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5 Different Baby Personalities + Intro to Sleep Training

Are you the cause for your child's sleep disorder? Does she have trouble at naps? Do you have to rock your baby to go to sleep? Learn how to stop rocking, stop holding baby to sleep. It's the cause of accidental parenting. Things you inadvertently did to form bad habits.

In the early days of my first pregnancy, I stumbled across the idea of Sleep Training. The first method I …

4 Products To Help Babies (and parents) Sleep Better At Night

A few years back a survey found that parents lose a staggering 6 months sleep during the first two years of their child’s life.

One of the reasons is that whilst babies (and especially newborns) sleep a lot, they do it in fits and starts throughout the 24 hour period, making it virtually impossible for parents to get a consolidated 8 hours sleep.

But despite the universal problem of parental sleep deprivation, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.

So where do you turn when you’ve listened to countless experts, bought every single baby sleep book, but still face the seemingly endless frustration of getting baby to sleep?

How to Stop Your Baby Waking Too Early – Wake to Sleep Strategy

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Is your baby waking too early? If you're a parent, I'd be willing to bet a fair bit of money that you've wished, at least once, that you're child would sleep just a little longer in the morning, or have longer naps. amiright?

Thought so.

Which brings me to week 6, the final week of my Baby Whisperer Sleep Training Series. We're talkin' 'bout wakin' that baby up to make her sleep longer.

Why Quality of Sleep is Important for Any Mother

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Becoming a new mother can be a very chaotic time. You will notice that your sleep quality and regulatory takes a nosedive, as does your ability to relax as you become more and more attentive to the life of brand new little human. Worrying about a million things at once is stock in trade for a new mother and father. This is fine of course, because any worry or sleepless night is repaid over a thousand times in having a bundle of love to call your own. It truly is a special experience like no other.

However, that doesn’t mean neglecting your peace of mind and sleep is something advisable. It’s not necessarily a complete requirement every single day in order to enjoy and look after your child well. Sometimes, it pays to be smart, and self-care is always smart. Now, you might be reading this thinking ‘well that’s easy for you! Am I supposed to tell my infant baby to stop waking me up?’ Well, of course not. However, what you can do is improve the quality of your sleep.