Nap sleep training is much more nuanced, and often more difficult than night sleep training. Nighttime sleep can start developing into longer stretches as early as 6 weeks of age if certain things are done to encourage those longer stretches. (Wanna learn how? Check out The Newborn Sleep Program for babies under 16 weeks old!) [...]
Knowing how many naps for baby or toddler is appropriate for their age is a huge piece of the sleep puzzle for your little one! Whether or not you choose to sleep train your baby, following an age-appropriate sleep schedule will hugely help your family stay on a good course. Too much or too little [...]
The dreaded sleep regression... Dun dun DUNNNNN! It's ok. I'm here for you! To begin, there are all sorts of sleep regressions. While some regressions occur due to circumstances like travel or illness (which we’ll discuss below), many occur for seemingly no reason at all. Many researchers have noted that there are certain periods of [...]
Early morning waking is possibly the most common (and frustrating!) occurrence parents encounter with their kiddos' sleep. Le sigh. This is whether they are sleep trained or not. This issue is so prevalent that I probably get asked about it over 5x a week. No joke. It is VERY normal. And with some time, effort, [...]
This is a blog in defense of the use of white noise as a sleeping tool. Let’s start from the beginning with what we actually know about white noise. In the womb, fetuses are exposed to sound that ranges from 72 decibels all the way up to 111 decibels. That means for the last 14 [...]
Ahhhh, the family trip. Come and get your travel tips for parents who may actually want to sleep on their vacation! If you're changing time zones, or worried about sleeping on the plane - I've got you covered. This particular post covers some extra travel tips for things you may not have considered yet that [...]
Of all the standard advice I give out to parents regarding their kiddos' sleep, the one piece that seems to immediately make a difference is the implementation of white noise. There are all sorts of products on the market (check out my favorites list here), but my number one recommendation is the cheapest, loudest box [...]
First off, does everyone know it's Daylight SavinG Time? NOT Daylight SavingS Time? Also, does everyone know that the only time you denote time as say, 9 pm PST, Pacific Standard Time (or Mountain or Central or whatever), is after DST ends until it starts again (so between the months of November and March)? [...]
Last Updated . A lot of anti-sleep trainers out there talk in depth about cortisol in relation to crying babies. The basic idea is that crying is stressful for babies, so their brains will flood their bodies with cortisol - the stress hormone - which causes long-term damage to the brain itself, plus a [...]