Help Your Baby “Sleep Through The Night”

Drowsy but awake is popular advice- but is it actually based in evidence and does it actually work?

The 8-10 month period is SO busy for babies. They are absolutely bursting with energy and new skills. This also may be a very frustrating and fussy period for babies, and this is common. We see so many new skills emerging, and it’s common with any big surge in development to also see disrupted sleep. Many parents experience this time as the most challenging in the first year of life. Read for a few things you may notice your 8-10 month old doing and how to help their sleep.

It’s probably the most-googled question for all new parents. When will my baby start to sleep through the night? We all want to know when we’ll get a solid night of sleep again, it’s only natural! If only the answer were that simple…

Sleep itself is a feminist issue. A 2006 meta-analysis found women are 40% more likely to develop insomnia than men. In families with children in which there are two parents of opposite genders, mothers were doing two hours a day more childcare and housework than men. It’s no wonder we’re exhausted. But is sleep training the answer we need? Is sleep training the “feminist” approach?

The 6 months sleep regression (or sleep PROgression as I prefer to call them!) might mean your little one’s sleep is backsliding. You may feel like you barely made it through the 4-month sleep regression and now this!? Lots of parents report a sleep “regression” around this age, with noticeable differences in how their baby is sleeping

Is your 1 year old baby sleeping worse than ever? Babies at 12 months old often go through a regression with sleep. Parents of 1-year olds report their babies waking up more frequently, wanting to nurse more, and fighting naps. You’re not alone.

Parental preference is natural but can sting for the non-preferred parent. Read some strategies to help your family through this stage so that your child can feel comfortable with anyone putting them to bed.

These are my top home date night ideas for when you are in that season of life where everything feels exhausting and the effort you have left for each other at the end of the day feels low.

It can feel like a minefield trying to understand baby naps, attempting to stick to unrealistic schedules, comparisons to other babies, and Instagram posts. Here are my top suggestions for navigating this.

Often, we will hear from friends, and well-meaning relatives to just get into a schedule and our lives will become dramatically easier. Babies however aren’t robots, they have no idea of the expectations of these schedules!