Newborn & Toddler Schedule

If you are anticipating a newborn, I bet you are wondering how you can possibly juggle the needs are two different children. Here is my suggestions: 1. Write your current child’s schedule on paper. Then think about how you can incorporate the needs of your newborn into your older child’s schedule. 2. Write out two [...]

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Dunstant Baby: Understand Your Newborn’s Cry

As a first time parents, I was desperately trying to figure out what my newborn son needed. What did his cries mean? I came across a great DVD that explains what your newborn’s cries mean- “Dunstant Baby” I rented it from the library. This DVD taught you how to recognize if your baby was crying [...]

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Put Baby to Bed Drowsy but Awake

In the book, Good Night, Sleep Tight, the author discusses the idea that it is best to put your baby to bed drowsy but awake. This is important if you want your child to learn how to fall asleep on his own with out your help. If you child awakes in the middle of the [...]

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Bedtime Routine

In the book, Good Night, Sleep Tight, the author write about the importance of establishing a good bedtime routine. This is not the time to be stimulating our child with a tickling war. Rather, this should be a calm, whine down time for you and your baby. The key is calm. Do activities that are [...]

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Choosing The Right Time- Sleep Training

In Kim West’s book, Good Night, Sleep Tight, she write about choosing the right time to begin sleep training. It does not matter if your baby is a new born or two years old. You must make sure that when you begin sleep training that you will not have a lot of disruptions or events [...]

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Consistency & Sleep Training

“Inconsistently reinforced behavior is the hardest type to modify or extinguish. It takes the longest to change, and it often provokes even more of the tears we are trying to avoid.” p.15 Good Night, Sleep Tight I could not agree more with this statement! If you want your child to learn how sleep through the [...]

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Wonder Week 8

Wonder week 8 is know as “The World of Patterns”. During this developmental phases your baby will be come aware of simple patterns around him and on his body. He might stair at lights or stair and play with his hands endlessly. He might even experiment with sounds by making simple babbling noises. Your child [...]

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