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Should I Drop My Toddler’s Nap?

One of the biggest sleep transitions in toddlerhood is the transition from one nap to none.

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Sleep Tips

Why Is My Baby Waking Up Every Hour?

Few things are more exhausting for parents than a baby who wakes up every hour all night long.

Infants

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6 Ways to Keep Your Toddler from Climbing Out of Their Crib

If your little one has started climbing out of their crib, it can be frustrating and also unsafe.

Toddlers

When Should I Stop Night Feedings?

A‍re you wondering when and how to stop all those middle of the night feedings?

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Transitioning Your Baby from Contact Naps to Crib Naps: Expert Tips for Independent Sleep

While contact naps can be bonding experience, there comes a time when parents may want more freedom.

Infants

Sleep Training

How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Without Crying: Gentle Sleep Strategies

No parent wants to see or hear their little one upset, especially when it is time to sleep.

Infants

Sleep Training

Navigating the Transition from 1 to 2 Kids: A Guide for Parents

Welcoming a second child into your family is an exciting milestone which brings some challenges, too

Toddlers

Newborns

How to Get Better Naps at Daycare

Daycare naps can be a struggle, but with these tips great daycare naps are possible.

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Infants

Finding a Pediatric Sleep Consultant in Austin, TX

Your local Austin, TX in-home experienced sleep consultants -- meet Sleeper Teachers Allie + Amanda

Sleep Training

10 Tips for Successful Room Sharing for Siblings

Siblings sharing a room can foster a closer bond and can simplify nighttime caregiving for parents.

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Infants

Sleep Tips

Should I Hire a Sleep Consultant?

If you are Googling "should I hire a sleep consultant?", it is 2:00 am or the end of short nap.

Sleep Training

How to Create the Perfect Nursery

The environment a baby sleeps impacts both the quality and quantity of their sleep.

Infants

Sleep Tips

Sleep Training as a Single Parent

One of the most common concerns as a single parent is how to best care for your child and yourself.

Sleep Training

Toddlers

Infants

Is Melatonin Safe for Children?

In cases of jet-lag and shift work, melatonin can help, but it's not meant for ongoing pediatric use

Toddlers

Sleep Tips

How Long Should My Baby Be Awake?

Wake windows can be a game changer when it comes to figuring out how to get your infant to sleep.

Schedules

Infants

Sleep Tips

Easing Separation Anxiety at Bedtime: 3 Solutions for Peaceful Nights

We'll explore separation anxiety at bedtime and offer three solutions to help your family.

Toddlers

Sleep Issues After Taking Pacifier Away

In this blog we will provide strategies to help your child adjust to a pacifier-free sleep

Sleep Tips

Infants

Toddlers

Starting Quiet Time With Your Toddler

After dropping the nap, toddlers often do "quiet time" for a much needed mid-day break.

Toddlers

Dropping the Swaddle: How to Manage Your Child's Swaddle Transition

Knowing when your baby is ready to transition out of the swaddle is key to a successful process.

Newborns

Infants

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Top 10 Tips for Better Sleep While Traveling with Your Family

With some planning and preparation, family travel can be memorable and restful.

Travel Tips

Sleep Tips

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Why Your Baby is Waking Every Hour and How to Put an End to It

Baby sleep is a delicate balance of the right schedule, sleep hormones, and independence...

Infants

Sleep Tips

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How to Get Your Baby to Stop Fighting Sleep and Start Sleeping Better

We know the exhaustion that comes from trying to help your baby sleep, only to face resistance...

Infants

How to Get Your Child to Sleep in Their Own Bed

Toddlers are natural boundary pushers. By testing the waters they learn where the limits are...

Toddlers

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My Toddler Won't Go to Bed and I'm Losing My Mind: Resolving Bedtime Battles

The primary reason toddlers resist bedtime is because of separation from their caregivers...

Toddlers

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6 Steps: How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Without a Bottle

Teach your baby to sleep without a bottle in 6 simple steps...

Newborns

Infants

Sleep Tips

How to Manage Your Child's 2 to 1 Nap Transition

Individual sleep needs vary significantly from kid to kid. On average, most children are ready to...

Sleep Tips

Toddlers

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Schedules

Baby Waking Up Too Early? Let's Get to the Bottom of It

The truth is, solutions to a baby waking early can range from simple to extremely complex...

Sleep Tips

Infants

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Newborn Sleep 101: Surviving Baby's Witching Hour

According to Mainstreet Pediatrics, baby’s witching hour“ is a time when...

Sleep Tips

Newborns

The Truth About Sleep Training for Naps

Children who consistently struggle with naps are often overtired...

Sleep Training

Naps

Help! My Baby Won't Sleep In The Bassinet

To start, be sure that your baby is comfortable. You want to be sure...

Sleep Tips

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Newborns

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Help, My Baby Won't Nap: 4 Simple Steps to Help Your Baby Stop Fighting Sleep and Start Napping

You know the drill…You just spent 45 minutes bouncing, rocking, and shushing your baby...

Sleep Tips

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Infants

9 month Sleep Regression - Help, My Little One Now Struggles to Sleep

Most 9 months olds need about 3 hours of daytime sleep divided into two naps...

Infants

2 Year Sleep Regression - Help, My Toddler Won't Sleep

Whether it be refusing to nap or restless nights, sleep is complex!

Toddlers

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15 Month Sleep Regression - What Can I Do?

Around 15 months, these milestones may include developments in walking, speech, and cognitive...

Toddlers

12 Month Sleep Regression - Get Back to Better Sleep ASAP

During this development, they shift from a newborn pattern of sleep (made up of deep sleep and...

Infants

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Car Naps: How to Manage when Your Baby Naps in the Car Seat

The feeling of constant gentle motion that children experience while riding in the car often...

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Naps

How to Know When my Toddler is Ready to Drop the Last Nap

Figuring out when your child is ready to drop their last nap is tricky...

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Sleep Tips

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The 10 Best Baby Sleep Products According To Sleep Experts

There are so many sleep products out there, how is a parent to know which ones will live up to...

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Sleep Tips

Travel Tips

Toddler Sleep -- Is it Always This Hard?

We want to assure you that it is not too late to sleep train your toddler and that toddler sleep...

Toddlers

Sleep Tips

Expert Guidance for Hacking Your Infant's Ideal Wake Window

One of the most important aspects of improving your child's sleep is understanding wake windows...

Schedules

Top Posts

Back to School Tips for the Whole Family

We can all agree that being a parent over the past 18 months has unveiled challenges...

Schedules

How to Stop Short Naps and Get Your Baby Napping Longer

Maybe your maybe has suddenly started taking short naps and you're not sure why...

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Naps

Infants

Learning the Skill of Sleep Independence Results in Happier, Healthier Kids

Does your baby need 45 minutes of perfectly pitched shushing and rocking to fall asleep...

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Sleep Training

Sleep Tips

When Dad Sleep Trains, The Whole Family is Happy

No parent should have to drag themselves through their days in a foggy haze...

Sleep Training

Sleep Tips

6 Hacks for Good Sleep While Traveling with Your Family

If you’re like most parents, your biggest fear is that vacation will go south quickly because...

Travel Tips

Schedules

How to Avoid Mother's Day Disappointment

I don’t think I’ll ever forget my first Mother’s Day...

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How to Spring Forward

The start of daylight saving time each spring is loved from a daylight perspective but dreaded...

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The Power of "What If"

Of course, we are being celebrated. Obviously, we hit this milestone...

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How You Can Still Get Sleep During Holiday Season

Juggling family festivities, work holiday parties, school potlucks and cookie exchanges is…

Schedules

Travel Tips

How to Set the Right Foundations for Newborn Sleep

Let’s be honest here… Having a baby is incredibly exciting and joyous...

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Newborns

Schedules

Self Love Means Asking for Help

We have had quite a few situations recently where a mom is holding back tears as she describes...

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Reconnect with Your Partner this Valentine's Day

And even if you were a couple who put your relationship at the top of your list...

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So You are Ready for Sleep... Now What?

We don’t pass judgment for mamas that choose to co-sleep...

Sleep Tips

Help, Is My Baby Waking From Hunger or Habit?

As sleep experts, we get asked all the time whether we think a baby is waking from hunger or...

Sleep Tips

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Infants

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Why Sleep Training Doesn't Work

Sleep training doesn’t work when you...

Sleep Training

But I Want to Co-Sleep and Sleep Train!

The impulse to stay close to your baby is so deeply rooted in our DNA that it is frightening...

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Safe Sleep Matters

I remember the first time my son slept through the night...

Sleep Tips

Infants

Is Sleep Really a Science?

Before I dive into explaining the basics of sleep science...

Sleep Tips

What Puts the "Trap" in Sleep Contraptions

Is my child going to cry when we start sleep training...

Sleep Tips

Sleep Training

How to Maintain Your Identity as a Mom

You were someone before you were their mom, and that person matters...

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Bringing Sexy Back (To Your Bed) This Valentine's Day

No matter where your kiddos sleep, it’s hard to make time for the sexy stuff. But if you’re a...

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How to Find Success When Sleep Training

Breaking old habits is hard. Creating new habits is hard. Trusting your (tired) gut is hard.

Sleep Training

What Is Happening With My 4 Month Old Baby's Sleep?

Many of us just think of sleep as an on/off situation. You’re either asleep or you’re not, but...

Sleep Training

Infants

How to Get Baby to Sleep Past 4 AM

Early morning waking is one of the most common sleep struggles we see...

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Sleep Tips

Naps

Infants

When and How to Transition to a Toddler Bed

If you know your child is ready to make the move and you want equip yourself with a thorough...

Toddlers

Sleep Tips

Top Posts

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Sleep and School-Age Kids Blog Feature

We are expecting ourselves and our kiddos to make quite a few changes as the start of the school...

Sleep Tips

Schedules

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Truths about Traveling with Toddlers Blog Feature

Here, you’ll find stories from single mothers, mothers with ailing parents, mothers with one child..

Toddlers

Travel Tips

Creating Healthy Newborn Sleep Habits

When families of newborns reach out to me for support...

Sleep Tips

Newborns

Sleeping Through the Night Success Stories

Parents of children who wake frequently often come to me out of desperate exhaustion...

Sleep Training

Sleep Tips

Infants

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The Balancing Act of Summer Blog Feature

It seems like as soon as one fun thing comes up, the routine of your family flies out the window…

Schedules

Travel Tips

Need a Vacation from Your Vacation? Traveling with Kids Blog Feature

How to survive summer with kids, travel and sunshine. Doesn’t this look like a fun road trip?!

Travel Tips

How To Get Baby To Nap Longer Than 30 Minutes

Your baby wakes up in the morning after a decent, but not amazing, night...

Top Posts

Sleep Tips

Infants

Naps

How do children spell LOVE? Quality Time!

From a survival standpoint, your children are wired to connect with you to grow their developing...

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Nap Time Success Stories

Nap time is frustrating…Nap time is frustrating for this sleepy boy...

Naps

Is The Sleep Sense Program a Good Fit for Your Family?

Research shows that a well-rested child is curious, energetic, happy, playful, and eager to learn...

Sleep Training

Success Stories in Overcoming Toddler Sleep Struggles

Sleep challenges with toddlers look a lot different than newborn or infant sleep challenges...

Toddlers

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