Causes of Night Waking for Babies As a pediatrician, one of the reasons I am becoming increasingly cautious about insensitively using the cry-it-out approach to get babies to sleep longer is that doctors and parents assume that a night waking baby has bad sleeping habits and they miss underlying painful causes of night waking. Suspect […]
Tips and Tricks to Prevent Night Waking Question: My 9 week old all of a sudden won’t sleep at night (he used to do 3 to 5hr stretches) and has been doing 20-minute naps the past 2 nights. I can’t figure out what is going on and how to correct it. Even putting him in […]
“My 8-month-old son used to sleep through the night just fine. But for the past 2 months he wakes up 4 or 5 times a night fussing and wants to nurse. He sleeps in our bed with us. I know it may be teething, but I am starting to resent the lack of sleep. Our […]
How Can I Help My Baby Not Wake Up During the Night? “My 7-month-old is still waking up quite frequently at night, 4-6 times on average. He takes two short naps during the day as well. I’m wondering if longer naps during the day would help his nighttime habits” Answer: Well, about the idea of […]
Mom Returns To Work I’ve recently returned to full-time employment. Since then our toddler wakes up and climbs into our bed and she seems more reluctant to even go to bed. Any connection? This nighttime behavior is common and normal after mom returns to work outside the home. Yes, everyone needs to sleep, but children […]
The First Steps to Night Wean When to night wean will depend on details more specific to each mother’s situation. In general, weaning as a concept says that weaning needs to be done “gradually and with love”, to quote a La Leche League guideline. And weaning implies that a child is being weaned from one […]
“Help! My 18-month-old baby is waking up in our bed every hour to breastfeed. She has been doing this for months, and I just can’t take it anymore. I don’t want to completely wean her, but I need sleep. What do I do?” This is a dilemma faced by many parents who share a family […]
Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night High need babies not only need help falling asleep, they often need help staying asleep. Here are ways for getting baby to sleep through the night so that you can stay asleep, too. 1. Sleep Where Baby Sleeps Best Every mom, dad and baby must work out and […]
Keep Your Midnight Visitor From Waking You Up My 22-month-old (who sleeps in a toddler bed) has taken to running out of his room and into ours at all hours of the night. How can I get him to stay put and go to sleep short of locking him in his room (which I obviously […]
Toddler Waking Up Too Early Our three-year-old wakes up at 5 a.m. to play. He’s bright-eyed and bushy- tailed and ready to go, but I’m not. Help! Here’s where your need to sleep takes precedence over your child’s desire to play. Enforce the rules: nighttime is for sleeping, not playing. “You may not wake up […]
12 Alternatives for the All-Night Toddler Nurser Frequent night nursing is characteristic of high-need children. It’s like going to their favorite restaurant. The ambiance is peaceful, the server is familiar, the cuisine is superb, and they love the management. Who can blame the all-night gourmet? Yet as baby ages and turns into a toddler, nursing […]
Making Nighttime Parenting a Better Experience During the first year you will spend a lot of time feeding your baby at night, so you might as well enjoy it. You have two nighttime parenting goals: get sufficient rest yourself and meet the nutritional and emotional needs of your infant. Remember, a happy mother and a […]
