Infant Archives - Sleeping Should Be Easy

How to Stop Your 6 Month Old Baby Feeding More at Night Than Day

Jan 30, 2023

Is your 6 month old baby feeding more at night than day? Learn how to get baby to eat more during the day instead of at night! Just when you thought you could finally sleep through the night, your baby has gone right back to waking up three to four times, wanting to eat. It started gradually at first, with one wake-up or so, but now she's been waking up more often at night. Neither of you is getting a good amount of sleep, and now that you also have to work the next day, sleep deprivation has come back with a vengeance. To make things worse, she's also been eating less during the day, … [Read more...]

How to Wean a Baby from Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding

Jan 19, 2023

Learn about stopping nursing and transitioning to formula or milk! Find out which feedings to start with and how to wean a baby from breastfeeding smoothly. I was finally ready—I was done wearing nursing tops and bringing my pump to work every day. After meeting my goal of pumping for a full year, struggles and all, I began to learn how to wean a baby from breastfeeding. As with saying goodbye to anything, the weaning process can be a bittersweet moment. Yes, I wouldn't have to pump every day, and I'd no longer be the only source of food for my baby. Complications like mastitis and … [Read more...]

How to Stop Your Baby’s Bottle Refusal

Eating

Jan 17, 2023

Has your baby been refusing the bottle, whether suddenly or from day one? Overcoming bottle refusal is possible with these effective tips! There's no denying it: your baby hates the bottle. He'll sometimes take a bottle from you, but not from anyone else. Bottle feeding him has been miserable for your spouse or anyone who gives him a bottle, especially when it's supposed to be a fun, bonding experience. You don't even feel like you can leave him with a different caregiver for fear that he'll give whoever is watching him a tough time. It's simply something you don't feel comfortable … [Read more...]

Setting Limits with a Baby (and Almost a Toddler)

Behavior

Jan 04, 2023

Struggling with setting limits with a baby? Encourage their curiosity while establishing boundaries to keep their safe as they begin to explore. My baby—once so small he felt like a swaddled blob over my shoulder—was now all over the place. At 10 months old, he'd crawl everywhere without warning, giving me anxiety with each turn. He'd pull himself up on shelves and curtains and wanted to keep playing instead of sleep. How can parents set age-appropriate limits with our now mobile babies —and should we? For many of us, the thought of disciplining babies feels impossible. They're so … [Read more...]

What to Do When Your 4 Month Old Baby Won’t Nap

Infant

Nov 28, 2022

Struggling when your 4 month old baby won't nap unless held? Learn how to get babies to sleep during the day for longer than 30 minutes! "What is up with these 30-minute naps?" I vented to my husband. We'd gone past the newborn stage, hoping for longer naps now that our 4 month old baby was a little older. Except the opposite was happening: now he was hardly napping, and his fussiness wasn't helping, either. At first, I thought he was the type of baby who didn't need as much sleep compared to other babies, except he'd be exhausted all day until the bedtime routine. He refused to nap each … [Read more...]

4 Month Old Waking Every 3 Hours to Feed? Here’s What to Do

Breastfeeding

Sep 12, 2022

Is your 4 month old waking every 3 hours to feed at night? Learn what to do when your baby wakes up before feeding time from hunger or habit. After 4 months of sleep deprivation, I wanted nothing more than to finally have a full night of sleep. Even waking up once would've been a welcome change. But nope, my little guy was still waking up every few hours. He was always high on the percentile range for weight gain, so I knew he was eating enough (whether during the day or at night). But with frequent night wakings, I was wiped out and wasn't getting much sleep. And since I was … [Read more...]

Baby Sign Language Pros and Cons

Communication

Aug 27, 2022

Wondering whether to start signing with your baby or toddler? Check out these baby sign language pros and cons to learn more. My toddler loved to eat, so it was no wonder that some of his favorite signs were "more" and "all done." Before then, communicating with him led to frustration for all involved. He wasn't saying as many words as other kids his age, and my husband and I had to rely on deciphering his grunts and looking at what he was pointing to. Our son was equally upset that we couldn't figure out what he wanted, leading to plenty of tantrums and fits. Sign language then … [Read more...]

Worried That Your Baby Burps a Lot? Here’s What You Can Do:

Infant

Aug 10, 2022

Worried that your baby burps a lot, disrupting her sleep? Learn effective tips to burping your little one for smoother sleep and less fussing. Burping is supposed to be good for the baby, you reassure yourself. Except your little one is waking up more frequently, whether from naps or at night, because she needs to burp. Instead of the one-hour nap you were hoping for, you find yourself picking her up after 20 minutes, patting the air bubbles out or cleaning her spit ups. Never mind that she burped many times before you'd put her to bed or laid her down for a nap. Her need to burp … [Read more...]

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