Sleep Advice – From Newborn To Toddler!
Baby and sleep – these are not two words that always go well together. Here we have expert tips on helping your baby to go to sleep and also have community tips from parents who have been in your shoes. Understand your child’s sleep cycles, know when to speak to your doctor and get information from specialists and midwives. Don’t worry, it does get better – especially if you can help your little one to sleep better!
Baby routines, gentle sleep techniques, advice on controlled crying, sleep aids and sleep product reviews and learn how much sleep your child needs. We have tips and answers on all these sleep questions and more – we believe that the best sleep advice is about giving you the right information to make the best decision for your baby. We don’t judge. We just help you get through those difficult sleepless months…years… *yawn*
Baby naps
Over tired baby
Helping baby go to sleep
Night sleeps
- Steps to a better nights sleep
- Repetition and association, the keys to a good nights sleep
- Dream feeds
- Restless 6 month old sleeper
- 10 month old waking regularly
- Sleep regression
- 4 month old sleep regression
- Help baby to sleep past 5am
- Daylight savings impact on sleep
- Co-sleeping: midwife tips
Sleep aides
Routines and sleep associations
Baby room conditions
- Ideal room temperature
- Moving child’s sleep space
- Moving from co-sleeping to cot or bed
- Bassinet to cot
Sleep regression
Getting 2 children to sleep
Steps to help a toddler fall asleep
Is bedtime a battle? Work through these simple steps to a better night’s sleep.
Expert Infant Sleep Advice: Sleep Tips for Newborn and Sibling
So now you have sleep sorted there is a good chance baby number two might be on the cards, or even on it’s way! If the prospect of getting two …
Infant Sleep Advice: Baby Awake Times & Avoiding an Over-Tired Baby
Baby awake times are an overlooked, but crucial component of establishing positive sleep habits. Find expert guidance on suitable awake times for babies of different ages.
10 month old routine – sleep and your 10 month old baby
We asked our sleep expert and community of Aussie mums about their 10 month old routine including how often their child sleeps, plays and what they eat.
Is your Baby suffering from Night Terrors or Nightmares?
Q&A: Has anyone experienced night terrors or nightmares with their baby? I’m not sure if that is what is keeping my 10 month old awake at night. He has been waking up crying every hour. I have watched him cry in his sleep and then sit up still crying.
Tips for baby sleep issues – The newborn sleep routine checklist!
Q&A: Did your baby have any sleep issues? What helped?
Baby Monitor Review: Overview
We recently had our Nappy Bag Review that was extremely successful for showcasing the latest and greatest trends in nappy bags for new mothers. So I decided to give you …
The Best “Multiple Camera Function” Baby Monitor – Uniden
About the Uniden Baby Monitor System – Baby Watch B3002 (I received a Uniden Baby Monitor System – B3002 for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my …
The Best “All-Round” Baby Monitor – Oricom Secure870
About the Oricom Baby Monitor System – Secure870 (I received a Oricom Baby Monitor System – Secure870 for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.) Cost: $359.00 Design: White, …
The Best “Newborn” Baby Monitor – SafetoSleep-STS200
About the SafetoSleep-STS200 Baby Sleep Wellness Monitor System (I received a SafetoSleep-STS200 Baby Sleep wellness Monitor System for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.) SafetoSleep …
The Best “Peace of Mind” Baby Monitor – Angelcare
About the Angelcare Baby Monitor System – AC402 Cost: Currently $179.00 at Baby and Toddler two with 2 parent units Design: Comes in several parts – 2 square, flat (teal/green) sensor …
The Best “Design” Baby Monitor – VTech BM4500-OWL
About the VTech Baby Monitor System – BM4500-OWL (I received a VTech Baby Monitor System – B3002 for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.) Cost: $289.00 Design: …
How the bedtime routine works with two kids
When a newborn comes along the sleep routine of older kids can go out the window. Lauren discusses tips for a bedtime routine with 2 kids.
Repetition and association – the key to a good night’s sleep
Need advice on how to get more zzzzz’s. Read on.
Baby – no more short naps
Expert tips to reduce the incidence of short nap times for baby.
10 month old wakes every few hours
10 month old wakes every few hours – parents share their experience with baby waking regularly to help mum know she is not alone in her sleep deprivation
Baby Won’t Sleep: 6 Things that Could Explain WHY!
Baby wont sleep. Tips from a sleep consultant to help assist your baby to seelp
Restless 6 month old sleep
My 6 month old baby is a wriggler and wakes himself up at night by hitting his head on the cot rails. Any suggestions to solve this apart from cot bumpers?
Baby Sleeping In Arms
Q&A: My little boy is almost 5 months old. He has never really liked napping during the day but it was easy to rock him to sleep. This past week he falls asleep quite easily in my arms but screams the second I put him down in his cot. As soon as I pick him up he resettles in my arms. We go through this five or six times until he eventually falls into a deep sleep and I can put him down into the cot. Has anyone experienced this with their little one? Is it just a phase?
Babies room temperature
Q&A: What is the recommendation for a babies room temperature to sleep at night and with what kind of pyjamas, sleeping bag, blankets, etc?
Baby Wakes When Dummy Falls Out
Q&A: My daughter is 6 months old and wakes up 3-4 times a night because her dummy falls out and I have to go put it back in. Has anyone had this problem and what did you do?
How to stop breastfeeding to sleep
Q&A: I am currently bf my 11 month to sleep and looking to stop. What methods have worked for u
How do I stop rocking baby to sleep
Q&A: My 8 month old bf baby has always been fed on demand, fed or rocked to sleep and settled back to sleep on the boob at night. He used to Sleep through the night but since about 5 months he’s progressively waking more and more ( up to 4 times through the night). I need help with how to put him to sleep without rocking.
Teach baby to self settle
Q&A: my 3.5 month old always needs to be rocked to sleep, will suck constantly on his thumb, boob or fingers but refuses a dummy. Would like tips on how to teach baby to self settle as he gets so restless if we don’t help him to sleep.
Creating Positive Sleep Associations
Sleep Consultant Tips On Creating Positive Sleep Associations. Sleep associations can be positive or negative, here are some tips to creating positive associations and helping your baby sleep.
Day Night Confusion in Baby Sleep
Day night confusion in babies. Expert tips to help rectify the day/night confusion and get baby into a regular pattern.
How to Get Baby to Sleep Longer in a Pram
Community Tips: How to Get Baby to Sleep Longer in their Pram. Parents share their best tips to get baby sleeping longer than 30 minutes
How to get a baby to sleep
Community Tips: Parents answer the question ‘how do you get your baby to sleep?’ Tips on sleep routines to follow and other techniques to help baby sleep
Transitioning Your Child’s Sleep Spaces
Messing with your child’s sleep routine is right up there with the list of activities we dread most. Some parents may even prefer to have a tooth pulled than interfere …
The 4 Month Sleep Regression
Expert Tips: Sleep consultant, Jade, talks about the 4 month sleep regression. She discusses what it is, why it happens and how to manage the sleep changes.
