It’s pretty wild to watch your baby sleep and realize just how much they move around. Little twitches, stretches, and even those tiny nighttime noises can catch you off guard. Babies move so much in their sleep because their brains are busy, especially during lighter sleep stages, and all this activity actually helps with their…
You’ve read every book on baby sleep training, divided night shifts between you and your husband. But that was 6 months ago. Now your baby still hasn’t slept through the night, you have no idea what you’re doing wrong, and you can’t even enjoy this new, exciting time of your life because all you want…
I love sleep. In fact, the only thing I dreaded about becoming a mother was the idea of losing sleep. Before my first daughter was born, I researched everything I could on how to get my baby to sleep quickly. And guess what? My breastfed baby slept through the night by 8 weeks. When I…
It’s been hours since your baby has last slept. You know he’s tired and yet his body seems to be in overdrive. His little limbs are jerking wildly. You have a feeling that cranky whine is about to turn into a full-blown wail. He needs sleep. You need sleep. And yet, sleep seems like the…
With so many baby sleep products on the market, it is almost impossible for new moms or gift givers to know what is actually safe and what may promise something but not deliver. As a mom of two boys, during the beginning of both my pregnancies I would spend time (ok, lots and lots of…
Before becoming a parent, you had no idea that you were capable of surviving on this little sleep. The second your baby’s head touches her crib, she wakes up and starts wailing. You’ve tried everything. Nursing your baby to sleep, rocking, swaddling (crying with her…), and you just can not figure this out. At best,…