It’s a milestone almost all parents have to face. Eventually your baby is going to learn to stand up and that likely means they are going to practice that new skill in their crib. Now, instead of your baby lying down, getting comfortable and peacefully falling to sleep they are standing up almost immediately! The …
If you mention the 4 month sleep regression in any group of parents of babies and toddlers, most parents will shudder. As a Baby Sleep Consultant, I talk with parents every day about this regression and how to get babies sleeping again. The good news is that it will get better — even if it …
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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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You’ve made it out of babyhood and are onto toddlerhood! Many parents (understandably) hope that this is the end of sleep regressions and your good sleeper is going to stay a good sleeper. Unfortunately, it usually isn’t. If your sweet sleeper who has been peacefully sleeping through the night is all of a sudden waking …
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 so frustrating for parents. It is an exhausting endeavor. Parents work so hard to get their …
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You hear so much about babies not sleeping, but what about toddlers? Do toddlers magically start sleeping well and through the night when they hit a certain age? Nope, this is not the case for the majority of toddlers who were not sleeping well as babies. Many parents face toddler sleep struggles and toddlerhood can …
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Oh toddlerhood, the time in a child’s life where boundary-pushing is an everyday matter. Toddlers are trying to take in, learn and explore as much as possible. Trying to discover who they are as a person and their place in this world seems to be based quite heavily in challenging pretty much everything their parents …
Before having kids, I remember rejoicing about the ‘extra hour’ of sleep we got by ‘falling back’ each year. Too bad kids don’t seem to understand what an extra hour of sleep means! But don’t fret I’m here to help you through this upcoming change. In case you missed it, the daylight savings time change …
As a Baby Sleep Consultant, one of the most aggravating situations I see parents running into is the sudden onset of a minor illness when they’re finally seeing some progress with sleep training (or finally sleeping well after sleep training!) After months of sleep issues, they finally decide to take the initiative and get serious …
