In my last post, I discussed Harvard's findings that less sleep could be linked to obesity, so we know at least one reason you and your baby should get enough sleep. Let's explore other reasons as stated by Harvard Health. Learning and memory Have you ever tried to learn something new when you are tired? It's hard! Well, the old saying goes that "we learn something new every day". Babies and toddlers are learning new things probably every minute (I might be exaggerating...I didn't look it
The Baby Sleep Site Blog
Don’t Sleep, Be Fat…Maybe
Time Magazine reported that a Harvard study (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/sleep/index.html) just concluded that too little sleep in babies and toddlers might be linked to obesity. And, they said TV viewing heightened the effect. No surprise there. At first I was skeptical about this study of the link between sleep and obesity. After all, we are also living in a fast food era, watch hours of television, sit behind a computer for hours blogging, tweeting, and surfing
Sleep Associations – Is Rocking Your Baby Harmful?
Is it a bad idea to rock your baby? It depends. It is never a bad idea to cuddle your baby and give him/her lots of love and affection! It's only when rocking your baby becomes something you can't keep up with that it is a problem. Let's take a step back and let me explain what a sleep association is. What is your sleep association? How do you fall asleep? What kind of routine do you do before you go to sleep each night? Do you watch TV? Talk to your partner? Do you read a book? Do you sleep
Sleep Training is NOT Cry-It-Out (CIO)
I thought I should first talk about my philosophy on helping your child learn healthy sleep habits. Sleep Training I don't define "sleep training " as cry-it-out (CIO) and you don't have to let your child cry to teach healthy sleep habits . Some people seem to think they are synonymous and I disagree. Sleep training starts with respecting your child's need for sleep (Weissbluth) and doing your part to ensure he gets the sleep he needs. This does not mean throwing up your hands if
Welcome to my blog about child sleep
Hi! My name is Nicole and welcome to my blog about child sleep. Why a blog about child sleep?! I am a 34 year old mother of two and when my eldest was a baby, he was one of the most challenging sleepers! "Sleep like a baby?" Yeah right. You better hope you never sleep like my baby did! He would wake up every 1-2 hours all night long. We had to do soooo much to get this boy to sleep! So, I dove into numerous books and message boards about sleep. I devoured everything and once I helped him