If you’re looking for ways to teach your baby to sleep without a swaddle, I have 4 easy ways for you to try to work through the swaddle transition. Dropping the swaddle can be really daunting, but it doesn’t have to be hard. One of the biggest challenges of parenting is that just when you …
How can Moms on Call soothing rounds help your baby to sleep longer at night? If you’ve been following my updates with Beckham, you know what a big fan I am of Moms on Call. One of the parts that helped us the most was using the Moms on Call soothing rounds. I actually did …
What do you do if your baby hates the crib? I’ve recently gotten many questions from parents asking me HOW I get my newborn, Beckham, to sleep in his crib. I’ve been sharing our journey over on my Instagram account and have mentioned that our baby sleeps in the crib and has since the day …
A 2-week-old baby routine with a newborn is very similar to the first week with a newborn. There’s sleep deprivation, the smell of sour milk, and lots of diapers. Lots and lots of diapers. By the end of week 2, we were working towards a pretty consistent sleep routine. The most important part of getting …
What does a 1 week old baby routine look like? Here is what we did with our newest addition, baby Beckham! What can I even say about the first week home with a newborn? It’s a time that’s equally magical, exciting, challenging and exhausting. Full of highs and lows. One minute you’re staring in awe …
Let’s talk about how to get twins to sleep through the night! (Doesn’t that sound awesome?) All three of my kids are great sleepers. As in 12 hours by 14 weeks great. I’ve had a lot of people ask me how it happened, and I have a very specific method that I followed with all …
The words “twins” and “schedule” don’t seem like they should be in the same sentence. Especially when you’re used to hearing things like this: “You’ve got your hands full” “I don’t know how you do it” “Wow! Are there three of them? Are those twins?” “You must be a very busy lady” Etc., etc., etc. You …
Today we have a guest post by THE Babywise Mom on how to establish Babywise Naps. When I was a first started Babywise (which totally saved my sanity and you can read about my experience here), we got night time sleep figured out fairly quickly. But daytime sleep? That was a completely different story. I …
One of the hardest things about having a baby is that your life is no longer your own. You would do absolutely anything for that baby, and in reality you do not mind sacrificing for baby. However, you would also really enjoy being able to consistently shower, or even just brush your teeth. A nap …
When our daughter was 4 months old, we did sleep training with her. Full on cry it out. Exactly what you think of when most people think of the term “sleep training”. It was horrible. It’s the hardest thing we’ve had to do with her. It’s also the best thing we’ve done! Following sleep training, …