I’m sure all of us have heard the expression “never wake a sleeping baby”. It gets thrown around a lot. However, it’s not always true. Sure there are times when you don’t want to wake a sleeping baby, but there are definitely times and multiple reasons that you should indeed wake a sleeping baby. Here’s […]
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Let’s talk about the 8 month sleep regression. After the 4 month sleep regression, this one gets a lot of attention because after finally getting your baby sleeping well it can feel like things are falling apart again. Sleep regressions are really just progressions in a baby’s development that cause disruptions in sleep. They are
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*Updated October 2023 to help you solve why your baby always wakes up when put down* It is common that parents come to me because their baby wakes up every time they try to put baby down. No matter how gently, slowly or quietly they put baby down, they suddenly wake up! It can be
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The Why, the When and the How to Use an Early Bedtime to Help your Kids Sleep Well I get a lot of questions on how to avoid the cycle of overtiredness for babies, toddlers and little kids. An early bedtime is a great tool to help your child get caught up on sleep. For
Yup, it is almost that time of year. Again. If you are thinking ‘didn’t we just deal with a time change? How can it possibly be time for another one!?’, well I am right there with you. Unfortunately, I don’t really get a say on Daylight Savings Time, so here we go again. The “Spring
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Overtiredness is a baby’s worst enemy. And their parents’ worst enemy too. I know this is kind of a big claim to make. But I bet any parent who is dealing with an overtired or worse, a chronically overtired baby knows what I’m talking about. What is Overtiredness? Overtiredness is when our body gets beyond
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Imagining the night your baby will sleep through the night is a milestone many parents look forward to. Understandably so, sleep is so important in allowing all of us to be our best selves while sleep deprivation makes a lot of things in life much more challenging. Unfortunately the question ‘when will my baby sleep
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As a Baby Sleep Consultant, exhausted parents ask me this question a lot. It is an extremely important question that parents need to have answered. Our babies are completely dependent on us for getting the food they need, so making sure we feed them when they are hungry is important! The challenge is answering the
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When it comes to parenting there are a lot of philosophies, opinions and beliefs out there. This is great because every baby and every family is different, so we’ve all got to figure out what works best for our families. The responsibility we have as parents is A LOT. Not only do we want to
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I talk to a lot of parents who want their kids of different ages to share a room. Whether it is because there are only a certain number of available bedrooms, you want to maintain a guest room, another baby is on the way or just because, the reason doesn’t really matter. The process of
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