You can't believe you are actually holding your baby in your arms after you felt them grow inside for so long. You get to feel their skin, gaze into their eyes, feed them, put on those insanely adorable baby clothes you so lovingly picked out, and bask in the glow of motherhood. It can be a magical time. But, it can also be an exhausting time. Your baby is likely feeding around the clock and the concept of days and nights may yet be a foreign thing. Your baby may sleep most of the day and
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Why It Makes Sense to Get Help with Your Baby’s Sleep
When I knew I was going to become a mom for the first time, knowing I would be away from most of my family, I devoured all the books I could find on pregnancy, birth, the newborn stage and beyond. It helped me feel more prepared overall, but everyone kept reassuring me that everything would be just fine...that my baby and I would settle into a rhythm - naturally. But not everything did come naturally. We needed help with feeding and tackling reflux, but, most notably, we needed help with sleep!
How Your Baby’s Age Can Influence Sleep Training
We, here at The Baby Sleep Site®, say it often...we wish we had a crystal ball and could tell you before you begin EXACTLY what sleep training will look like for your baby! But the experience is literally different for every family. So much of how sleep coaching plays out depends on your baby's temperament and on your parenting style (which we ask you to detail when you fill out a sleep history, if you purchase a Personalized Sleep Plan®.) Some adaptable babies calmly sail along with the flow
How to Get My 5, 6, or 7 Week Old To Sleep
One of the most common questions we get here at The Baby Sleep Site® is “How do I get my baby to sleep?” Especially when it comes to newborns, who seem to be experts at throwing us curve-balls, just when we think we've figured them out! So, today we are answering the big question for new moms - how do I get my 5, 6, or 7 week old to sleep? Let’s take a look at the 6 steps to help your 5, 6 or 7 week old baby sleep. Your newborn is AMAZING! There's no denying that, and your teeny tiny baby
Hiring a Sleep Consultant – 7 Signs You Need Professional Help Managing Your Child’s Sleep
DIY or hire a sleep consultant? When is it possible to tackle baby and toddler sleep problems, schedules, and regressions alone and when should you call in the professionals? Stop guessing! Here are 7 signs you need professional help! You’ve tried “sleep coaching” and found it too overwhelming or difficult to follow through with Your baby is intense, persistent, or slow to adapt You don’t have time to read umpteen books on baby/toddler sleep You’re the parent of
5 Reasons Sleep Training Might Not Be Working
Whether you decided to “dive right in” and begin sleep training after a particularly exhausting night or you spent weeks planning your approach to sleep training, sometimes sleep training just.doesn’t.work! What in the world is wrong!? We’ve worked with tens of thousands of families from around the globe and through this experience we’ve discovered: The Top 5 Reasons Sleep Training Might Not Be Working Without further ado, here they are: 1. You’re missing your baby’s Goldilock’s
7 Tips To Finding The Right Baby or Toddler Sleep Consultant
Here’s a familiar scenario: It’s 2 a.m. and you hear your little one crying out for you… again. You’re out of bed and in her room, soothing her back to sleep. This is the 15th night in a row. You’ve tried everything, but nothing you do is earning you or your baby a full night of rest. How are you ever going to get through yet another day of work on just a few hours of sleep?? Sound familiar? If so, then it might finally be time to hire a baby/toddler sleep consultant to make your life
Secret Diary of a Sleep Consultant
If you have been reading The Baby Sleep Site® for a while or if you have just found us, you know that we’ve helped thousands of babies and families get on the path to healthy sleep. Nicole and our team of highly qualified Sleep Consultants have decades of combined experience among them, and have been known to produce some truly miraculous results with even the most challenging sleepers. I know what you are probably thinking: "Our team must have perfect little sleepers at home, right?” Well, you
Why The Baby Sleep Site® Consulting Works
While a lot of our clients come to us without any prior experience using a sleep consultant, we do see a surprising number of parents in the Helpdesk who have already tried professional sleep coaching help - they try other sleep consultants before ending up at The Baby Sleep Site®, and finding consulting help that actually works. (I should also mention that many of our members and e-book clients have told us the same thing - they tried a number of other books or sleep websites before