No matter how smiley your baby is during the day, getting your baby to sleep can be tough on new parents. While it’s never too early to start a bedtime routine so that your baby learns it’s time to wind down for the day, it’s recommended that you don’t start sleep training until they are five months old. Before that age, parents need to check on them often to feed, burp, and change them.
Why Bedtime Routines are Important One of the most important steps while sleep training baby is to create a bedtime routine and it’s never too early to start. It is particularly important to establish independent sleeping habits. However, there are multiple other...
No matter how hard you try to keep baby in a clean and safe environment, there will come a time when baby suffers from a stuffy nose. And when baby suffers, everyone else does too. It’s incredibly hard to see your little one in discomfort and the helpless feeling...
It happens at least once a week. I wake up in the morning and there is an email waiting for me. It's not an ad or a newsletter or an email from my kid's school - the email is from a Mom. The time stamp is usually between 3:00 am and 5:00 am and the message has a...
When we travel long distances, the time changes occur faster than our body clocks can adjust. Even as an adult, jet lag isn’t easy to deal with. It can get even harder when you travel with young children who are still adjusting to a routine at home. The time shift can...
You're a new parent and you're confused. You're trying to navigate through exhaustion, isolation, postpartum depression and just when you think you can't handle any more bewilderment, your baby exhibits a behavior that makes you say "what the eff is this about???"...
It’s the most common question I get during an enlightenment call with a prospective client: is it possible to conduct sleep training without crying? It’s a fair question. Parents are worried about the amount of crying that will actually take place during sleep training. They are concerned about the long term effects of the crying and their child’s safety.
Ever heard the phrase “sleep like a baby?” You’ve probably heard it your whole life. Before you had kids, you may have even used the phrase. But what is sleep training and how can it help you?
You’re worried.
Your baby is upset and crying and you have tried everything to calm her.
You’re more than just confused, you’re downright befuddled as to why your newborn won’t settle. The goal of this post is to give you the top reasons why your newborn won’t settle and tips on how to handle each situation.
Many tired and frustrated parents search the phrase “how to sleep train baby” when they want a crash course in baby sleep training. Here I go into detail on some steps you can take that will help your baby sleep.