Your Baby’s Short Naps Explained

Your Baby's Short Naps Explained

Catnaps. Mini-naps. Micro-naps. Whatever name you give them, short naps can feel like the bane of your existence as a mom or dad. It may seem like you spend an eternity trying to help your baby fall asleep at nap time, only to have her wake 20 minutes after you lay her down. Not exactly …

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5 Bad Nap Habits Your Baby May Develop

5 Bad Nap Habits Your Baby May Develop

Did you know that your baby can develop habits at lightning-fast speeds? It’s true! Even though she cannot walk or talk yet, she can develop a deeply-rooted habit very, very quickly. This explains why, after just a few days of rocking your baby to sleep, she will come to expect to be rocked. And this …

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7 Tips When Baby Won’t Nap

7 tips to use when your baby won't nap.

Baby & toddler naps are important for growth & development. What if baby won’t nap? Learn 7 tips to help with your baby or toddler’s naps!

How Rigid Should Your Baby’s Nap Schedule Be?

How Rigid Should Your Baby's Nap Schedule Be?

Your baby’s nap schedule can depend on how flexible you and your baby are and whether you and baby need plenty of consistency to sleep well.

How and When to Nap (Sleep) Train Your Baby or Toddler

How and when to work on naps

If there’s one thing we’ve written A LOT about here at The Baby Sleep Site®, it’s sleep training. Dare we say we’re sleep training experts? 😉 And usually, when we talk about sleep training, we’re talking about sleep in general — both nap time sleep and nighttime sleep. Today, however, we’re going to consider the two separately. …

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Is Your Baby or Toddler Napping Too Much?

Is Your Baby or Toddler Napping Too Much?

I know. Some of you are probably laughing hysterically at the title of today’s article. Too much nap time sleep?! Lots of you would probably give anything to have that the problem in your house! We understand that! Most of the parents we work with have babies and toddlers who struggle with nap time sleep. …

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