Timing is key when working on a baby sleep schedule. It’s important to make sure to find a balance between not enough awake time and too much. This is referred to as sleep pressure. If your child is taking a short nap and waking up happy, it is likely that the amount of sleep pressure that they have built up …
Three Research-Backed Ways To Help Your High Need Baby Sleep
In a recent survey, I asked parents about high need baby sleep. Based on what I’ve heard from parents over the past 9 years of running The Fussy Baby Site, I felt quite confident in being able to predict what they were going to say: that their high need baby had troubles falling asleep, staying asleep and overall, got less …
Creating a Happy and Healthy Sleep Environment
When you first bring home your little one home from the hospital, there may be a moment or two of doubt; “Do I have everything I need?” “Did I set everything up right?” “When should I start setting up the baby nursery?” Here are some quick and easy tips to ensure the baby nursery is set up for healthy sleep! …
Staying Ahead of Daylight Savings Time – Babies Sleep
Daylight savings time can throw anyone’s schedule off, especially a small child. Fortunately, while it might put a kink in your schedule for a few days, you can easily get back on track! Here are a few tips to prepare your child for Daylight Savings Time and make the transition to the time change much easier Gradual Transition: Gradually shift …
Baby Sleep Myths – Don’t Let Bad Advice Keep You Awake
As a child sleep consultant, I hear from my clients every day about the advice they have been given by other moms to help their children sleep better. Unfortunately, much of the advice out is baby sleep myths and there is based on old wives’ tales that continue to circle among new moms. Many of these myths seem rational, which …
Healthy Sleep Patterns: For Children and Parents
Every parent is concerned for their family’s well-being. In the chaotic and busy world that we live in, although we have the best intentions to focus on our family’s health and wellness, unfortunately following through with these plans is difficult at times. One aspect of a family’s wellness that should not be compromised is healthy sleep patterns. No matter which …
Certified Child Sleep Specialist: A Step Ahead of Sleep
As a certified child sleep specialist, I am often called upon to help correct behavior that occurs due to a lack of knowledge and understanding about sleep. As Moms, while we are pregnant, people are handing out all kinds of advice. This advice ranges from nursing to diapering, tummy time, to vaccinations. Never in the nine months of my pregnancy …
Taking control of Sleep: The Single Parent Households
After going through the experience of hiring a child sleep consultant, and then going through the process to become one, I knew that I wanted to help other single parent households. With my husband away on business a lot, I learned through the process that once I took control of the situation I was no longer overwhelmed and fearful of …
Biological Rhythms: The science behind the way we sleep
Everyone sleeps, but not everyone understands the science behind the way we sleep. Sleep is an important part of our daily functions and overall health and wellness. Educating ourselves on the biological rhythms behind the way our body responds to sleep will help us understand the importance of staying on a consistent sleep schedule, as well as implementing one for …
Quality Sleep vs. Quantity Sleep
Just like many things in life, quality sleep is more important than sleep quantity. It is more beneficial to the human body and has a great impact on the way we function. The internal rhythms, at which our bodies are set to operate, create a time to be asleep and a time to be awake. When we try to fall …
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