Sleep Tips

Co-Sleeping Safe Guidelines: What You Need to Know
If you are looking for co-sleeping safe guidelines, then I have to assume you are open to the idea of co-sleeping. Which means there is a good chance you have been grappling with what is “right” vs...

When to Drop to 2 Naps: 3 Telltale Signs
It would be SO nice if our babies could just tell us exactly when to drop to 2 naps, wouldn’t it? It would take all the guess work, and playing detective, and obsessing discussing with your partner,...

Cry It Out for Naps: Everything You Need to Know
Raise your hand if all you want in life is to put your baby down in their crib, walk away, and have them happily drift off into a Gossip Girl marathon-long nap. You've heard of CIO for naps, and it...

When to Drop to One Nap: Everything You Need to Know
Wondering when to drop to one nap? Here’s the short and sweet answer: between 12-16 months. Simple, right? Well before you go ahead and close this window, you may want to hang on a little longer, as...

Overtired Baby: What to do about overtiredness and how to prevent it!
Remember that manual we talked about? The one that should have come with your baby? Well, chapter 1 should definitely be: The Overtired Baby For Dummies. Overtired babies are akin to the...

Swaddles vs Sleep Sack: When and How to Use Them!
I get a lot of questions about swaddles vs sleep sacks. And honestly, even if you’re not a first-time parent, it can be confusing to know what the difference between the two is, and when to use each...

How to Ditch Those Early Morning Baby Wakings
Once upon a time, a long long time ago, before kids and when your stamina was at it’s peak, an early morning wake up was, dare I say…romantic. Getting up with your partner to watch the sun rise...

When Should My Baby Take a Nap and For How Long?
Before you have a baby, naps can seem pretty basic. It’s daytime. My baby seems tired. I will put them in the crib and they will fall asleep. Right?....Right?!?!? Ummm…no. Once you become a new...

The Top 5 Tips for Managing Spring Forward
I’m just going to say it. Whoever came up with the idea of Daylight Savings Time most certainly did NOT have children. (Update: the internet tells me it was Benjamin Franklin and he did have...

The 3 Secrets to Successful Toddler Naps
You would think that you have paid your sleep dues by now, right!? I mean, come on. First the traumatizing newborn days, then the crap naps (and straight up nap refusals), you somehow survived that...

5 Foolproof Ways to Get Your Newborn to Sleep
Those newborn days are a LOT. They are filled with love like you have never felt before, pure exhaustion that is somehow much worse than when you used to pull all-nighters, joy with a capital J,...

What’s the Real Deal with Sleep Training?
You’re exhausted, your baby is exhausted, and everyone just. needs. sleep. You’ve heard of sleep training, the end result sounds better than a week’s vacation in the Caribbean, but you’re a little...

Help! My Toddler Gets Up In The Night More Often Than My Baby!
Having a toddler is so. much. fun. They no longer need to be spoon-fed, they have this adorable way of drinking from their own cup, they can turn the pages of a book as they “read” to themselves,...

7 Things You Should Do To Cure a Gassy Baby
As any parent will tell you, there are 18 million reasons why a baby has difficulty sleeping. Everything from room temperature, to lighting/noise, to being overtired and undertired, to a full moon,...

Help! My Baby Still Doesn’t Sleep Through The Night!
It’s the middle of the night, and you stagger back to bed after finally having gotten your newborn back to sleep for the who-knows-how-many time. Just as you are closing your eyes, you realize,...