Why Downtime In The Crib MIGHT Be Bad For Sleep
Is allowing your baby to have downtime or playtime in the crib good or bad? We explore pros and cons of crib downtime and playtime and how it affects sleep.
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Do Your Child’s Food Choices Affect Sleep?
From the time your baby was born, you have no doubt been diligent about what kinds of food and nourishment goes into her mouth. From breastfeeding and/or choosing the best formula during her newborn months, to introducing healthy foods once your baby started solids, to coming up with creative and healthy meals that your toddler …
Does the E.A.S.Y. schedule make sleep more difficult for your baby?
If you’re a new mom there’s no doubt you’ve heard about the mythical “E.A.S.Y. schedule.” You know, the one where your baby Eats, has Active playtime, Sleeps for 2 hours, and You use their naptime to catch up on laundry, respond to emails and chat with your friends on Facebook? Yes, we’ve all heard about …
Is Expecting Self-Soothing Expecting Too Much?
Expectations can be tricky things, can’t they? On the one hand, setting expectations helps to shape behaviors. (Both our lives and the lives of others.) And setting healthy boundaries is a good thing. (Again, in our lives and in the lives of others.) But expectations can also backfire on us, can’t they? Unhealthy expectations can turn …
Vacation With Baby/Toddler: How To Preserve Sleep AND Have Fun!
As you may know, an overtired child can ruin even the happiest of vacations in a snap. (Just visit Disney World and you’ll see what I mean….soooooo many crying and exhausted children in the Happiest Place on Earth!) But what if I told you that you didn’t have to sacrifice vacation fun in order to …
THIS Is What Good Baby Sleep Looks Like, According To Science.
It’s that time again: time for new sleep guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Every so often, the AASM releases recommendations for healthy child sleep; now, we have their 2016 recommendations. Let’s take a look! How Much Sleep Do Babies and Toddlers Need? Our team looked at this area of the report …
6 Strategies for Sleep Training As A Working Parent
If sleep training is tough for work-at-home moms, then it’s even tougher for full-time working-outside-the-home moms. When you have to be up by 6 a.m. and out the door by 7:30 — and when you don’t get home until after 5 p.m. — there is very little room in your day to allow for the …
Mom Guilt and Baby Sleep: 3 Tips from Nicole Johnson
We receive emails on a regular basis from parents who tell us some version of the same story: they feel TERRIBLE because they have just read something on the internet (or heard something from a friend) that makes them feel terrible about their sleep coaching choices. Nicole remembers one email in particular: I received an …
Babywise Eat Play Sleep Schedule: Pros and Cons
The “eat play sleep” schedule is a popular one. Is eat play sleep right for your baby? Learn all about it here @ The Baby Sleep Site!
