Most parents are familiar with the fussiness that a newborn starts exhibiting around 2 weeks of age. What happened to the peaceful, sleep-feed-sleep machine you brought home from the hospital? Studies show that around the 2-week mark, infants are naturally inclined to turn up the waterworks. Crying intensity peaks at 6 weeks and generally stabilizes...CONTINUE READING

Getting your baby to have a good night’s rest is one major goal of every parent, but things just seem to get in the way of good sleep at every turn. Sleepless nights coupled with the stress of growth development can pose a problem in the first year of your baby’s life. But the reality...CONTINUE READING

Being a new parent can be pretty overwhelming during the first year of your baby’s life. There is so much to get used to with 4 month sleep regression, teething and growth spurts. You finally develop a routine that works great with your baby and you are looking forward to breezing through the last quarter...CONTINUE READING

By the time your child reaches the final quarter of their first year you’ll hopefully have a pro sleeper on your hands, or even better, a pro sleeper snoozing in their own bed. While there are no major sleep regressions that occur during this time, there are issues that may crop up and cause your...CONTINUE READING

You might have heard your parent-friends grumble about spending weeks slogging through sleepless nights around their baby’s four month birthday, adjusting routines, creating an ideal sleep sanctuary, and finally getting their baby to sleep in intervals longer than 30-minutes – and you sighed in relief that the sleep regression missed your baby – then wham...CONTINUE READING

So, your little angel who slept like a teenager for the first three months of their life is now sleeping like a baby – aka, waking up every few hours and popping their eyes open at the drop of a pen, or the click of the door as you leave the room? While many would...CONTINUE READING

For most parents of infants, getting a full night’s sleep would be a dream. Though that’s the idea behind dream feeding, the name refers to the practice of feeding your baby while they’re still half-asleep. Until they’re about nine months old, most infants can’t sleep through a whole night without feeding. That’s why some parents...CONTINUE READING

The last thing you and your baby need is anything that might detract from them getting a good night’s sleep. Unfortunately for some infants, acid reflux can do just that, resulting in sleepless nights (and some uncomfortable days, too). Acid reflux occurs when food from the stomach comes back up into the baby’s mouth, causing...CONTINUE READING

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies sleep in their parents’ bedroom – “on a separate surface, such as a crib or bassinet, and never on a couch, armchair or soft surface” – for the first 6 months of life, and ideally a year. In fact, in a statement released last October, the AAP...CONTINUE READING

Has this ever happened to you? Your little one is around 6 months of age, cuter than ever and growing by leaps and bounds every day. You turn to leave the nursery for a moment to get something from the kitchen. You get maybe three feet from the crib when your baby starts crying hysterically....CONTINUE READING