Despite your best efforts, you are sure to run into sleep problems with your baby, toddler, or child. There are many reasons for sleep problems. Find all of the help you need for solving various sleep problems right here on this page! I have highlighted some posts to help you. You can see all posts on this blog related to sleep problems linked at the end of this page.


Post Contents
- How to Finally Stop the 45 Minute Intruder
- Sleep Regressions: Causes, Ages, and What to Do
- What to Do When Your Toddler Cries at Nap Time
- 5 Ways Season Changes Disrupt Your Child’s Sleep
- Baby’s 4 Month Sleep Regression: What To Do
- How To Deal with the 2 Year Old Sleep Regression
- Conquering the 8-10 Month Sleep Regression
- 2 Year Old Sleep Problems – How To Solve Them!
- How To Manage Baby’s Dreaded Witching Hour
- Establish Solid Sleep
- Thank you!
- How To Solve Your Baby’s Nighttime Sleep Issues
- How to Stop New Skills from Disrupting Naps and Sleep
- Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
- Brinley Child Summary: 5 Years and 2 Months Old
- NIGHTMARES IN KIDS: Causes and Solutions
- What To Do When Your Child is Scared of the Dark
- Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
- What To Do When Your Child Has Nightmares
- How to Help Preschoolers Work Through Their Fears
- Baby Waking Shortly After Bedtime: What To Do
- What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
- The Babywise Mom Nap Guide
- Recent Sleep Problems Posts
- How To Help Kids with Growing Pains
- How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature
- What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
- What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
- Baby Waking Shortly After Bedtime: What To Do
- How To Manage Baby’s Dreaded Witching Hour
- More Sleep Problems Help
- Sleep Disruptions You Will Face as a Babywise Mom
- Adjusting the Schedule to Fix a Sleep Deficit
- An EASY Short Nap Fix that Works
- How To Help a Baby With Gas Pain
- What To Do When Your Pre-Toddler is Taking a Short Morning Nap
- What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
- The Wonder Weeks and Sleep
- Common Schedule Difficulties for Babies 0-6 Months
- Help A Reader Out: Toddler Sleep Problems
- How To Help Kids with Growing Pains
- How to Stop New Skills from Disrupting Naps and Sleep
- Help A Reader Out: Toddler Crying Mid-Nap
- How To Expertly Manage Disruptions to Your Baby Routine
- When Baby Wakes Early From Nap, Wait 10 Minutes
- What to Do When Baby Wakes Early From Naps or Won’t Fall Asleep For Nap
- Short Naps
- Sleep Regressions
- Night Sleep Issues
- Fixing General Sleep Problems
- Toddler/Preschooler Sleep Problems
- Child/Tween/Teen Sleep Problems
How to Finally Stop the 45 Minute Intruder
One of the biggest sleep problems you will face is short naps. There are MANY causes for short naps, from sleep regressions, to schedule issues, to growth spurts, to environmental factors, and more.
The 45 minute intruder is when your baby starts waking up about 45 minutes into his/her nap. Baby is waking early from naps and you aren’t sure why. This post helps you figure out why and stop these 45 minute naps.

Sleep Regressions: Causes, Ages, and What to Do
Sleep regressions are a very common cause for sleep issues. While there is a lot you cannot control during a sleep regression, there are things you can do to help baby sleep better.
Read this for everything you need to know about a baby sleep regression. Learn about baby sleep regressions on through toddler sleep regressions. Know why they happen and how to help baby through them.
What to Do When Your Toddler Cries at Nap Time
5 Ways Season Changes Disrupt Your Child’s Sleep
Baby’s 4 Month Sleep Regression: What To Do
How To Deal with the 2 Year Old Sleep Regression
Conquering the 8-10 Month Sleep Regression
2 Year Old Sleep Problems – How To Solve Them!

How To Manage Baby’s Dreaded Witching Hour
Witching Hou is a really common cause for sleep issues with newborns. This is very similar to a sleep regression in that you have little control as the parent and need to basically roll with the situation, but there are things you can do to help out.
Tips to help your witching hour baby through this fussy evening period and help you know how to deal with baby’s witching hour.

How To Solve Your Baby’s Nighttime Sleep Issues
Naps are not the only time of day you will see sleep problems. There are also sleep problems at night. This is a time of day you really want sleep down so you can also sleep well!
Read this post to learn how to solve baby’s nighttime sleep issues and get baby sleeping through the night. Get your baby on a solid sleep schedule.

How to Stop New Skills from Disrupting Naps and Sleep
New skills are so exciting! It is so fun when your baby learns to stand or talk. It is thrilling to see your toddler walk…until your little one doesn’t want to sleep and only wants to practice this new found skill.
When your baby or toddler learns a new skill, chances are sleep will be disrupted in some way. Read this post for tips on how to prevent that and get baby through it quickly.

Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
Nightmares and night terrors can really interfere with sleep. It can be hard to tell the difference between the two. You want to identify what it is since your response will be different depending on what it is.
Read this to learn how to distinguish between a nightmare and a night terror and how to help your child through each.
Brinley Child Summary: 5 Years and 2 Months Old
NIGHTMARES IN KIDS: Causes and Solutions
What To Do When Your Child is Scared of the Dark
Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
What To Do When Your Child Has Nightmares
How to Help Preschoolers Work Through Their Fears

Baby Waking Shortly After Bedtime: What To Do
Your response to your baby waking shortly after bedtime, also known as a false start, will differ from how you respond to a short nap.
What to do when baby wakes shortly after bedtime. Learn the 12 possible causes for this and the solutions for each.

What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
It is incredibly frustrating to put a child to bed for the night and have them get out of bed several times. Read this to learn what to do when your toddler is getting out of bed or your child is getting out of bed. Whether you have a toddler climbing out of crib or hopping out of bed, this post will help you.

The Babywise Mom Nap Guide
The Babywise Mom Nap Guide eBook helps you establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years. It is a great resource!
Gary Ezzo, co-author of Preparation For Parenting and On Becoming Babywise, states: “Whether it is talking about establishing good nap behavior or offering solutions to sleep disruptions, this is a practical resource that I trust and recommend. The book is well laid out and answers just about every question a new or seasoned mom might have about babies, toddlers and sleep. We view this as more than a nap guided; it is a resource of encouragement that comes with compassion.”
Recent Sleep Problems Posts
How To Help Kids with Growing Pains
How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature
What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
Baby Waking Shortly After Bedtime: What To Do
How To Manage Baby’s Dreaded Witching Hour
More Sleep Problems Help
Sleep Disruptions You Will Face as a Babywise Mom
Adjusting the Schedule to Fix a Sleep Deficit
An EASY Short Nap Fix that Works
How To Help a Baby With Gas Pain
What To Do When Your Pre-Toddler is Taking a Short Morning Nap
What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
The Wonder Weeks and Sleep
Common Schedule Difficulties for Babies 0-6 Months
Help A Reader Out: Toddler Sleep Problems
How To Help Kids with Growing Pains
How to Stop New Skills from Disrupting Naps and Sleep
Help A Reader Out: Toddler Crying Mid-Nap
How To Expertly Manage Disruptions to Your Baby Routine
When Baby Wakes Early From Nap, Wait 10 Minutes
What to Do When Baby Wakes Early From Naps or Won’t Fall Asleep For Nap
Short Naps
- The Babywise Mom Nap Guide: How to establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years
- Baby Takes Short Naps: First 5 Things to Check
- Chronic 45 Minute Naps
- The Complete Guide to Troubleshooting Short Baby Naps
- An EASY Short Nap Fix that Works
- How to Deal with the 45-Minute Intruder
- How to Finally Stop the 45 Minute Intruder
- How to Put Baby Back to Sleep
- Surviving 45 Minute Naps: Tips from Moms
- What To Do When Baby Wakes Early But Isn’t Hungry
- What to Do When Baby Wakes Early From Naps or Won’t Fall Asleep For Nap
- What to do When Baby’s Nap Was Only 20 Minutes
- What To Do When Your Pre-Toddler is Taking a Short Morning Nap
- When Baby Wakes Early From Nap, Wait 10 Minutes
Sleep Regressions
- Sleep Regressions: Causes, Ages, and What to Do
- Everything You Need To Know About Wonder Week 19
- Baby’s 4 Month Sleep Regression: What To Do
- 11 Reasons Your 5-8 Month Old Stopped Sleeping Well
- Conquering the 8-10 Month Sleep Regression
- 18 Month Sleep Regression: How to Help
- How To Deal with the 2 Year Old Sleep Regression
- The Wonder Weeks and Sleep
Night Sleep Issues
- Baby Waking Shortly After Bedtime: What To Do
- How To Get Baby to Sleep Through the Night
- How To Solve Your Baby’s Nighttime Sleep Issues
- Is Baby’s Night Waking from Hunger?
- Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
Fixing General Sleep Problems
- 5 Ways Season Changes Disrupt Your Child’s Sleep
- 6 Troubleshooting Sleep Variables for Baby
- 11 Reasons Your 5-8 Month Old Stopped Sleeping Well
- Adjusting the Schedule to Fix a Sleep Deficit
- Baby Sleep Questions: Frequently Asked from Readers
- Common Reasons for Poor Sleep
- Common Schedule Difficulties for Babies 0-6 Months
- Fix Your Baby’s Day/Night Confusion
- Frequently Asked Baby Nap Questions
- How To Help a Baby With Gas Pain
- How Pacifiers Might Be Ruining Your Baby’s Sleep
- How To Expertly Manage Disruptions to Your Baby Routine
- How to Fix Your Child’s Sleep Deficit
- How To Manage Baby’s Dreaded Witching Hour
- How to Put Baby Back to Sleep
- How to Solve Baby Sleep Issues: Experiment
- How to Stop New Skills from Disrupting Naps and Sleep
- Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?
- Sleep Disruptions You Will Face as a Babywise Mom
- Tips to Get Baby Waking Up Happy from Naps
- To the Mom of the First-Born Poor Sleeper
- What To Do When Baby Wakes Early But Isn’t Hungry
- What To Do When Your Child Has a Nightmare
- When Baby Wakes Early From Nap, Wait 10 Minutes
Toddler/Preschooler Sleep Problems
- 2 Year Old Sleep Problems – How To Solve Them!
- 5 Ways Season Changes Disrupt Your Child’s Sleep
- Help A Reader Out: Toddler Crying Mid-Nap
- How To Deal with the 2 Year Old Sleep Regression
- Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
- Pregnant and Toddler Won’t Sleep? What To Do
- Solve Sleep Problems for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- What To Do When Your Pre-Toddler is Taking a Short Morning Nap
- What to Do When Your Toddler Cries at Nap Time
- What To Do When Your Child Has a Nightmare
- What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
- What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
Child/Tween/Teen Sleep Problems
- 5 Ways Season Changes Disrupt Your Child’s Sleep
- How To Help Kids with Growing Pains
- Nightmares vs. Night Terrors: How To Help Your Child Through Each
- Sleep Needs and Difficulties for 7-12 Year Olds
- What To Do When Your Child Has a Nightmare
>>>Find all of my sleep problem posts here.
