Baby Items (some Favorites)
- Every day supplies
- Baby monitors (Audio and video)
- Plush Pacifier Holders
- Feeding supplies (nursing/bottle feeding)
- Other Supplies
- Sleeping supplies
- Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper
- Breathable Baby Crib Bumper
- Fisher Price Newborn Rock and Play Sleeper
- Over the Moon lullabies
- Snoozeshade breathable blackout for carseats, strollers and play pens
- SnuggleU
- Swaddlers and swaddle blankets
- Travel Supplies
- Infant Bundleme
- Snoozeshade breathable blackout for carseats, strollers and play pens
- Strollers (jogging, every day, single, double, umbrella)
- Baby Sleep Solution (Suzy Giordano)
- Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW)
- Babywise
- Bedtiming
- Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers
- Happiest Baby on the Block
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC, Weissbluth)
- No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
- Nursing Mother's Companion
- Read-Aloud Handbook
- Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber)
- WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward
Breastfeeding/Nursing
Child Development
Crying- Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
- Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
- Does he just need less sleep than most babies?
- How Do I Know If My Baby Is Getting Enough Sleep?
- How long do I let baby go without a feed at night?
- Is baby sleeping too much?
- Is Cry It Out (CIO) Harmful?
- Nap Lengths - What's Average?
- Night Time Sleep - What's Average?
- Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
- Should My Baby Sleep With White Noise?
- Total Sleep - What's Average?
- When is it safe for my baby to sleep on his tummy?
Feeding (also see breastfeeding/nursing, bottlefeeding and dreamfeed)
Fussiness
Growth Spurts
- The 5 S's - Easing Vaccine Pain
- The 5 S's - The key to calming your baby's crying
- The Happiest Baby on the Block
Growth Spurts
Motherhood (some words of encouragment)
- A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
- Because she is a mother...
- Happy Mother's Day to you!
- I'm Counting Down the Minutes Until Tomorrow
- My Bad. Were YOU Sleeping?
- Parenting 505
- Sleep Training - A baby's point of view
- Some babies have it, and some babies don't
- Support! Calling for Some Support!
- Ten ways to save your sanity
- There is no one perfect way to be a mother
- Thriving rather than Surviving
- What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1
- When you're having one of those days...
Multiples (books, posts, etc.)
- Babywise (has one chapter specifically on twins)
- The Baby Sleep Solution (Suzy Giordano) initially made for multiples but now used for single babies too
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins: A Step-by-Step Program for Sleep-Training Your Multiples
My Test Subjects (personal experience with my kids)
- Dropped Pacifier Update
- Wake to Sleep - AGAIN!
- Wake to Sleep - Personal Experience
- We did it! We dropped the pacifier!
- Afternoon Nap
- "But Why Doesn't It Work?"
- Controlling Nap Lengths
- Daytime Sleep - The Facts
- Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
- Dropping a nap
- Evening Nap (3rd Nap)
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Fourth Nap
- Habits
- Habitual Wakings
- Missed Naps
- Morning Nap
- Nap Lengths - What's Average?
- Not So Obvious Naps With Very Obvious Consequences
- Personalized Sleep Consultations
- Poop, Poop, Go Away...
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- Set nap times
- Short Naps
- Extending a Short Nap
- Short Naps/Waking Early from naps (20 minutes long, 45 minute "intruder" naps)
- When to normally expect short naps
- Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
- Shush-Pat
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Log
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep training Index or see sleep training below
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Top Sleep Tips
- Wake to Sleep
- Waketime lengths
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Plays, Cries Or Does Both
Night: General info and problem solving
- A Common Mistake - Putting all the kids to bed at the same time
- Bedtime
- "But Why Doesn't It Work?"
- Cluster Feeding
- Dreamfeed
- Early Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too early AND wakes too early
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Habits
- Habitual Wakings
- How long do I let baby go without a feed at night?
- Late Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too late AND wakes too late
- Morning Issues
- Early Morning Wakings
- Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
- Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Plays, Cries Or Does Both
- Night Sleep - What's Average?
- Night Wakings - Causes and Solutions
- Nightly Sleep Phase
- Personalized Sleep Consultations
- Poop, Poop, Go Away...
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
- Shush-Pat
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Log
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep training Index or see sleep training below
- Sleeping Through The Night - When Will It Start?
- Tanking Up
- The Fear of the Early Bedtime
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Top Sleep Tips
- Wake to Sleep
- Waketime
- Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Plays, Cries Or Does Both
Other
- 7 Dreams a Baby Dreams - Written by a Baby
- Babywise tips for working parents
- Children's Journals
- Dads are parents too
- How much sleep did you get last night?
- How to convert a battery powered swing to a plug powered swing
- My Bad. Were YOU Sleeping?
- "Natural" Child-Rearing
- Once you get some zzzzs...
- Questions??
- When you're having one of those days...
Pacifiers
Routine/Schedule
- Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
- Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine (EWS) or EASY
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Keeping a Sleep Log
- Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
- Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- The Only Consistency with children is change
- Waketime lengths
- Why have a schedule/routine?
Sickness
Sleep Environment
Sleep Environment
- AAP on Sleep Safety
- Choosing Your Sleep Location
- Getting the Right Temperature
- Light And Dark And Their Effects on Sleep
- Safety In Mind
- Should My Baby Sleep With White Noise?
- Sleep Attire
- Some like it hot (sleep that is)
- Sound And Its Effect On Sleep
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Varying The Sleep Location
- Why Sleeping in Darkness is Important to your Health
- A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
- Accidental Parenting
- Always check on the unexpected
- Attitude Is Everything
- Biological Rhythms and Sleep
- "But Why Doesn't It Work?"
- Changing Sleep and the Changing Seasons
- Common Sleep Myths
- Cluster Feeding
- Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
- Does he just need less sleep than most babies?
- Don't forget to ask Mom
- Dreamfeeding (see dreamfeed above)
- "Four S" Wind Down Ritual
- Habits
- Head Banging, Body Rocking, Head Rolling etc
- How Do I Know If My Baby Is Getting Enough Sleep?
- How to handle SLEEP during a Wonder Week
- How to set the stage for good sleep {tear free!}
- Infants need sleep to grow, so don't worry parents!
- Is baby sleeping too much?
- Nap Lengths - What's Average?
- Night Time Sleep - What's Average?
- Partial Awakenings
- Personalized Sleep Consultations
- Poop, Poop, Go Away...
- Predictors of Sleep Problems
- Pre-Sleep Routine
- Signs of Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep Cues
- Sleep Inertia
- Sleep Props/Associations
- Sleep Transitions
- Some Babies Have it and Some Babies Don't
- Tanking Up (includes cluster feeding and dreamfeeding)
- The only consistency with children is change
- The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
- Tips for helping your baby fall asleep in strange places
- Top Sleep Tips
- Total Sleep - What's Average?
- Understanding Sleep Stages
- Waketime
- Waking up happy
- When is it safe for my baby to sleep on his tummy?
- Why Sleep is Way Important- Effects of Inadequate Sleep
- Why Sleep is Way Important- Benefits of Adequate Sleep
Sleeping Through the Night
Sleep Safety
- Swaddling (includes recommended swaddles and techniques)
- Swaddling and Hip Dysplasia
Understanding Sleep
Waketime
- Biological Rhythms and Sleep
- Nightly Sleep Phase
- Partial Awakenings
- Sleep Inertia
- Sleep is for the weak, or is it?
- Sleep Transitions
- Understanding Sleep Stages