Different Sleep Schedules — How to Get Everyone to Sleep Many families who are welcoming a new baby already have a toddler or preschooler at home. While welcoming a new member of the family is incredibly exciting, it’s also a time of transition. This is e...
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Would you like to have me answer your baby or toddler sleep problem in my next video? If so, scroll down and submit your question in the comment section below. I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather r...
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While my guidelines for sleep may be applied no matter how many children you have, things get a little more complicated when multiples are involved (especially when you start sleep coaching multiples). Parents have two (or more) babies to feed, change, and soot...
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Emily’s toddler refuses to nap. Here’s the advice I gave her to get her little one the sleep he needs: “I have a 25-month-old who refuses to nap. He is in month 6 of nap refusal. He was napping 2-3 hours per day until my daughter was born. Since the...
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If you would rather read than watch my above video then here is the transcript of this week’s question about The Shuffle: Hi. I’m Kim West, The Sleep Lady. Today, I’m going to answer Genona’s question. Here’s what she wrote in, “Hello, Sleep Lady. M...
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If you’ve read my book, you know that sleep is a fascinating subject (or at least it is to me). It’s a developmental area that undergoes an incredible metamorphosis as your child grows. Sleep is amazing, and it’s something that we all need to function. Interest...
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Would you like to have me answer your baby or toddler sleep problem in my next video? If so, scroll down and submit your question in the comment section below. I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather r...
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I recently came across an article by Bruce Feiler entitled 5 Secrets to a Happy Family. Although he claims to not make lists, and that his ‘secrets’ aren’t really secrets, I found the article to hold quite a bit of truth, and a very comprehensive list…for older...
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As your baby gets older, you will notice some major developmental changes that usually happen between six and eight months, including crawling, the (potential) transition from three naps down to two, as well as an increase in your baby’s separation anxiety. Tha...
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I’ve written quite a bit about parents and babies co-sleeping. But what happens when you have two children who must share a room? Many parents worry that their children will fall into bad sleep habits, or wonder if they’ll have more trouble sleep coaching multi...
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