Scheduling is a hot topic on The Baby Sleep Site®! We have a variety of sample baby sleep and feeding schedules, but how do you get your baby on a sleep or nap schedule, anyway? Having the template in front of you is one thing; getting your baby to follow it is quite another! In this article, we'll lay out tips for how to get your baby on a schedule, and break them down by age. That's simply because your strategy for implementing your baby's nap schedule will be highly dependent your
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How ‘Fixed Points’ Can Help Your Baby Sleep
One of the questions we hear pretty frequently from moms and dads who have newborns and young infants at home is, "How can I get my baby on some kind of schedule?" In fact, the sample sleep and feeding schedules by age are some of the most popular pages on our site! The problem is, most babies are not ready for strict, by-the-clock schedules until they are about 6 months old. Some babies are ready earlier than this, of course (some 3 month old babies are so predictable, you can set your watch
Exclusive Wake-Time Formula – Your Missing Link For Great Baby Sleep
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) — but by the time you finished that bite of food, changed the diaper, and swaddled, that window had slammed shut on you! One missed window can set in motion a vicious cycle of overtiredness, short naps
