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Dream Feeding
Nursing & Feeding Dream Feeding: What Is it, And Is It Right For You and Your Baby?
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 hal...
Sleep Training Methods & Techniques: A Breakdown
Sleep Sleep Training Methods & Techniques: A Breakdown
By now you’ve probably heard all about sleep training. After all, it’s one of the most hotly debated sleep topics in the baby world (right up there with whose kid really looks the cutest in footed ...
How Nanit Will Change the Way You View Your Child's Sleep
Nanit News How Nanit Will Change the Way You View Your Child's Sleep
New parents have a lot of information to take in. That’s why we designed Nanit Pro Camera to automatically track tons of data on your baby’s sleep habits and night schedule. Our handy Nanit App not...
acid reflux and sleep. fussy baby
Health & Wellness Acid Reflux and Sleep
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 nig...
7 Practical Tips for Room-Sharing
Sleep 7 Practical Tips for Room-Sharing
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...
sleep-associations
Sleep Sleep Associations: Negative VS. Positive Ways to Get Your Baby to Sleep
Having a baby comes with a whole new language. Suddenly you’re throwing around words like binky and cradle cap, not to mention your voice somehow jumps several octaves when speaking to anyone unde...
baby isnt sleeping through the night baby crying
Sleep 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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Sleep The Scoop on Sleep Disruptors
It’s one of the great head-scratchers of raising a baby. Your little one is sleeping through the night like a pro and on a predictable sleep schedule. And then, out of the blue, they start waking u...
top sleep tips for twins
Sleep Top Sleep Tips for Twins
It’s hard enough getting one baby to fall asleep. But for parents of twins, bedtime can sometimes feel like trying to climb Mt. Everest in a swimsuit! Rest assured, though, it’s not an impossible d...
A Baby Lovey can be an excellent soothing presence in the crib.
Registry Baby Lovey – How and When To Introduce a Lovey for Baby
You have buns of steel from bouncing and your baby’s sleep song is weaving its way into your dreams. It might be time to introduce your little one to a lovey – a comforting, familiar object that ba...
7 Quick & Simple Sleep Hacks
Sleep 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...
Should You Teach Your Baby To Use Baby Sign Language?
Growth & Milestones Should You Teach Your Baby To Use Baby Sign Language?
Long before babies can talk, they have wants and needs and desires and things to communicate. And believe it or not, they are capable of effectively communicating — in ways other than crying, giggl...
6 Baby Sleep Tips That Adults Can Use Too
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 ...
The Best Holiday Bedtime Books
Registry The Best Holiday Bedtime Books
‘Tis the season to sit back, relax and enjoy a good holiday book with baby. After all, baby’s got enough holiday spirit to fill the North Pole – their bookshelf’s gotta represent. So we rounded up...
6 Sleep Innovations We’re Truly Thankful For
Sleep 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...
What To Do About Sleep When A Cold Strikes
Sleep 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 ...
Unusual Ways to Get Babies to Sleep
Sleep 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...
The Importance of Light and Dark
Sleep 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...
5 Best Ways For New Dads to Get Involved — And Stay Involved — With Their Kids From the Start
Health & Wellness 5 Best Ways For New Dads to Get Involved — And Stay Involved — With Their Kids From the Start
Unfortunately, dads aren’t always seen as being as crucial to infants’ lives as their mothers are. But luckily for dads who want to be there for (almost) every bedtime, every giggle and burp, there...
Meet Nanit’s Stand
Nanit News Meet Nanit’s Stand
When we set out to create the world’s smartest baby monitor, we threw ourselves into research. That meant talking to parents one-on-one and examining how they used their current monitors. Right awa...
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Sleep 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...
5 Totally Genius Dad Sleep Hacks
Sleep 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...
The secret to raising an independent sleeper baby sleeping in crib
Sleep 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...
Is Your Baby Getting Enough Sleep?
Sleep 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...