Are you almost to the point of wishing it was acceptable to give your child a heavy dose of Benadryl to sleep? Are you about to pull your hair out over lack of sleep and frustration? Are you tired of bargaining with your toddler, just to have them NEVER hold up their end of the…
Category: Schedules + Sleeping
Exclusively Pumping
With my first baby, Hudson, I breastfed for somewhere-around-3-weeks and then gave up after mastitis attacked! I just wasn’t doing everything properly and didn’t even know it. With my second baby, Everleigh, I decided to exclusively pump. We breastfed in the hospital for 3 days but then immediately went to pumping at home. I had…
Why You Shouldn’t Let your Baby get Over-Tired
You can’t protect your children from everything, but on the ‘easy’ things that you can help them with, why wouldn’t you? Well, you can enhance your child’s brain development, mood, behavior, attention span, and general disposition – not just now, but throughout the duration of their life. THAT is how important PROPER SLEEP is. Of course, I’m not…
Baby Sleep Problems
Answers to some common sleep problems that you may have with your infants and toddlers.
Some “Typical” Guidelines
Typical Total Sleep Guidelines 3 months – total: 15 hours 4 months – total: 15 hours 6 months – total: 14 hours 8 months – total: 14 hours 10 months – total: 14 hours 12 months – total: 13-14 hours 15 months – total: 13-14 hours 18 months – total: 12-14 hours 2 years – total: 12-14 hours 2.5 years – total: 11-13 hours…
Schedules. It’s NOT Crazy!
I just like schedules… and lists… and lists about what schedules I should make… It seems like moms are always sleep-deprived, confused, and wondering why their 6-month-old isn’t sleeping through the night yet. I was this mom with Hudson, my first. When I was pregnant I bought “The Baby Whisperer” as well as “Baby-Wise“. This was probably…
Momming it Up! 