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Baby Started Night Waking

Baby Started Night Waking: What to Do? “My 8-month-old son used to sleep through the night just fine. But for the past 2 months, he started night waking 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 […]

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December 23, 2020 April 5, 2024 Dr. Bill Sears

Hidden Medical Causes of Night Waking

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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 […]

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January 28, 2020 January 28, 2020 Dr. Bill Sears

Preventing Night Waking

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 […]

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April 24, 2019 April 24, 2019 Dr. Bill Sears

Waking Up At Night

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 […]

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October 22, 2019 October 22, 2019 Dr. Bill Sears

Nighttime Waking After Mom Returns To Work

Nighttime Waking After Mom Returns To Work 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. […]

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August 29, 2013 February 25, 2024 Dr. Bill Sears

Night Weaning: How to Gently End Night Feedings

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What is the Best Way to End Night Feeding? This is one of the top questions we get from our friends, from the parents of our little patients and our website followers.  The night weaning information you are about to read is gleaned from Dr. Bill’s experience in fifty years of pediatric practice, Martha’s experience […]

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December 14, 2020 October 1, 2023 Dr. Bill Sears

6 Ways to Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night

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Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night High need babies not only need help to fall 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 […]

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September 15, 2020 September 21, 2020 Dr. Bill Sears

Nighttime Parenting

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Making Nighttime Parenting a Better Experience During the first year, you will spend lots 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 well-fed […]

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September 9, 2020 April 13, 2024 Dr. Bill Sears

12 Alternatives for the All-Night Toddler Nurser

12 Alternatives for the All-Night Toddler Nurser

Suggestions for Dealing with an 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, […]

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September 8, 2020 September 28, 2023 Dr. Bill Sears

When to Night Wean

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 […]

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July 13, 2020 July 13, 2020 Dr. Bill Sears

18-M-O Waking Every Hour to Breastfeed

“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 […]

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September 3, 2013 October 2, 2023 Dr. Bill Sears

Midnight Visitor

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 […]

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August 29, 2013 July 17, 2017 Dr. Bill Sears
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