April - 2014

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A Step-by-Step Plan for Navigating the End of Daylight Savings Time with Your Baby or Toddler

The Daylight Savings Time “Slam Shift”

How Do I Fix My Baby’s Early Waking?

Early vs. Late Bedtime—Which is right? Strategies to shift bedtime to solve common sleep problems

The Top 5 Reasons Sleep Training Fails: How to Troubleshoot Sleep Training

The “Four-Month Sleep Regression”: What Is It, and What Can Be Done About It?

Common Age-by-Stage Sleep Schedules

Naps 101 (Part 1): Does My Baby Have a Nap Problem?

Important Sleep Basics All Parents, Pediatricians and Caregivers Should Know

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Resource Topics

Toddler & Preschool 9 posts
Sleep Blogs By Age 26 posts
Other Caregivers and Sleep 1 post
Newborn 14 posts
Common Sleep Disruptors 12 posts
Twins & Multiples 3 posts
Sleep Training 5 posts
Nap Sleep 11 posts
General Topics 24 posts
Common Developmental Regressions 6 posts
Night Sleep 37 posts
Sleep Products 3 posts
Night Waking 3 posts
Circadian Rhythm Disruptors 13 posts

Common Sleep Disruptors: Illness, GI Issues, Medication, Teething

Be sure to talk to your child’s doctor about any medical, physical or teething concerns; this blog is not intended to be medical advice. Illness, medication and teething can make it very hard for you to know what your expectations should (or shouldn’t) be of your child. And, because sleep is so important to immune function and healing, it’s important your baby stay rested, especially during times of illness. We work with many parents who think their baby has a really terribl

Call in the Cavalry! The Grandma Sleep Intervention

We don’t promote any single type of sleep intervention, because we really don’t believe that there is a one-size-fits-all strategy that will work for all families. We also don’t write out step-by-step strategies in blog posts, because there are so many factors that will determine how to modify a strategy to ensure success for a given family. All that said, the “Grandma Sleep Intervention” is one that will work for many families and suits a variety of parenting styles. If you

Naps or Nights? Which Should You Work on First?

Many parents aren’t sure where to begin when it comes to starting to work on sleep. What if you just want your baby to learn to sleep without the pacifier? What if you are working on transitioning out of the swaddle or Magic Merlin Sleep Suit? What if you want to teach your child to sleep in the crib? What if you want to begin some sort of sleep training? As usual, every book seems to have a different suggestion about what to do. So, what works best? Nights? Naps? Both? Do a

How do you keep your climbing toddler in a crib?

If you are vigilant and immediately respond to your child’s climbing behavior like you would respond to any other sleep regression, then you

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