Routines
Tips for Happy and Long Naps for Newborns to Toddlers
When you have a baby, everyone talks about sleeping through the night as the holy grail of sleep. But as any parent holding a fussy, overtired infant in her arms quickly learns: daytime sleep is es...
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Newborn Sleeping Too Much?
Newborns typically sleep an average of 16 to 20 hours a day, leaving many parents wondering “is my newborn sleeping too much?”
Because the new parent mind can quickly fall down the rabbit hole of ...
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Baby Waking up Too Early?
If you are successfully getting your baby to fall asleep and to stay asleep for several hours each night — congrats! — you’re doing pretty well in the war on sleep. Give yourself a pat on your wear...
Routines
What to Do If Your Baby Isn’t Sleeping Through the Night
Picture this. It’s 1 a.m. You’re in the middle of a particularly lovely dream about a quiet family dinner taking place in one of those dining rooms that only really exists in a Pottery Barn catalog...
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7 Quick & Simple Sleep Hacks
Sleep has been puzzling parents basically since the beginning of time (we wouldn’t be surprised if 30% of all cavemen paintings are actually about parents not getting enough sleep). Thankfully, som...
Parent Sleep
6 Baby Sleep Tips That Adults Can Use Too
At first glance, you and your baby might seem pretty different. There’s the height thing, of course. And the difference in speaking abilities. Oh, and the fact that, unlike adults, babies can rock ...
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6 Sleep Innovations We’re Truly Thankful For
Thanksgiving is around the corner and we’re feeling pretty thankful here at Nanit. Not just for our friends, family and customers. But for all the good sleep our families have gotten this past year...
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What To Do About Sleep When A Cold Strikes
Grab your tissues and nasal aspirators! It’s the most sniffly time of the year.
Like most parents, the thought of cold season probably strikes fear in your heart. For good reason. Infants can get ...
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Unusual Ways to Get Babies to Sleep
When your baby’s bedtime routine isn’t working — that is, when they’re keeping up the neighborhood, or at least mom, dad, siblings and the family pet — it can help to have a backup plan. You aren’t...
Routines
The Importance of Light and Dark
If there’s one thing that posting photos to social media has taught us it’s that lighting is everything (what on earth did we do before filters?).
It’s the same thing with your baby’s sleep. Light...
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Ask a Sleep Expert: Why Did My Baby Stop Sleeping Through the Night?
In our new series “Ask a Sleep Expert,” we pose a question from a reader to pediatric sleep consultant Ingrid Prueher, founder of BabySleepWhisperer.com, and get her expert insight and advice.
“My...
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5 Totally Genius Dad Sleep Hacks
Dads aren’t just the innovators behind tree houses, pillow forts and, um, “unique” hair-braiding creations. They’re also pretty genius when it comes to getting their little ones to fall asleep (cas...
Routines
The Secret to Raising an Independent Sleeper
The term independent is often used to describe things like countries, and college students (well, sometimes), but babies are rarely thrown into that mix, being best known for their tendency to need...
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Is Your Baby Getting Enough Sleep?
You’d do anything for your baby when it comes to sleep. Pull an all-nighter when a cold strikes, navigate your way to the crib in total darkness, dress in matching pastel footed pajamas (okay, that...
Routines
Newborn Sleep Myths: Fact vs Fiction
Nowadays, doesn’t it seem like everyone has something to say about babies and sleep? From your boss’s third cousin’s Swedish nanny to that really cool dad at the park who’s never known the horror o...
Routines
How Much Sleep Do Babies Really Need?
It’s a question that can keep you up at night, even rudely interrupt your favorite dream about baby’s soul-stirring Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech – what exactly is the right amount of sleep f...
Routines
7 Newborn Sleep Tips from the Baby Sleep Whisperer
If we had a genie’s lamp, “better sleep for everyone in the family” would definitely be at the top of our wish list.
But until that magical day arrives, we did the next best thing. We spoke to a re...
Routines
How To Create a Bedtime Routine for Your Newborn
Here at Nanit, we’re dedicated to revolutionizing the way babies sleep by putting amazing technology in the hands of parents everywhere. We’re moms, dads and sleep fans ourselves, so we get that sl...
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