routine

Baby Bedtime Routine

Bedtime Routine Baby

Gentle Sleep Training

Bedtime Routines

Newborn Sleep Schedule

Baby Whisperer

Sleep Training Methods

Bed Baby

What to include in a Babywise bedtime routine

You probably wonder what time is actually bedtime on a Babywise schedule. When do you consider it bedtime and when is it still a nap? The basics of bedtime for a baby are: It happens after the 7ish PM feeding (the exact time will vary depending on baby’s schedule). It should be at a consistent time day to day. It will happen in an eat/wake/sleep cycle just as the rest of the day has. This means evening feeding, bedtime routine, bedtime. For bedtime, you want your routine to be very similar to your nap routine. Get your Babywise bedtime routine down perfectly. How to find the ideal bedtime for your baby, toddler, preschooler, and child.

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The Wonder Weeks and the Impact on Sleep

Babies need sleep. Sleep helps baby develop physically, mentally, and emotionally. Despite the need for sleep, there are many times babies have sleep regressions. These are often tied to The Wonder Weeks, including leap 4, perhaps the most infamous of all the wonder weeks. When your baby goes through a wonder week mental leap, there is an excellent chance there will be some disrupted sleep in conjunction with the leap. There are seven different leaps in the first year alone! Learn about The impact the wonder weeks have on baby’s sleep. Sleep regressions to expect and how to quickly get baby sleeping well after a mental leap.

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Baby Sleep Through The Night

Baby #5

Strategies to Stop Baby's 5-6 AM Night Wakings

A really difficult time to navigate is the time when your baby starts to wake in the night around 5-6 AM. Most babies will land here for some period of time as they extend their night sleep. What was once a clear night waking around 2-3 AM extends to the 5-6 AM hour, leaving many parents wondering what to do. Do you count that as a night feeding? The first morning feeding? What do I do? How long will this last? The good news is that this waking at this time means you are actually very close to dropping a night feeding, so while it can be difficult in the moment, it is a great sign that things are progressing!

Wake Up Happy

3 Rules for Successful Baby Sleep

3 Rules for Successful Baby Sleep. Your baby CAN wake up happily. In fact, waking up happy is a good sign baby is getting her sleep needs met. Read this for tips on how to achieve this. There are a few rules to follow to ensure that your baby will wake up happy once he is old enough. Follow these rules from birth or from the time you learn of them. This is a great sign that your baby is getting the sleep he needs and that everything is optimal.

Toddler Sleep Training

Parallel Parenting

Parenting Knowledge

Healthy Sleep Habits

You Can't Force Kids to Sleep

You Can't Force Kids to Sleep. You can set everything up perfectly and have your child's schedule down, but you still cannt force a child to sleep. Sometimes toddlers just won't sleep. That is okay! You do what you can and provide the opportunity and do not stress it out after that.

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6 Month Sleep Regression

Baby Sleep Regression

11 Reasons Your 5-8 Month Old Isn't Sleeping

The 5-8 month old age range can be particularly troublesome. You have just come out of the 4 month sleep regression and quickly head into a 6 month sleep regression. Soon after that, you get an 8 month sleep regression. Along with the regressions, there are many changes happening in your baby’s life that can cause short naps. Whenever your little one stops sleeping well, you want to identify why. You can’t get baby back to sleeping for naps and night without addressing why it isn’t happening.

Baby Whisperer Sleep Tips

Baby Whisperer Sleep Tips. Get the top tips from Tracy Hogg, the Baby Whiperer, to get your baby sleeping through the night. Learn about baby sleep types, the stages of sleep, and see FAQs for baby sleep. Sleep Tips from the Baby Whisperer. Get to know the different sleep types and the stages of sleep. This will help you help your baby sleep well.

Cluster Feeding

4 Tips To Get Baby STTN

4 Tips To Get Baby STTN--Simple ways to help! If your baby is not sleeping through the night, try these tips to help your bbay STTN. You need to monitor your daytime sleep, you might try cluster feeding, you might need to wait before going in. You can get your baby to sleep through the night by working through this checklist!

Get Back On Track

How To Get Your Baby to Sleep at a Holiday Party

The holidays can be a really fun and exciting time! But they also bring with them a lot of hustle and bustle. One of the most stressful parts about holiday plans for parents with young kids is the holiday party. Parents worry about their baby’s sleep and how naps will go with the party going on. They worry about not just that day, but the days following. How long with it take the disrupted baby to get back on track after a party? Let’s talk about ways you can help your baby sleep at your holiday parties this year. Get 7 tips for helping your baby to sleep at the holiday party this holiday season. Find ways to help baby sleep in a different environment and what to do when naps are short.