If you have a newborn, I bet you are looking forward to getting a longer stretch at night, at least longer than 3 hours. I really wanted to get my twin girls to sleep through the night as soon as possible so I could get some sleep. I have a toddler, who was only 18 [...]
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Dreamfeed & Cluster Feeding
Posted in baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), breastfeeding, infant feeding, sleeping though the night, tagged breastfeeding, cluster feeding, dreamfeed, nursing, sleeping through the night on November 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Go to Sleep Drowsy But Awake
Posted in baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), good night sleep tight, naps, newborn, sleep, Sleep Training, tagged drowsy to sleep, rocking, self soothing, sleep cues, Sleep Training, twins on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I just became the parent of two beautiful twin girls. They were born on April 9th and they are 2.5 weeks old. I also have a 19 month old son. I am a firm believer in teaching a baby how to fall asleep without having to have them fall asleep in your arms. When Cooper [...]
PU/PD (Pick Up/ Put Down): Baby Whisperer’s Sleep Training Method
Posted in baby whisperer, sleep, trouble sleeping, tagged baby, baby whisperer, infant, older babies, P.U./P.D., pick up put down, sleep, Sleep Training, trouble sleeping on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Note: The following post was written by a friend of mine. I asked her to write a post about PU/PD since I myself have never used the method. She has found great success with it and I hope that information and her personal experience she shares in this post will help you if you decide [...]
Nap Trouble: The 45 Minute Intruder
Posted in baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), good night sleep tight, naps, sleep, Sleep Training, trouble sleeping, tagged 45 minute intruder, baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), mirical blanket, nap trouble, naps, overtired, sleep cycles, sleep environment, sound machine, swaddle, swaddle me, trouble sleeping, white noise on May 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What is the 45 minute intruder? The 45 minute intruder is a term that was coined in the book Baby Wise, but this is not a Baby Wise phenomenon. The 45 minute intruder refers to when your baby wakes up from a nap or nighttime sleep after only being asleep for 45-50 minutes. Why are [...]
Eliminate & Drop Nighttime Waking & Feeding
Posted in baby whisperer, Dropping a feeding, sleep, Sleep Training, sleeping though the night, tagged breastfeeding, CIO, cry-it-out, eliminate nighttime waking, habitual waking, nighttime waking, nursing, P.U./P.D., rocking, shush-pat, Sleep Training, wake-to-sleep on May 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
According to the Book The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems a “child who wakes habitually doesn’t need more food unless she’s going through a growth spurt (p.191).” I know that when my son was between 6-8 weeks old he was waking at up around 1am every night. I knew that between 6-8 weeks old [...]
Baby & Infant Daily Schedules
Posted in baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), breastfeeding, eat wake sleep, good night sleep tight, infant feeding, schedules, sleep, Sleep Training, sleeping though the night, tagged awake time, baby, baby schedules, baby whisperer, Babywise (-wise parenting series), bottle feeding, breast feeding, breastfeeding, directed parental feeding, eat awake sleep cycle, feeding schedules, good night sleep tight, growth spurts, infant, infant schedules, naps, sleep, sleep requirements, Sleep Training on April 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
There are two books that I highly recommend you read if you have a small infant: Babywise and The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. These two books have been a huge resource to me, especially when Cooper was under 4 months old. I have turned through the pages of these two books plenty of [...]