Early Rising in Babies and Toddlers – 10 Tips to Resolve Early Wake-Ups
Early Rising in Babies and Toddlers – 10 Tips to Resolve Early Wake-Ups Having a baby is akin to having a human alarm clock. Both wake you up with sudden noise, but what happens when your baby suddenly begins to wake earlier and earlier? The average baby wakes ‘early’ by most adult standards. Believe it […]
Summer Sleep: Can a Cool Breeze Mean Better Sleep for Your Baby?
Summer Sleep: Can a Cool Breeze Mean Better Sleep for Your Baby? One of my favorite things to do in the early months of summer is to open all the windows and fill my home with the fresh spring air. It refreshes the senses and clears out the stale air from a long winter. Even […]
Holiday Sleep Tips for Toddlers: Sleeping on the Road
Holiday Sleep Tips for Toddlers: Sleeping on the Road No matter how hard you try to keep your child on a predictable and comforting routine, the holidays sometimes make sleep disruptions unavoidable. Some toddlers are more adaptable than others. If you’re worried about getting off-track this season, check out these holiday sleep tips for toddlers. […]
Gentle Sleep Coaching: How Do I Eliminate My Baby’s Night Wakings?
Hi. I’m Kim West, the Sleep Lady, and in this video, I’m going to answer Jamie’s question that she posted on my Facebook page. Here’s what she wrote: Hi. My nine-month-old wakes during the night for her dummy (or pacifier) and also one night feed. How do I eliminate this? She goes to bed at […]
Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Transition Tips for your Family
Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Transition Tips for your Family Those early sleepy, dark nights of winter are already turning into the dusky purple of a fast-approaching Spring. This is the perfect time to prepare to spring forward for Daylight Saving Time. Not everyone in the world observes Daylight Saving Time, so these Daylight Saving tips […]
4 Essential Tips To Make School Mornings Better
Many of you have already started back to school, which is both wonderful and slightly terrifying-especially if you’ve been struggling with sleep. For those of you who are starting back this week or next, you have a little bit of time to help prepare your kids for a more structured schedule. For those of you […]
5 Questions To Ask Your Partner About Co-sleeping
What should you do if you and your partner don’t agree on how to sleep train your baby? For example, you want to co-sleep with your baby and he wants the baby to sleep in a separate nursery. Or maybe he believes in letting your baby cry it out but you have been reading about […]
8 Benefits to using the Magic Sleepsuit to transition from the swaddle: Why is it better than cold turkey?
Guest Post by Maureen, creator of the Magic Sleepsuit Just as babies need the swaddle to transition from the womb, they also need a means to transition from the swaddle. At a certain point, babies get to a point when they are ready to be transitioned from the confines of a swaddle, but are not […]
My Toddler is Waking at Night for a Bottle
Would you like to have me answer your toddler sleep problem in my next video? If so, please visit my Facebook Page and post your question using the hashtag #askthesleeplady! I will pick several questions a month to answer and post them here on the blog! If you would rather read than watch my above […]
Understanding What "Drowsy But Awake" Really Means
Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that everyone has a different definition of “drowsy”. That’s fine, except when we’re talking about “drowsy but awake” and sleep coaching. And I’ve found that most parent’s don’t really know what “drowsy but awake” really means. What “Drowsy But Awake” Really Means When I talk about “drowsy […]