How ‘Fixed Points’ Can Help Your Baby Sleep

How ‘Fixed Points’ Can Help Your Baby Sleep

Fixed points are a gentle, easy way to bring consistency to a newborn or young baby’s day, and to begin creating a daily sleep and feeding schedule.

Top 15 Reasons Why Baby is Waking At Night

Top 15 Reasons Why Baby is Waking At Night

It can be hard to understand why your baby is waking at night. Use our checklist for top 15 reasons for night waking to make sense of it all.

5 Common Baby and Toddler Bedtime Mistakes You May Be Making

5 Common Baby and Toddler Bedtime Mistakes

Are you making any bedtime mistakes? You probably know by now that one easy way to help maximize your little one’s sleep is to create a predictable bedtime routine. Routines help our children know what is coming next, so a bedtime routine signals to your baby or toddler that it is time to wind down, …

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Why Consistency Is So Important During Sleep Training

Why Consistency Is So Important During Sleep Training

Based on extensive experience working with parents over the last 15+ years, we at The Baby Sleep Site have found something to be true… When used with consistency, the right sleep training method can work wonders for a baby’s nighttime sleep problems, or a toddler’s persistent sleep issues. The two key words in that statement? …

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How Your Baby or Toddler’s Food Allergies and Sensitivities Can Affect Sleep

How Food Allergies Affect Your Child's Sleep

If you’re like me, you may have found yourself noticing that these days, many children seem to have food allergies and food sensitivities. SO many of my sons’ friends have milk allergies, or gluten allergies, or nut allergies. In fact, I sometimes wonder to myself, “Is it just me, or do far more kids have …

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How to Handle Your Toddler’s or Preschooler’s Nightmares and Night Terrors: Part Two

Handling your child's nightmares and night terrors

This week, we’re continuing our 2-part series about your toddler or preschooler’s nightmares and night terrors. Last week, we looked carefully at nightmares — when they begin, what causes them, and how we as parents can help our children through them. This week, we’re taking a look at night terrors. While night terrors may not …

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FREE Guide: Five Ways To Help Your Child Sleep Through the Night

Tired of night wakings? Start with 5 proven steps that have helped millions of parents.