BABY AND TODDLER SLEEP INDEXES
- Baby Whisperer Index (TBW)
- Breastfeeding Index
- Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
- Getting ready for baby - Nursing Supplies
- How long do I let baby go without a feed at night?
- My Brest Friend Deluxe Pillow - Product Review
- Tips To Keep Sleepy Newborns Awake During Feedings
- The Distracted Eater
- They Lied. Breastfeeding Really Does Hurt.
- Undercover Mama - Product Review
- Co-Sleeping Index
- HELP YOUR BABY FALL BACK TO SLEEP ON HIS OWN WHILE YOU CONTINUE TO BREASTFEED AND CO-SLEEP
- HELP YOUR BABY FALL BACK TO SLEEP WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S ASSISTANCE - especially useful for co-sleeping & breastfeeding babies
- Disability
- Early Morning Wakings
- Early Morning Wakings (causes and solutions)
- OK to Wake Clocks and Lights for Early Risers
- Favorite Baby Products
- Feeding Index (also see breastfeeding and bottle-feeding indexes)
- Ferber Index (Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems)
- Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber) - Book Review
- Sleep Training - Ferber's Approach For When Your Child Shares Your Bedroom
- Sleep Training - Ferber's Door Closing Technique
- Sleep Training - Ferber's Multi Step Approach
- Sleep Training - Ferber's One Step Approach
- Sleep Training - Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Guest Posts Index
- 7 Dreams a Baby Dreams - Written by a Baby
- 10 Ways to Save Your Sanity
- Babywise tips for working parents
- Dads are parents too
- First-time Obedience: first things first
- Guest Posts Guidelines
- Guest Post Week (Nov 2011)
- Guest Post Week (March 2012)
- How Sleep Apnea Can Affect Your Child's Development
- How to throw a themed birthday party for your toddler
- How will pregnancy impact my sleep?
- Independent Playtime Overview
- Infants need sleep to grow, so don't worry parents!
- Some like it hot (sleep that is)
- Take baby steps to get first-time obedience
- Teaching Obedience to a Child with Special Needs
- Ten ways to save your sanity
- Tips for helping your baby fall asleep in strange places
- Why Sleeping in Darkness is Important to your Health
- Happiest Baby on the Block Index (Karp Harvey)
- Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child Index (HSHHC/Weissbluth)
- Motherhood Index - Some thoughts and encouragement
- A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
- Because she is a mother...
- Happy Mother's Day to you!
- I Love Waking Up All. Night. Long.
- I'm Counting Down the Minutes Until Tomorrow
- It's a Book, Not a Bible
- My Bad. Were YOU Sleeping?
- Parenting 505
- Sleep Training - A baby's point of view
- Some babies have it, and some babies don't
- Support! Calling for Some Support!
- Ten ways to save your sanity
- There is no one perfect way to be a mother
- Thriving rather than Surviving
- What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1
- When you're having one of those days...
- Why don't Friends With Kids Have Time?
- Multiples Index (Twins, Triplets etc)
- Babywise (has one chapter specifically on twins)
- Luke and Jude Week 1
- Luke and Jude Month 1
- The Baby Sleep Solution (Suzy Giordano) initially made for multiples but now used for single babies too
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins: A Step-by-Step Program for Sleep-Training Your Multiples
- Your Most Dire Twin Questions, Answered
- My Test Subjects Index (aka kids)
- Baby Stella Is Here!
- Dropped Pacifier Update
- Jacob at 8 months
- Jacob's Schedule at 2.5 years
- Joshua at 3 years old
- Luke and Jude 1 Week
- Luke and Jude 1 Month
- My Kid's Schedules
- Nora 1 month old
- Nora 2 months old
- Sick Baby. Here. Now
- Stella at 2 Weeks
- Wake to Sleep - AGAIN!
- Wake to Sleep - Personal Experience
- We did it! We dropped the pacifier!
- Naps Index - General Information and Problem Solving
- Afternoon Nap (2nd nap)
- "But Why Doesn't It Work?"
- Controlling Nap Lengths
- Daytime Sleep - The Facts
- Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
- Developmental Milestones - Rolling, Crawling, Standing, Talking etc.
- Dropping a Nap
- Evening Nap (3rd Nap)
- Extending a Short Nap
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Fourth Nap
- Habitual Wakings
- Keeping a Sleep Log
- Missed Naps
- Morning Nap
- Nap Lengths - What's Average?
- Not So Obvious Naps With Very Obvious Consequences
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- P.U/P.D.
- Restoring a previously dropped nap
- Set nap times
- Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
- Shush-Pat
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep Training index
- Short Naps
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Waketime Length - how long should baby stay awake?
- Wake to Sleep
- Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Plays, Cries Or Does Both
- Night Sleep Index - General Info and Problem Solving
- Bedtime
- A Common Mistake - Putting all the kids to bed at the same time
- Bedtime Battles
- The Fear of the Early Bedtime
- Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Cries, Plays Or Does Both
- "But Why Doesn't It Work?"
- Cluster Feeding
- Day/Night Confusion
- Developmental Milestones - Rolling, Crawling, Standing, Talking etc.
- DreamFeed
- Dream Pee
- Early Morning Wakings - And What To Do About It
- Early Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too early AND wakes too early
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Habitual Wakings
- How long do I let baby go without a feed at night?
- Keeping a Sleep Log
- Late Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too late AND wakes too late
- Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
- Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
- Night Wakings
- Nightly Sleep Phase
- Night Time Sleep - What's Average?
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- P.U./P.D.
- Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
- Shush-Pat
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep Training Index
- Sleeping Through The Night - When Will It Start?
- Tanking Up
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Wake to Sleep
- Waking up crying or cranky in the mornings
- Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Cries, Plays Or Does Both
- Night Wakings
- No-Cry Sleep Solution Index: Elizabeth Pantley
- Gentle Removal Plan - For frequent breastfeeders, night time bottle feeders and pacifier users
- Help baby to fall back to sleep in her crib - for crib sleepers
- Help your baby fall back to sleep on his own and move him out of your bed and into his own - tips to help a co-sleeping baby move to a crib
- Help your baby fall back to sleep with another person's assistance - especially useful for co-sleeping and breastfeeding babies
- Help your baby to fall back to sleep on his own while you continue to breastfeed and co-sleep - For Breastfeeding and co-sleeping babies
- No-Cry Sleep Solution, The: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night - Book Review
- Sleep Solutions for 0-4 months
- Sleep Solutions for Older Babies (4 months to 2 years)
- Ten Steps to Helping Your Baby Sleep All Night
- Nursing (see breastfeeding)
- Postpartum Depression
- Product Review Index
- If you'd like to have your product reviewed or do a giveaway, check here**
- Helpful Tips, Tricks and Facts Index
- A few words of advice from the Baby Whisperer
- Accidental Parenting
- Attitude Is Everything
- Habits
- Head Banging, Body Rocking, Head Rolling etc
- How to convert a battery powered swing to a plug powered swing
- Independent Playtime Overview
- Thriving rather than Surviving
- What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1
- Reading
- Sleep Routine (see Sleep Schedule below)
- Sickness
- Sleep - General Info and Problem Solving
- Always check on the unexpected
- Attitude Is Everything
- Biological Rhythms And Sleep
- Changing Sleep and the Changing Seasons
- Common Sleep Myths
- Day/Night Confusion
- Daylight Savings
- Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
- Does he just need less sleep than most babies?
- Don't, And I Repeat, Don't Go In There?
- Don't forget to ask Mom
- Habits
- Half drunk from lack of sleep
- Head Banging, Body Rocking, Head Rolling etc
- How Do I Know If My Baby Is Getting Enough Sleep?
- How to set the stage for good sleep {tear free!}
- If At First You Don't Swing-ceed, Try, Try Again
- Is baby sleeping too much?
- Is There Such Thing As A Magic Sleep Fix?
- Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
- "Natural" Child-Rearing
- Night Time Sleep - What's Average
- Nightly Sleep Phase
- Partial Awakenings
- Perfect Timing Means No Crying...Or Does It?
- Poop, Poop, Go Away...
- Predictors of Sleep Problems
- Safety In Mind
- SIDS
- Signs of Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep and Obesity
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Hygiene (for the sleepless adult!)
- Sleep Inertia
- Sleep is for the weak, or is it?
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep Transitions
- Some Babies Have it and Some Babies Don't
- Sharing A Room With A Sibling
- Swaddling
- When And How To Drop The Swaddle
- The Key To Sleep Training Success - Consistency
- The only consistency with children is change
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
- Tips for helping your baby fall asleep in strange places
- Top Sleep Tips
- Total Sleep - What's Average
- Transitional Objects/ Loveys
- Understanding Sleep Stages
- Waketime Length - How Long Should Baby Stay Awake?
- Waking up crying or cranky in the mornings
- Waking up happy
- When is it safe for my baby to sleep on his tummy?
- When Sleep goes from Bad to Good...in 12 days.
- Why Does My Baby Hate and Fight Sleep?
- Why Does My Child Appear Sleepy Throughout The Day
- Sleep Schedule Index (also see Sample Schedules)
- A few words of advice from the Baby Whisperer
- Back to School You Sleepyhead!
- Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
- Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine (EWS)
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Keeping a Sleep Log
- Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- The Only Consistency with children is change
- Waketime Length - How long should baby stay awake?
- Why have a schedule/routine?
- Sleep Environment Index
- AAP on Sleep Safety
- Getting the Right Temperature
- Safety In Mind
- Sleep Attire
- Some like it hot (sleep that is)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Should My Baby Sleep With White Noise?
- Varying The Sleep Location
- What does sound have to do with sleep?
- What impact does light have on my child's sleep?
- Where should my baby sleep?
- Why Sleeping in darkness is important to your health
- Sleep by Age Index (click for posts)
- Sleep Training Index (click for posts)
- Sleeping Through The Night
- Sleeping Through The Night Index: - Jodi A. Mindell
- Swaddling
- Travel
- Twins (See Multiples above)
- Wonder Weeks Index
- How to handle SLEEP during a Wonder Week
- THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward - Book Review
- Wonder Weeks are now the Wonder Months
- What is a Wonder Week?
- When are the Wonder Weeks?
- Signs a Wonder Week is about to start
- The Wonder Weeks are now on Kindle
- Wonder Weeks Giveaway
RTJ94 commented on Blog Index - My Baby Sleep Guide:
ReplyDeleteHi just found your blog and I have no idea where to start. My baby #3 is not a sleeper. He is 4 months old now. Around 13 weeks he started sleeping 7pm to 7am but kept his 45 to 1 hr day naps and was eating every 2.5/3 hours. Then around 3 months he got RSV and the 10 days of night-time breathing treaments messed everything up. Now he doesn't sleep at night or nap more than 1 hour. Where do I start reading I am give out?
RTJ94,
DeleteStart off with the blog user guide and follow the links from there.
rachel
I love your blog and I have reccomend it my friends all the time. I have been searching it this time to see if you have any advice on moving and what might happen and how to make the transition smooth. Our guy is 15 months. I read "The great resistance" and can't figure out if it's that or the move (we moved 2 weeks ago). Thanks for any help you can offer!
ReplyDeleteSarah,
DeleteYou might have just assume sleep issues could be due to many things at this point (very likely) and just do the best you can with things. Make sure to not fall into habits that are hard to get yourself out of. Offering some extra support is fine, but there is a fine line between offering support and turning sleep into chaos ;) It is easier for some people to figure out where this line is than others. Really, just do the best you can and I bet things will improve if you keep up the consistency that he has come to expect (with daily activities and sleep) and offering lots of extra snuggle time.
best,
rachel
Thank you Rachel!
DeleteHi Rachel! What's your experience with swaddling in 3-6 months age range? My almost-3-months-old has this fussy period during second stretch of night sleep when she starts to fuss herself out of the swaddle. She tries very hard, squirms, grunts, even yells out angrily... Exactly at the time us parents want a couple of hours uninterrupted sleep! while the first stretch she sleeps very soundly in the swaddle. Our pediatrician suggested she is weaning herself off of swaddling, so I tried a night without one - still second stretch she fusses and wakes herself up, swaddle or no swaddle. At least in a swaddle it's easier for her to self-soothe and for me to help her fall asleep again... So this makes me wonder when I should stop swaddling and what cues to look for that she is ready...Have you encountered any info on this anywhere? Thanks in advance for any advice or maybe links to some literature...
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