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 should you buy? Keep reading for our baby night light do’s and don’ts, as well as a list of our top 5 favorite baby night lights! Baby Night Light Do’s and
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The Last Night Feeding
It was a routine I had performed over and over at least once a night, but often, more, for over a year. The monitor went off like clockwork at 5 a.m., and I climbed the stairs to my daughter’s room on autopilot. I had become an expert at navigating my house in the dark – I knew exactly how many stairs my feet had to step, when to turn so that I wouldn’t ram my hips in to the kitchen table corner, and my hands never fumbled for the doorknob to her room. It was Mother’s Day, and it was the
Baby Night Feedings By Age – An Easy Reference Chart from The Baby Sleep Site®
"How many times should be my baby be eating at night?" "Is it time for me to night-wean, or are his night feedings still necessary?" "I feel like my baby is up all night eating - is this normal?!" These are questions we hear just about every day around here - and we thought it was high time we gave you a new resource to help you answer questions like these! But this isn't just any regular blog article - no, today, we're bringing you another awesome PRINTABLE chart!. A few months ago, we
3 Signs It May Be Time For Night Weaning Your Baby
One of the questions we get asked a lot (via Facebook posts, consultation e-mails, and blog article comments), is "When can I wean my baby from nighttime feedings?" Understandably, most parents are eager to get back to enjoying nights of peaceful, uninterrupted sleep, but still want to make sure their baby isn't going hungry. Of course, there is no fixed schedule for night weaning; every baby is different, so every baby will be ready to wean from night feedings at different points. As we
How Room-Sharing Affects Your Baby’s Sleep
When a family is expecting a new baby, one thing that’s likely high on the to-do list is setting up a nursery. That’s one of the fun parts of being pregnant, after all -- buying cute nursery stuff makes up for all the nausea, leg cramps and constant trips to the bathroom! ;) What is Room-sharing? When setting up a nursery for your baby, you’ll probably include a crib in your plans. Whether or not your baby will sleep there, though, is less certain. Plenty of parents prefer keeping their
Baby Sleep and Breastfeeding Series: Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my Baby Sleep and Breastfeeding Series! If you are just joining us, you might want to start at part 1, where I discuss reasons why breastfeeding moms sometimes struggle with sleep. Today, I'll go over the number of times you should expect to breastfeed at night at different ages, how teething might affect breastfeeding moms, and discuss weaning. Night Feedings One of the more important things I would like to stress in this series is that when some websites or even