How to get good sleep on vacation
My #1 piece of advice - Create a familiar sleep environment. The room will physically look different than home, so rely on your child’s other senses to help them feel safe in a new place. Make what they hear, smell, and feel at sleep times just like home!
Here’s what I’m bringing with me to do just that:
how many night feeds should my child be taking?
I get this question a whole lot! Especially with little ones under 12 months. Parents tell me how often they are feeding their baby overnight and then immediately follow it up with - "is that the right amount?". I've got answers for you!
your baby’s ideal sleep schedule
Trying to figure out your baby’s nap schedule can sometimes feel like you’re back in high school algebra! You’re jotting down sleep times, making sure to catch your baby at the first yawn, and always testing out different awake times to see which one works best. Sound familiar?
How to Prevent & Correct Early morning wake-ups
While sleeping in until noon may be a thing of the past once you have kids, that doesn’t mean you have to accept 5:00am as your new wake-up call! If your little one is consistently waking before 6am, here’s three ways to prevent and correct early morning wake-ups!
3 Ways to improve your newborn’s sleep
Ah the fourth trimester. Your squishy, sweet newborn is here, and while it would do all new parents a huge favor for this time to be an easy one, it’s often the most difficult for many. However, there are many things you can do to start teaching your little one how to get better sleep!
The Science behind baby sleep
Learning the science behind your baby’s sleep can help inform why your baby wakes so frequently throughout the night and/or takes short naps. Knowing the in’s and out’s of how and why we sleep helps instruct us on the importance of independent sleep and how to achieve much-needed, development-promoting, consolidated sleep.
Does my baby need white noise to sleep?
In the womb, babies are surrounded by noise as loud as a vacuum cleaner. So you could imagine that a quiet room is not necessarily relaxing. While your newborn seemed to sleep soundly no matter the type of noise (or lack thereof), now his/her calming reflex has faded and we need to find new, healthy sleep associations to get him/her falling asleep and staying asleep easily. White noise is going to be your (and your baby’s) new best friend.