Inclining the Bassinet
Our Bassinet I have had many people inquire about how we set up our bassinet. Here is the answer. Brinley loved sleeping in the bassinet. She loved it so …
Sleep
Find all of my posts on sleep here. Get sleep training tips, tips for establishing great naps, and tips for getting baby to sleep through the night. I have posts to teach you how to do these things as well as walk you through troubleshooting sleep problems.
Nap Hints
image source The book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is full of help on getting babies to sleep well for naps and night. On page 123, Weissbluth offers some ideas for …
Day/Night Confusion
Your baby sleeps like a champ all day but wants to be up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the middle of the night. Many babies have some day/night confusion when they …
Timing the First Nap
In the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC), Weissbluth gives a lot of details on when and how to time naps. Many moms report following these with great success. His …
“Four” S’s: In Action
If you have never used the “4 S’s” from Tracy Hogg (The Baby Whisperer), I highly, highly recommend you do so. I describe it in this post: https://www.babywisemom.com/2009/04/sleep-training-four-ss.html. I once did …
Can it be too hot to sleep?
“Please don’t blame [poor sleep on] changes in the weather–it is never too hot or too cold to sleep well” (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, page 226). So I …
The 4 S’s (three years later)
When McKenna was a baby, I used Tracy Hogg’s Four S’s to help her sleep (though we only used the first three). It seemed to really help her settle in …