Have an 11 month old waking up at night? A sleep regression is a likely culprit for these 11 month old sleep problems. Here’s what you need to know and do. It's the worst feeling, when you think this would be better by this point. Except even at 11 months, your baby is still not sleeping through the night. Instead, he wakes up—often multiple times—for a feeding, and has a hard time settling back down. Even if he can fall asleep on her own, he still wakes every few hours. You end up bringing him to bed with you in the early morning, just so you can both get some sleep. You know you … [Read more...]

Your baby waking early in the morning or from a nap can throw your day off. Adjust these 3 simple things, and help stop your baby from rising too soon. It's one thing to celebrate your baby finally putting herself to sleep, but what do you do when she wakes up early? You've tried moving bedtime back to as late as 10pm with no luck—she's still up by 5am. Sometimes she's ready to get up for the day, while other times she clearly still needs more sleep. To make things worse, her early wake-ups are throwing off her naps, making her cranky long before she's supposed to sleep. You've tried … [Read more...]

No parent enjoys getting up when their baby is waking up at night. No worries—if your baby wakes up every hour, get her sleeping in no time with these tips. The past few weeks had been brutal. Not only did my baby not know how to fall asleep on his own consistently, he'd also flip onto his tummy... and not know what to do. The result? My husband and I were up every hour to flip him over, or rock him to sleep. Sadly, I wish I could say that my baby waking up frequently was a new development. But since his newborn days, my little guy was never the best sleeper. I dreaded looking at the … [Read more...]

Is your 11 month old waking up at night or suddenly refusing to sleep? Discover tips to cope with the 11 month sleep regression and end your sleep problems! There can't seriously be an 11 month sleep regression, I thought. But lo and behold, a quick internet search showed that I wasn't the only one with a little one suddenly not sleeping well. The new sleep patterns—if you could call them that—felt like our family was back on the newborn schedule. Because for months, my son would go down at bedtime easily and happily. If he happened to fuss in the middle of the night, he'd only do so … [Read more...]