It's Family Features time again, parents! For the next few weeks, we are taking a look at three families and their amazing sleep stories. Meet Nadia, Yeyin, and Suki - three mamas just like you, who were feeling exhausted and utterly overwhelmed by their babies' sleep problems. That is, they were feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, until they found The Baby Sleep Site®. Read on, and enjoy these beautiful stories! Meet Suki, and Hear Her Story! Suki's little guy, Ethan, is just adorable
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Get To Know The Moms Behind Some Of Our Most Exciting Summer Sleep Stories!
It's the last week, readers - the last week to meet another incredible mom in our Family Features stories! Over the past few weeks, we've met Jenny, Vikki, and Whitney, and learned how, with the help of The Baby Sleep Site® sleep consultants, they helped their babies learn to sleep independently, through the night, and nap well. Scroll down to read their stories, if you missed them. Today's final story is brought to you by Jennifer. And let me tell you - Jennifer's story is awesome. See,
When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night?
Babies sleeping through the night is usually a parent's #1 sleep goal. Unfortunately, it can often seem like a totally unattainable goal! Parents love to be able to say 'good night', not have their baby cry and wake up happy in the morning. If your baby or toddler is waking multiple times per night, you may wonder how on earth you will ever get your baby to sleep through the night, without waking. Fortunately for you, this is a question we answer often for our clients - and it's one we are
5 Myths About Babies Sleeping Through The Night
Remember when you were a brand-new parent? You had this precious, beautiful new miracle at home. This precious, beautiful, sleepless little miracle. (Of course, some of you won't have to think back very far -- I may be describing the stage you're in right now!) Remember the kinds of advice and "helpful tips" you would get about sleep from well-meaning friends and family members? And how much of that advice centered around the concept of 'baby sleeping through the night'? So many of our
Should You Dream Feed Your Baby?
Most parents, at one point or another, start searching for some way (or maybe any way!) to help their babies sleep through the night. One technique that many parents try is something called a 'dream feed'. When you dream feed, you wake your baby from sleep (just enough so that she will eat), and then feed her right before you go to bed yourself. The theory behind dream feedings is that your baby will take in a full feeding while still being mostly asleep, which will in turn maximize the
How My First 5K and Baby Steps Can Help You Sleep Train Your Baby
When you're a sleep coach, many other things in your life tend to remind you about babies or sleep training or sleep training babies. On November 5th, I ran my first 5K race. It was a race where a portion of the proceeds would be donated to The Honor Flight for World War II veterans to fly to Washington D.C. I can thank my son (who inspired this site) for the inspiration (I guess he inspires me a lot!). He ran his first 1K over a year ago and wanted to run in another race. Back then, I was out
Why Support Is Important In Sleep Training
Families surprise me every day. About two months ago, I received a sleep plan request with a tough situation. Here's a mom with very little support at home to sleep train AND her in-laws live with them! Talk about being under a microscope. She was all alone in wanting to help her son sleep better. Neither her husband or in-laws thought it was a good idea to disrupt status quo. As many families, they wait for the child to "outgrow" their issues or perhaps what's an issue for one person is
The 10-point Checklist You and Your Baby Are Ready For Sleep Training
My team and I do quite a few Personalized Sleep Plans® every week, but we can give you the best of plans and it doesn't mean anything if you and your baby are not ready for it. Here is a 10-point checklist to determine if you and your baby or toddler are ready for sleep training. 1. Your baby has preferences. Babies will learn early that some things feel good (e.g. being in mommy or daddy's arms) and what doesn't (e.g. dirty diaper). They instinctively learn to cry to get a clean diaper
What’s More Important, Naps or Night Sleep?
When you work on helping your baby sleep better, sometimes it's hard to know whether you can get even more sleep from him or sometimes it might feel you are trying to be greedy wanting more sleep when you've already come so far. Or, sometimes when you work on naps, night sleep goes out the window or vice versa. This article will talk about whether napping or night sleep is more important and general guidelines to know whether you have a good balance of night sleep and naps. If I asked you