Safety First: Tips & Tricks for Traveling with a Baby

Getting ready for any journey takes some time and effort, but when your baby is traveling with you, both the time and the effort double. It takes meticulous planning and elaborate preparation to make sure your little one feels fine during the trip. So, here are some valuable tips for all the parents out there …

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What Age Can My Baby Sleep With A Stuffed Animal?

Introduction The majority of first time parents worry about letting their baby sleep with stuffed animals in their cribs for the earliest time! Letting a baby keep their infant stuffed animal by their side while they sleep could be a risky move. However, as the baby grows up and ages, having toys for cribs is …

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When Can Babies Sleep With Blankets?

When Can Babies Sleep With Blankets?

Babies can use wearable blankets from birth or as soon as you stop swaddling your baby. Your baby should not use loose blankets until they are at least a year old, however, you should not expect your child to keep a blanket on them for warmth while sleeping until at least 3-4 years old. Let’s …

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Baby Night Lights Do’s and Don’ts (And Night Light Recommendations)

Lots of parents assume that a night light is one of those baby essentials that every nursery requires. After all, a well-placed night light can reduce the fumbling usually associated with middle-of-the-night diaper changes and feedings. But is a night light distracting to your baby? Do you really need one? What kind of night light …

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Sleep Positioners and Sleep Devices: Are Dock-A-Tots Safe For Your Baby’s Sleep?

Over the years, as we’ve worked with tens of thousands of families on their children’s sleep, we’ve seen countless baby sleep products come and go. But here’s one that stuck around (one for which we’ve seen many, many iterations): the baby sleep positioner. You know what I’m talking about, right? Those products that go in …

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Benefits of Swaddling with 7 Swaddle Safety Tips

Today we have a guest post written by Karen Barski, BSN, RN and inventor of the Woombie Baby Swaddle… Benefits of Swaddling Your Baby When 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 …

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Is Co-Sleeping Dangerous?

An article published in USA Today has added fuel to an already-raging fire — the debate over co-sleeping. The article references a study which found that while the number of SIDS-related deaths has dropped by over 50% in the past two decades (since the introduction of the “Back to Sleep” campaign in 1994 began discouraging …

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5 Child Proofing Tips for Your Toddler’s Room

When you start to think about transitioning your toddler to a big-boy or big-girl bed, toddler-proofing comes to mind because one of the scarier things is the trouble they can get into when they are in their room alone and not sleeping. If toddler proofing doesn’t come to mind, it should. In the U.S., about …

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Is Co-Sleeping a Solution for Baby Sleep Problems?

When I was pregnant with my first, I was adamantly against co-sleeping. The reason was that I saw how difficult it was for other parents to get their children out of their bed, months, and years later. Although I knew it was right for some, it wasn’t for me. Before you have kids you have …

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