How To Put Your Baby or Toddler On A Schedule

How To Put Your Baby or Toddler On A Schedule

Sure, we’ve got a ton of helpful sample sleep and feeding schedules by age on our site – but since your baby or toddler presumably can’t read yet, how are you supposed to get your child to, you know, actually follow one of these sample schedules? Having a baby or toddler schedule is all well …

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Learn How Much Sleep Your Baby Needs – Log Your Baby’s Sleep

Are you struggling with baby sleep problems in your home? Is your baby waking often at night, even though you know she is capable of sleeping straight through? Is your little guy taking short mini-naps, instead of long and restful ones (or perhaps refusing naps altogether)? There are lots of ways to solve these issues, …

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How Rigid Should Your Baby’s Nap Schedule Be?

We talk a lot here at the Baby Sleep Site™ about how all babies are different (that’s why we don’t believe in any one-size-fits-all solutions for baby sleep problems!) Here’s something else we believe: parents are different, too! Talk to 10 different sets of moms and dads, and you’ll likely uncover a variety of parenting …

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How Daycare Impacts Your Baby’s Sleep Schedule and Habits

How Daycare Impacts Sleep

When it comes to daycare, many parents have no shortage of questions, ranging from “What’s the staff to child ratio at this facility” to “How on earth am I going to beat traffic and manage a 5:30 p.m. pick-up time?!” But here’s one question you may not have thought to ask yourself: “How is daycare …

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Handling Daylight Saving Time: 3 Ways To Prevent “Springing Forward” From Ruining Your Baby or Toddler’s Sleep Schedule

Happy March, Baby Sleep Site® readers! If you’re anything like me, you’re eager to put February behind you. All that snow and ice and biting cold make the shortest month of the year feel like the longest, in my opinion. Of course, if you’re reading this from a tropical location right now, and freezing cold …

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Exclusive Wake-Time Formula – Your Missing Link For Great Baby Sleep

Exclusive Wake-Time Formula

Nap times go awry when we miss our “sleep window” — that magic snippet of time in which baby is primed for “la la land” and will drift off peacefully (in the right environment). Perhaps you’ve seen your baby’s sleep window open — a glazed look, a yawn, or some agitated movements (depending on age) …

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5 Things To Do BEFORE Sleep Training

5 Things To Do Before You Sleep Train

You just can’t take it anymore. The exhaustion, the bleary eyes, the waking-up-more-times-each-night-than-you-thought-humanly-possible… “Enough is enough!” you’ve said to yourself. It’s time to take action. It’s time to reclaim your nights. It is time to start sleep training! This, readers, is the point at which many parents first visit The Baby Sleep Site. They’re beyond …

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How To Put Your Baby On a Nap / Sleep Schedule

How To Put Your Baby On a Nap / Sleep Schedule

We have a variety of sample baby sleep and feeding schedules, but how do you put your baby on a sleep or nap schedule, anyway? Your strategy for implementing a baby’s nap schedule will depend on the age of your baby. Here are some tips: 4 month old baby Your 4 month old baby will …

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