Stop Swaddling Your Baby? Answering the Controversial Question When your baby is in the hospital, your nurse hands her to you neatly swaddled, peaceful, and rested baby. Many parents take a class before their baby is born to learn how to properly care for baby,...
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The Best Sleep Training Tips from 2020 from The Sleep Lady What a year! 2020 looked different than any of us could have imagined. As a parent, your year was probably drastically off-routine and you had to create a new normal. A lot of parents turned to our blog...
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Soothing a Fussy Baby: Using Motion and Cues to Calm the Crankiness Parents dealing with a fussy baby — especially one that has been recently fed, changed and loved — are eager to find ways to calm them. Here are a few tips for soothing a fussy baby...
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Infant Massage – Ten Steps to a More Peaceful Baby Giving your baby an infant massage can help baby relax and drift off to sleep. Have you ever had a massage? The lights are low, soft music gently floats through the air, your thoughts drift as you sink onto a d...
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Baby Constantly Hums While Sleeping? — Not All That Uncommon… A mom named Britt wrote in about her baby who constantly hums while sleeping. It might sound uncommon, but believe it or not, it isn’t! I’ll help this mom get to the bottom of...
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My Child Cries Herself Sick When I Put Her in Her Own Bed A reader named Brandy wrote to me for some advice. Her daughter was sleep-trained, but is struggling after an illness, and now she cries herself sick when she is put into her crib. Here’s what she ...
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12 and 13 Month Sleep Regression — Emerging Toddler Skills Might Be to Blame As your baby approaches 12 months, it’s time to talk about sleep regressions — AGAIN! Do you sometimes wonder if your baby’s sleep regressions will ever end? Will you EVER ...
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My 8 Month Old is Standing In the Crib — It’s Disrupting Her Sleep A mom named Kristy wrote in about her 8 month-old who is standing in the crib. Here’s some advice for Kristy, and everyone else dealing with this very common developmental mile...
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How to Wean from Swaddling — A Gentle Transition So you’ve reached that wonderful — and often dreaded milestone: your baby is ready to give up the swaddle. But are you? Do you know how to wean from swaddling? Many parents of newborns worry that they...
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Sleep Schedules for Your Baby – Video from Kids in the House This week’s video blog is from Kids in the House, a wonderful parenting resource filled with expert advice on hundreds of topics, including sleep. This video will give you some examples of ideal...
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