Sleep Index


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About Me
*I Still Exist
*Little Jacob is here!
*Me, Myself and I
*Me. Reading Like a Mad Woman.

Baby Whisperer, The (TBW)
*A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
*Accidental Parenting
*"But Why Doesn't It Work?"
*Cluster Feeding
*Dream Feed   
       **Troubleshooting tips       
*"Four S" Wind Down Ritual
*P.U./P.D.
*Shush-Pat
*Tanking Up
*The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW) - Book Review
*Wake to Sleep

Babywise (BW)
*Babywise - Book Review
*Dads are parents too
*Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine (EWS)
*Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
*Sleep Training- BabyWise
*Take baby steps to get first-time obedience

Bedtiming
*Bedtiming - Book Review
*When to sleep train and when not to - Best developmental periods for sleep training

Blog Fun
*How much sleep did you get last night?
*Once you get some zzzzs...

Blog Info
*Continual updates and changes on posts
*Finally! A New Look
*How much sleep did you get last night?
*Little Jacob is here!
*New Comment Form - Comment Luv
*Top Ten List 2011
*Questions??

Book Reviews/Recommendations (Sleep)
*Babywise
*Bedtiming
*Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC)
*No-Cry Sleep Solution, The: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
*Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber)
*The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW)
*The Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers
*The Happiest Baby on the Block
*THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward

Book Reviews/Recommendations (Parenting)
*Dunstan Baby Language - Interpreting your baby's cries
*The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW)
*The Happiest Baby on the Block


Book Reviews/Recommendations (Other)
*It's a Book, Not a Bible
*Me. Reading Like a Mad Woman.
*The Read-Aloud Handbook

Breastfeeding
*Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
*Getting ready for baby - Nursing Supplies
*My Brest Friend Deluxe Pillow - Product Review

Common Questions
*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?
*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?
*Total Sleep - What's Average?
*Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!

Cries
*Dunstan Baby Language - Interpreting your baby's cries

Cry it out (CIO)
*Is Cry It Out (CIO) Harmful?

Did You Know...
*Early to Bed and Early to Rise
*Sleep and Obesity

Feeding (also see breastfeeding)
*Full Feedings
*Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
*Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
*Sleepy Newborns - tips to keep baby awake during feedings

Ferber
*Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber) - Book Review
*Sleep Training - Ferber's Approach For When Your Child Shares Your Bedroom
*Sleep Training - Ferber's Door Closing Technique
*Sleep Training - Ferber's Multi Step Approach
*Sleep Training - Ferber's One Step Approach
*Sleep Training - Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"

Ford, Gina
*Core Night
*Crying Down
*Settling Babies Under 6 Weeks Old to Sleep at Bedtime
*The Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers - Book Review

Getting Ready For Baby
Nursing Supplies

Guest Posts
*7 Dreams a Baby Dreams - Written by a Baby

*Dads are parents too
*First-time Obedience: first things first
*Guest Post Week (Nov 2011)
*Guest Post Week (March 2012)
*Independent Playtime Overview
*Some like it hot (sleep that is)
*Take baby steps to get first-time obedience
*Teaching Obedience to a Child with Special Needs
*Ten ways to save your sanity

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child (HSHHC) by Weissbluth
*Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC) - Book Review
*Sleep Training - Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

Karp, Harvey
*The Happiest Baby on the Block - Book Review

Motherhood - Some thoughts and encouragement
*A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
*Because she is a mother...
*Parenting 505
*Support! Calling for Some Support!
*Ten ways to save your sanity
*Thriving rather than Surviving
*What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1

My Test Subjects
*Dropped Pacifier Update
*Jacob at 8 months
*Joshua at 3 years old
*Sick Baby. Here. Now
*Wake to Sleep - AGAIN!
*Wake to Sleep - Personal Experience
*We did it! We dropped the pacifier!

Naps and Problem Solving
*Biological Rhythms and Sleep
*"But Why Doesn't It Work?"
*Controlling Nap Lengths
*Developmental Milestones - Rolling, Crawling, Standing, Talking etc.
*Dropping a Nap - How to do it
*Dropping a Nap - The Aftermath
*Dropping A Nap - The Facts
*Extending a Short Nap
*Habitual Wakings
*Keeping a Sleep Log
*Missed Naps
*Not So Obvious Naps With Very Obvious Consequences
*P.U/P.D.
*Restoring a previously dropped nap
*Shush-Pat
*Sleep Props/Associations
*Sleep Training Label or see Sleep Training below
*Short Naps
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
*Waketime
*Wake to Sleep
*Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!
*Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Plays, Cries Or Does Both

Naps - General Information
*Afternoon Nap
*Controlling Nap Lengths
*Daytime Sleep - The Facts
*Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
*Dropping a Nap - How to do it
*Dropping a Nap - The Aftermath
*Dropping A Nap - The Facts
*Evening Nap (3rd Nap)
*"Four S" Wind Down Ritual
*Fourth Nap
*Morning Nap
*Nap Lengths - What's Average?
*No More Naps - What Next?
*Not So Obvious Naps With Very Obvious Consequences
*Partial Awakenings
*Pre-Sleep Routine
*Restoring a previously dropped nap
*Set nap times
*Short Naps - When to normally expect them
*Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
*Shush-Pat
*Sleep Cues
*Sleep Props/Associations
*Sleep Transitions
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
*Waketime

Night Time Sleep and Problem Solving
*Bedtime
           **Bedtime Battles
           **The Fear of the Early Bedtime
*Biological Rhythms and Sleep
*"But Why Doesn't It Work?"
*Day/Night Confusion
*Developmental Milestones - Rolling, Crawling, Standing, Talking etc.
*Early Morning Wakings
*Early Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too early AND wakes too early
*Habitual Wakings
*Keeping a Sleep Log
*Late Sleep Phase - Goes to bed too late AND wakes too late
*Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
*Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
*Night Wakings
             **Dream Pee
             **Night Wakings - Causes and Solutions
*Nightly Sleep Phase
*P.U./P.D.
*Shush-Pat
*Sleep Props/Associations
*Sleep Training Label or see Sleep Training below
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
*Wake to Sleep
*Waking up crying or cranky in the mornings
*Why Won't My Toddler or Preschooler Fall Asleep?!
*Won't Fall Asleep At Sleep Times - Cries, Plays Or Does Both

Night Time Sleep - General Information
*Bedtime
               **A Common Mistake - Putting all the kids to bed at the same time
               **Bedtime Battles
*Cluster Feeding
**Dream Feed   
       **Troubleshooting tips       
*Dream Pee
*"Four S" Wind Down Ritual
*Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
*Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
*Night Wakings - Causes and Solutions
*Nightly Sleep Phase
*Night Time Sleep - What's Average?
*Partial Awakenings
*Pre-Sleep Routine
*Should I sleep train for naps or nights first?
*Shush-Pat
*Sleep Cues
*Sleep Props/Associations
*Sleep Transitions
*Tanking Up
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
*Waking up crying or cranky in the mornings

No-Cry Sleep Solution, The: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night - Elizabeth Pantley
*Change your baby's sleep association - For frequent breastfeeders, night time bottle feeders and pacifier users
*Help baby to fall back to sleep in her crib - for crib sleepers
*Help your baby fall back to sleep on his own and move him out of your bed and into his own - tips to help a co-sleeping baby move to a crib
*Help your baby fall back to sleep with another person's assistance - especially useful for co-sleeping and breastfeeding babies
*Help your baby to fall back to sleep on his own while you continue to breastfeed and co-sleep - For Breastfeeding and co-sleeping babies
*No-Cry Sleep Solution, The: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night - Book Review
*Sleep Solutions for 0-4 months
*Sleep Solutions for Older Babies (4 months to 2 years)
*Ten Steps to Helping Your Baby Sleep All Night

Nursing (see breastfeeding)

Off Topic (but I find it interesting and useful)
*Car Seat Guidelines
*Choose My Plate
*First-time Obedience: first things first
*Independent Playtime Overview
*Teaching Obedience to a Child with Special Needs
*Children's Journals

Pacifiers
*Dropped Pacifier Update
*We did it! We dropped the pacifier!

Product Reviews
*Breathable Baby Crib Bumper

Random Helpful Tips, Tricks and Facts
*A few words of advice from the Baby Whisperer
*Accidental Parenting
*Attitude Is Everything
*Habits
*Head Banging, Body Rocking, Head Rolling etc
*How to convert a battery powered swing to a plug powered swing
*Thriving rather than Surviving
*What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1

Routine (see Schedule below)


Safety
*AAP on Sleep Safety
*Car Seat Guidelines
*Safety In Mind
*Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
*Swaddling and Hip Dysplasia

Schedule / Routine
*A few words of advice from the Baby Whisperer
*Can I Successfully Breastfeed and have a Routine/Schedule?
*Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine (EWS)
*"Four S" Wind Down Ritual
*Keeping a Sleep Log
*Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
*Pre-Sleep Routine
*Waketime
*Why have a schedule/routine?

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
*Sleep Attire
*Some like it hot (sleep that is)
*Sound And Its Effect On Sleep
*Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
*Varying The Sleep Location

Sleep - General Information
*Biological Rhythms and Sleep
*Common Sleep Myths
*Day/Night Confusion
*Daytime Sleep - What's Average?
*Does he just need less sleep than most babies?
*Habits
*Half drunk from lack of sleep
*Head Banging, Body Rocking, Head Rolling etc
*How Do I Know If My Baby Is Getting Enough Sleep?
*Is baby sleeping too much?
*Morning Wake Time - The importance of consistency
*Morning Wake Time - Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
*"Natural" Child-Rearing
*Nightly Sleep Phase
*Night Time Sleep - What's Average
*Partial Awakenings
*Poop, Poop, Go Away...
*Predictors of Sleep Problems
*Safety In Mind
*Signs of Sleep Deprivation
*Sleep Inertia
*Sleep Cues
*Sleep Hygiene
*Sleep Props/Associations
*Sleep Transitions
*Sudden Infant Death Syndrom (SIDS)
*Swaddling
*The "Too Long in Bed Problem"
*Top Sleep Tips
*Total Sleep - What's Average
*Transitional Objects/ Loveys
*Understanding Sleep Stages
*Waketime
*Waking up crying or cranky in the mornings
*Waking up happy
*Why Sleep is Way Important- Effects of Inadequate Sleep
*Why Sleep is Way Important- Benefits of Adequate Sleep

Sleep Problems by Age
*Sleep Problems by Age
*Sleep Problems by Age - Newborn

Sleep Training and Methods To Teach Your Baby To Sleep
*Babywise
            **Sleep Training- BabyWise

*Baby Whisperer, The (Tracy Hogg)
              **P.U./P.D. (The Baby Whisperer)
              **Shush-Pat (The Baby Whisperer)

*Bedtiming
              **When to sleep train and when not to - Best developmental periods for sleep training 

*Controlled Crying (see Ferber's methods below)

*Core Night

*Cry It Out (CIO)
             **Is Cry It Out (CIO) Harmful?

*Crying Down

*Extinction or Ignoring (see Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child's methods below)

*Ferber (aka Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems)
               **Ferber's Approach For When Your Child Shares Your Bedroom
               **Ferber's Door Closing Technique
               **Ferber's Multi Step Approach
               **Ferber's One Step Approach
               **Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

*Gina Ford
               **Core Night
               **Settling Babies Under 6 Weeks Old to Sleep at Bedtime - Gina Ford

*Gradual Extinction (see Ferber's methods above)

*Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (Weissbluth)
               **Sleep Training - Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

*No Cry Sleep Solution, The (Elizabeth Pantley)
                 **Change your baby's sleep association - For frequent breastfeeders, night time bottle feeders   and pacifier user
                 **Help baby fall back to sleep in her crib - for crib sleepers
                 **Help your baby fall back to sleep on his own and move him out of your bed and into his own  - tips to help a co-sleeping baby move to a crib
                 **Help your baby fall back to sleep with another person's assistance - especially useful for co-sleeping and breastfeeding babies
                 **Help Your Baby Fall Back To Sleep on his Own While you Continue to Breastfeed and Co-           Sleep- For Breastfeeding and co-sleeping babies
                 **Sleep Solutions for 0-4 months
                 **Sleep Solutions for Older Babies (4 months to 2 years)
                 **Ten Steps to Helping Your Baby Sleep All Night

*Sleep Training- Choosing An Approach

*Sleep Training Defined (by me!)

*Sleep Training - Siblings in the Picture

Sleeping Through The Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep - Jodi A. Mindell
*Predictors of Sleep Problems

Wonder Weeks, The
*THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward - Book Review
*Wonder Weeks are now the Wonder Months
*What is a Wonder Week?
*When are the Wonder Weeks?
*Signs a Wonder Week is about to start