Whether you are pregnant or just had your baby, you may be wondering how 0 to 6 week olds sleep. Will your 1-week or 2-week old sleep all day and night? Will your 3-week or 4-week old wake up a lot at night? Will your 5-week or 6-week old start sleeping in longer stretches?Our partner in sleep, Nested Bean, has shared with you the basics of sleep for 0 to 6 week olds. In summary, here's a little about what you can expect:Hours and hours of sleep – just not all at once. Bedtime? What
Newborns
Newborn Not Sleeping? Here Are 6 Reasons Why.
Newborns are so cute, but newborn sleep can sometimes seem downright ugly! Ask any parent of a newborn, and he or she will likely tell you that long, deep, peaceful sleep is NOT on the list of things their family is enjoying.And that's usually normal. Newborns aren't supposed to sleep 8 hours straight at night; their little bodies simply aren't designed to work that way at first. But sometimes, newborn sleeplessness can seem excessive. What do you do if your newborn seems tired, but is
On Newborns and Sleeping Through The Night
For 10 months (or longer) you look forward to taking your newborn bundle of joy home. You have all the gear, the room is perfect and you've read all the books. And then it happens...You get home and your darling sleeps for a few hours and is up. I don't mean up and needs a little cuddle, I mean up and ready to party.I remember those first few weeks with my newborn. Trying to heal from delivery, trying to do everything right and struggling with lack of sleep. My little guy was colicky
Benefits of Swaddling with 7 Swaddle Safety Tips (Plus a Giveaway!)
Today we have a guest post written by Karen Barski, BSN, RN and inventor of the Woombie Baby Swaddle. Woombie is also giving away two of their Woombie Air so be sure to read to the end to find out how you can enter to win one!Benefits of Swaddling Your BabyWhen your baby is swaddled, he or she is taken back to the days in the womb, when everything was comfortable, safe and snug.Swaddling has a number of key benefits for both parents and babies – when done correctly and
2 Month Old Baby Sleep Tips
Your little 2 month old baby is no doubt just the most adorable little being on the planet....but your 2 month old baby's sleep may be less darling! By the time your little one is 2 months old, naps may be all over the place, and night sleep may feel like a nightmare. Plus, we find in our work with parents that by the time your baby is 2 months old, all the adrenaline that was keeping you going through the newborn phase is wearing off quickly, and exhaustion is hitting full-force.Yeah...to
15 Newborn Baby Sleep and Feeding Tips
Newborn babies are so wonderful, aren't they? They're all soft, new skin and sweet-smelling heads and tiny, adorable features. I remember each one of my children as newborns, and each of them just broke my heart with their cuteness when they were tiny.But caring for a newborn? Trying to figure out feedings and naps and swaddling and all the things that go along with parenting a new baby?That usually doesn't feel so wonderful. In fact, if you're a new parent, it may feel totally
7 Gentle, Natural Ways To Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Better
Fact: newborns and young infants aren't usually the best sleepers, what with the waking every few hours to eat and all. That's why the phrase 'sleeping like a baby' is so misleading, in my opinion! ;)Understandably, parents often become very interested in how to help their newborns sleep pretty soon after delivery. The thing is, newborns and young babies aren't ready for sleep coaching (we usually advise waiting on that until baby is at least 4 months old and have moved past the
Are Probiotics A Cure For Your Baby’s Colic?
One of our priorities here at The Baby Sleep Site® (aside from doing everything we can to help your baby sleep!) is to stay on top of current sleep-related research and best practice recommendations. Nicole and our team of sleep consultants really are sleep experts, but there's a reason for that - they keep up with what's happening in the field of sleep research!Well, last week, one of our consultants forwarded a new and interesting article on to the rest of us. This article, from NPR's
4 Newborn Baby Items You Should Never Pay Full Price For (and 2 That You Should)
When I was pregnant with my first child, I have a clear memory of walking into my local Babies-R-Us, ready to register for cute baby gear and feeling so excited. And then the nice checkout girl handed me the list of 'must-have' registry items. And there were eighty-two things on it.EIGHTY-TWO. Seriously -- how can such a tiny person need so many things?!Well, in all honesty, your newborn doesn't need quite that much stuff. But if you're having a baby, you will need to buy some baby