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Help Your Baby “Sleep Through The Night”
…orrrrr the closest we can get, because let’s be real:
none of us actually sleep through the night.
What is sleep latency and why is it an important marker of baby sleep? Sleep latency refers to the amount of time it takes in order for us to fall asleep. For adults (and some kids!) we would start timing our sleep latency beginning when we get into bed. For babies, we might start tracking […]
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Have you noticed your baby “fighting” sleep? Suddenly naps are a battle, or the fussiness seems to have no end. Nap time and/or bedtime take forever and are full of tears. This is a really, really common experience, but of course, that doesn’t make it any less frustrating (or draining!) for everyone involved. In my experience this often happens for younger babies, especially between about 4-10 months old. There is SO much huge development happening, plus spikes in separation anxiety around 6 and 9 months. If you can’t pinpoint a reason for the fussiness, you might try just riding the wave and letting the phase pass. The big thing to always rule out first is pain, discomfort, or feeding issues.
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