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The What, Why. When and How of Sleep Regressions
What Are Sleep Regressions? We often make the mistake of thinking that baby sleep is linear. By that, I mean the presumption that it starts off really bad when you have a newborn and then it gets progressively better as … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Toddlers
Tagged 10 month sleep regression, 12 month sleep regression, 18 month sleep regression, 2 year sleep regression, 2.5yr sleep regression, 24 months sleep regression, 4 month sleep regression, 6 month sleep regression, 8 month sleep regression, 9 month sleep regression, sleep regression, why is my baby waking at night again, why is my toddler waking at night again, wonder weeks past 18 months
Why Does Toddler Sleep Regress? (and what can you do to help?)
….it is very common for children who have previously ‘slept through the night’ as babies to start waking up again as toddlers. If you are there right now, the first thing you should understand is that it’s normal. The second thing you should understand is that it is transient and the third thing you should understand is that it isn’t happening because of you! Continue reading
Posted in Preschoolers, Toddlers
Tagged toddler keeps waking up, toddler refuses to go to bed, Toddler Sleep Expert, toddler sleep regression, toddler sleep specialist, toddler sleep suddenly got worse, toddler sleep training, what happened to my toddler's sleep, why is my toddler waking again, why toddler sleep got worse
The Top Six Causes of Sleep Problems in School Aged Children (and how to fix them!)
Do you have a slightly older child and struggle with their sleep? Sadly, ‘sleep problems’ are fairly common throughout childhood. The good news however, is that as children get older, night waking lessens dramatically. Most sleep problems in older childhood usually centre on bedtime resistance and early morning waking. Let’s look at the top six problems – and how to fix them! Continue reading
Posted in Preschoolers, Teens, Tweens
Tagged 10 year old won't sleep, 11 year old won't sleep, 12 year old won't sleep, 5 year old won't sleep, 6 year old won't sleep, 7 year old won't sleep, 8 year old won't sleep, 9 year old won't sleep, child can't get to sleep, child up all night, childhood insomnia, childhood sleep problems, my child won't sleep, sleep problems in older children, sleep problems in school age children
How Much Sleep Should Babies Really Get?
Any recommendations given are simply that, recommendations and any trustworthy sources provide a rough guide rather than a fixed figure of hours or time. Most recommendations for amount of baby sleep required, including suggested bedtimes and length and amount of naps, are not evidence based. Most stem from personal opinion with some being more educated than others. Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Uncategorized
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What to Do When You Feel Like Sleep Training Your Baby
I know too well how tempting it is to follow the magic sleep plan your friend with the perfect sleeping baby has followed. I know what it feels like to second, third and fourth guess your choices. Your parenting style is meant to make your baby MORE confident, but she’s only becoming clingier. What did you do wrong to create such a needy and anxious little boy? The answer is – absolutely nothing. NOTHING you have done has created a ‘bad sleeper’. Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Uncategorized
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How to Stop Rocking Your Baby to Sleep
Babies need to feel safe and secure and they need our help to calm them to a level where it is easy to fall asleep. The close contact and movement of rocking meets all of these needs. In time all babies will grow out of the need for rocking, the question is whether they outgrow this need before they become too big and heavy for the parent to rock. Continue reading
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Tagged gentle sleep book, get baby to sleep without rocking, how to make baby sleep without rocking, how to sleep train baby, how to stop bad sleep habits baby, how to stop rocking baby naps, how to wean from rocking to sleep, rocking baby bad habit, stop rocking baby to sleep, wean rocking to sleep
8 Ways to Encourage Better Baby & Toddler Sleep – Without Sleep Training
Sleep training tends to punish babies and toddlers for problems that don’t belong to them. They are left to cry, put down while they still need a hug, denied milk when they are hungry and ignored when they most need comfort. I don’t actually believe any parent wants this for their children, yet their exhaustion leaves them with no other choice. Or so they think. There are in fact, many ways to gently improve infant sleep that don’t involve any sleep training at all. Here are eight of them: Continue reading
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The Rollercoaster of Real Baby Sleep
We (‘we’ meaning society) seem to think that baby sleep is linear. By that I mean we seem to think that it gets better as babies grow older. Or at least we believe it is static, ie. it won’t get worse again. The thing is, it’s not linear (certainly not in an upwards trajectory) and it’s not static. It goes up and down (mostly down in the first year). This is entirely normal and very, very common… Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Mothering, Toddlers, Uncategorized
Tagged 4 month old sleep regression, 9 month old baby won't sleep, 9 month old sleep regression, baby sleep, baby sleep expert, baby sleeping, child sleep expert, gentle sleep training, infant sleep, infant sleep expert, my baby keeps waking, my baby wakes every hour, my baby won't sleep, night waking, sleep training, sleeping baby, when do babies sleep through, when does a baby sleep through the night
It’s Time to Stop with the Sleep Guilt
There is no evidence that shows rocking, holding or feeding to sleep is damaging in any way whatsoever, whatever age the child is. There is no evidence that shows feeding at night (beyond an arbitrary age) causes long lasting sleep problems, or any others for that matter. Continue reading
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