Happy 2017, readers! You know what they say -- new year, new start! Is your baby or toddler still struggling to take restorative naps, or maybe having a hard time sleeping through the night? Now is the time to take action! With some effort on your part (and some help from those of us here at The Baby Sleep Site®), 2017 really can be a year of peaceful sleep for your whole family. To help you achieve that great sleep you're looking for, here are 7 tips you can use to get started on
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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 will actually eat - you are no doubt well-aware that what goes into your child's body has a big impact on her health. But did you know that your child's meals and food
14 Tips For Better Baby and Toddler Sleep in 2014
Well, readers, you know what they say -- new year, new start! If your baby or toddler is struggling to take restorative naps, or is having a hard time sleeping through the night, now is the time to take action! With some work on your part (and some help from those of us here at The Baby Sleep Site), 2014 really can be a year of peaceful sleep for your whole family. With that in mind, here are are 14 tips you can use to get started on improving your baby or toddler's sleep, and to ensure that
Can You Teach Your Baby to Sleep Through Noise?
There is lots of conventional wisdom out there that says parents should teach their babies to sleep through noise, from day one. We hear this sometimes from our consultation clients - friends and family members blame them (the parents) for their babies' short naps and nighttime waking, saying that they (the parents) simply need to teach the baby to sleep through noise. Because then, the baby wouldn't wake up so much! Oh, if only it were that simple. ;) How Noise Affects
5 Things To Do BEFORE Sleep Training
You just can’t take it anymore. The exhaustion, the bleary eyes, the waking-up-more-times-each-night-than-you-thought-humanly-possible...you’ve had it! “Enough is enough!” you’ve said to yourself. It's time to take action. It's time to reclaim your nights. This, readers, is the point at which many parents first visit the Baby Sleep Site. They’re beyond exhausted. They know their babies are waking more frequently than is necessary, but they just don’t know how to make the night waking
How Inertia Can Make You Put Off Sleep Training for Months (or Years!)
Inertia. Remember that word from your high school physics class? (If you’re shaking your head, don’t worry -- I didn’t remember it, either!) For those of us who slept through physics in school, a little refresher course may be in order. What's Inertia, Anyway? My eyes tend to glaze over when I start hearing technical terms, so let me give you a basic definition: inertia means that if something isn’t moving, it’ll continue not moving until something or someone moves it. Inertia also
How Stay-At-Home Parents May Be Sabotaging Baby’s Sleep
Don’t let that title make you angry -- this isn’t an article written to criticize stay-at-home parents! In fact, this author just so happens to be one. ;) Here at The Baby Sleep Site, we have the utmost respect for parents who choose to stay at home and raise their babies. For most parents, the decision to leave the workforce and stay at home represents a sacrifice of not just money, but of career ambitions, job-related goals, and even adult interaction! (Although we’re betting most