Parents, does it ever feel like the first year of your baby's life is just one long sleep challenge? Between sleep regressions, teething, illness, growth spurts, and nap transitions, it can feel like your baby will NEVER sleep soundly, because just when you find your sleep "groove", another change or transition rears its ugly head. This is especially true of sleep regressions. There are three sleep regressions that we commonly see happen during the first year of a child's life, and since each
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6 Week Sleep Regression, or Growth Spurt?
"My baby was sleeping so well...what happened??" Sound familiar? We hear this all. the. time. Our answers vary, depending on the unique baby in question - in our experience, the answer can be anything from teething to illness to temperament to birth of a new sibling to nap transition. But often, our answer is - sleep regression. Generally, we offer up a diagnosis of sleep regression for babies and toddlers who are the following ages: 4 months (read about the 4 month sleep