At six months old, my son did something that held me in complete disbelief: he slept through the night—11 full hours—all on his own. Prior to that, all my husband and I had ever known was sleep deprivation, sometimes taking over an hour to help our little guy fall asleep only to wake up again [...]
Category: sleeping
On most nights, bath time starts at 6:30, followed by pajamas and reading, so that by 7pm, our three-year-old is happily tucked into his twin bed and dozing the night away. It wasn’t always like that. From screaming fits to not staying in his bed, my husband and I have had our share of bedtime [...]
“Let’s put LO to sleep without his fan on,” my husband suggested ever so casually. I looked at him like he was crazy. “He’ll wake up! We’ll have to tiptoe around the house! It just won’t work!” I responded (clearly I was not yet convinced). After all, our toddler had slept with some form of [...]
If there’s anything a parent wants, it’s a full night’s sleep. I recently received two questions from SSBE readers asking for tips on how to help their children sleep through the night. Same request, but different situations. For instance, on our Facebook page, Jamie discussed how her 18-month-old daughter wakes up once at the same [...]
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When I was pregnant, a co-worker advised, “Don’t rock your baby too much—he’ll get used to it.” As I nodded my head and smiled politely, all I could think was, “Cruel woman! How could she suggest such an idea?!” Well… six months, two broken knees, and one sleep-deprived mama later, I knew exactly why she [...]
We’re those parents who put their kids to bed at the same time every day, so that by 7:30pm, our toddler is tucked in and ready to sleep. Once in a while, he’ll take a late nap and we’ll extend his bedtime, but the latest he has slept has been 8pm. So far this routine [...]
Whenever LO cried in the middle of the night, we were always hesitant to check in because what usually ensued was even more crying and zero chances of going back to sleep. So I’ve been so pleased the past few weeks that whenever LO cried as if he were afraid, I was able to go [...]
Dear LO, Yesterday you did the cutest thing. You found your lotion that we put on you after you’re dried up from your bath. You touched your little fingers to the top of the lotion bottle and pretended to put lotion on your face and tummy! A few moments later, you found the diaper cream. [...]
I can’t believe there were days when LO was younger when he would have to nap three, four or five times in a day! With just one nap, our schedules are a lot less complicated. On the days when he’s home with us, his schedule is: 7am-wake up and breakfast 10am-snack 12pm-nap 1pm (or whenever [...]
