When it comes to baby sleep books, it's safe to say that we know a thing or two. We've read them all, from Ferber to Weissbluth to Karp - for us, it's research! And while lots of those baby sleep books have helpful bits of wisdom here and there, here's the thing that we have learned over the years, from reading every baby sleep book we can get our hands on: they often contradict each other. Have you noticed this, too? If so, then you'll appreciate this article, about what you learn when you
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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 the status quo. As many families do, they wanted to wait for the child to "outgrow" their issues or perhaps what's an issue for
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
How To Make Babies Sleep? 6 Steps to Put Your Baby To Sleep
It seems like it would be simple, but I remember being clueless when my baby was first born. How do you hold a baby or, (gasp!) change a diaper? How do you feed a baby? And, yes, how do you get or put your baby to sleep at night? This article will be a simple guide to this way-more-complicated-than-you-thought task a new parent has to figure out: How to put your baby to sleep. When your baby is first born, you actually marvel at how instinctual it is, in a way. At first, most of us probably