Common Sleep Questions

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• Why does my baby fight/hate sleep?
• How long should baby stay awake?
• How do I know if baby needs more or less awake time?
• How can I help my baby fall asleep in a new place?
• How can I tell when my baby is tired?
• Why do other babies seem to sleep better than my baby?
• How can I help my new baby sleep more at night and less during the day?
• How do I stop my child's diaper from leaking?
• How can I keep my baby's pacifier in?
• What is a wonder week?

Did you know... Sleep Index

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Did You Know...

• Early to Bed and Early to Rise
• Sleep and Obesity

Off Topic Index

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Off Topic

• Car Seat Guidelines
• Choose My Plate
• First-time Obedience: first things first
• How to throw a themed birthday party for your toddler
• Independent Playtime Overview
• Teaching Obedience to a Child with Special Needs
• Children's Journals

Pregnancy Index

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Pregnancy and Sleep

• How will pregnancy impact my sleep?

Multiples Index

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Multiples (books, posts, etc. with info)

• Babywise (has one chapter specifically on twins)
• Luke and Jude Week 1
• Luke and Jude Month 1
• 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
• Your Most Dire Twin Questions, Answered

Sleeping Through The Night Index (Jodi a. Mindell)

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

• Book Review
• Predictors of Sleep Problems

SEE ALSO

SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT - When Will It Start

Random Helpful Tips, Tricks and Facts Index

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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
• Independent Playtime Overview
• Thriving rather than Surviving
• What I Wish I'd Known with Baby #1

Sleep Schedule / Routine Index

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Sleep Schedule or Sleep Routine

• A few words of advice from the Baby Whisperer
• Back to School You Sleepyhead!
• 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
• The Only Consistency with children is change
• Waketime Length - How long should baby stay awake?
• Why have a schedule/routine?

EXAMPLES SCHEDULES

• 2 year old example schedules
• Jacob at 8 months
• Jacob's Schedule at 2.5 years
• Joshua at 3 years old
• My Kid's Sleep Overview
• Newborn Example Schedules

Feeding Index (full feeds, sleeping newborns etc)

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Feedings (also see breastfeeding and bottle-feeding)

• Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine
• Full Feedings
• Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
• Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
• Tips To Keep Sleep Newborns Awake During Feedings

Child Safety Index

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Safety

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

Child Sleep Disorders Index

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Child Sleep Disorders

• Sleep Apnea

Sleep Environment Index

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Sleep Environment
Don't be tricked into thinking that something as boring sounding as 'sleep environment' isn't that important. Because it is! I've helped quite a few children go from sleepless to great sleepers simply by changing some of the sleep environment.

• AAP on Sleep Safety
• Getting the Right Temperature
• Safety In Mind
• Sleep Attire
• Some like it hot (sleep that is)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Should My Baby Sleep With White Noise?
• Varying The Sleep Location
• What does sound have to do with sleep?
• What impact does light have on my child's sleep?
• Where should my baby sleep?
• Why Sleeping in darkness is important to your health

Related Indexes:
Naps
Night Sleep
Sleep - General Information
Sleep Safety
Understanding Sleep

Motherhood Index - Some thoughts and encouragement

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Motherhood - Some thoughts and encouragement

• A few words of advice from The Baby Whisperer
• Because she is a mother... 
• Happy Mother's Day to you!
• I Love Waking Up All. Night. Long.
• I'm Counting Down the Minutes Until Tomorrow
• It's a Book, Not a Bible
• 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...
• Why don't Friends With Kids Have Time?

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child Index (Weissbluth)

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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

Happiest Baby On the Block Index

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Happiest Baby on the Block

• 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 (Harvey, Karp) - Book Review

Gina Ford Index

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Gina Ford

• 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

My Test Subjects Index

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My Test Subjects

• Baby Stella Is Here!
• Dropped Pacifier Update
• Jacob at 8 months
• Jacob's Schedule at 2.5 years
• Joshua at 3 years old
• Luke and Jude 1 Week
• Luke and Jude 1 Month
• My Kid's Schedules
• Sick Baby. Here. Now
• Stella at 2 Weeks
• Wake to Sleep - AGAIN!
• Wake to Sleep - Personal Experience
• We did it! We dropped the pacifier!

Cry it out Index

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Cry it out (CIO)
FYI, I don't consider settling to sleep (leaving baby for a few minutes to see if he'll go to sleep) CIO.

• Cold turkey VS Gradual Extinction CIO
• Crying Down (0-6 months, Gina Ford)
• Ferber's Sleep Training Method (progressive waiting/checks/controlled crying)
• Limited Crying Solution (0-18 months, Baby Sleep Solution)
• Is Cry It Out Cruel?
• Is Cry It Out (CIO) Harmful?
• Sleep Training - Babywise

Fussiness Index

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Fussiness

• Dunstan Baby Language - Interpreting your baby's cries
• 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 - Book Review

Getting Ready for Baby Index

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Supplies

• Nursing Supplies