"Why does my baby wake up crying?" That's a question we hear a lot - and it's the questions we're answering in today's quick tip article! Why Your Baby Wakes Up Crying Well, for starters, your baby may obviously wake up crying sometimes due too the need to eat (hunger is a powerful motivator!). Additionally, your baby may wake up with a wet or dirty (or leaky) diaper, or may wake up because he's too hot or cold. These are all perfectly reasonable reasons for a baby to wake up - and
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Baby Night Feedings: How To Know When They Are Necessary [VIDEO]
Water is wet. The sky is blue. Babies eat at night. These are basic facts of life. Except that last one isn't quite so straight-forward, is it? I mean, yes, newborns eat at night (a lot), and even as they grow, babies need to eat at night for awhile - night feedings help to ensure proper growth and development. But what about unnecessary night feedings? You know - those 'feedings' that are actually just nursing or bottle-drinking for comfort? Those 'feedings' that last 2.2 seconds before
Top 15 Reasons Why Baby is Waking At Night
Why is baby waking at night? Is it hunger? Discomfort? Something else? Use our checklist to figure it out! Top 15 Reasons Why Baby Is Waking At Night Hunger: Newborns need to eat around the clock, but even older babies need one (or possibly two) feedings at night. We generally recommend an attempt to night wean around 9 months, although we consider it normal for a baby to need one night feeding up to 12 months of age in some cases. Wet/Leaky/Dirty Diaper: There's really no
Controlled Crying, Cry It Out, No-Cry, or Soothe Baby to Sleep?
Controlled Crying. Cry it out. Don't cry it out. Soothe your baby. Co-sleep. Don't co-sleep. The advice is endless and talk to one expert, say your baby's doctor, and she will say one thing. Talk to another one and he might say do the opposite. Read this book or that book and it's likely to say yet another thing. This week I was quoted as one of three experts in Hudson Valley Parent in an article called Let Them Cry or Rock-a-Bye. One of my quotes reiterates how I believe all families and
How Crying Can Lead to Babies Sleeping
A lot of times parents don't understand how crying can ever lead to their baby sleeping. They think that they will certainly exhaust themselves and fall asleep that way, eventually, but what are they really learning? This article is very much NOT about cry it out. There is a LOT in between helping your baby back to sleep every two hours at night and letting them cry it out. This article is discussing how crying can lead to sleep and why crying might be a necessary step in your baby learning how
