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Sleepfull Baby Sleep & Toddler Sleep Blog

Welcome to the Sleepfull Baby & Toddler Sleep Blog! Find expert advice and practical tips to improve your child's sleep from Dr. Aubrie aka the ‘Baby Sleep Dr.” We cover safe sleep, sleep training, sleep regressions, developmental milestones, and healthy sleep routines for newborns, babies, and toddlers. Our goal is to help your family achieve restful nights by tackling one sleep issue at a time!

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180+ Of The Biggest 2024 Amazon Prime Day Deals For Babies, Toddlers, Parents, And The Home

Discover the best Amazon Prime Day deals for babies, toddlers, parents, and the home from a baby sleep and parenting expert! Browse deals on top-rated products, including baby gear, toys, home essentials, and seasonal items with huge discounts. Save big from October 7-8, 2024, with these must-have deals!

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5 Tips on How to Handle Your Baby’s Separation Anxiety

Struggling with your baby's separation anxiety? Explore 5 expert tips to ease this common developmental phase. Learn how to foster secure attachment, maintain routines, and handle bedtime protests with confidence. Create a safe, reassuring environment for your little one and make goodbyes easier for both of you.

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Once You Sleep Train, Will You Ever Need to Re-Sleep Train?

Parents of sleep-trained babies (or parents considering sleep training their baby) often ask me if they will need to re-train their baby at a later date if they’ve already been sleep trained. There are a lot of components that can go into this scenario, but my answer is generally, no.

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How Trying Everything is Getting in the Way of Your Baby Sleep Success

When it comes to baby sleep, and getting your baby to sleep well, I often hear parents say that they have “tried everything”. The issue with “trying everything” is that it doesn’t leave the time and space for complete consistency to be successful. It’s actually the factor that’s inhibiting so many parents from seeing progress and success.

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Everything You Need To Know About Your Baby's "Witching Hour"

If you have a new baby in your home, you’re likely familiar with the term “witching hour.” While not all babies experience it, the witching hour is very common for babies 8-12 weeks old. So if this is a daily occurrence in your home, you are not alone!

The witching hour occurs when a normally content baby becomes extra fussy (maybe crying constantly), refuses to sleep or eat, and is very difficult to calm. This may sound similar to colic, but they are not the same. While colic symptoms last for about 3 hours a day, the witching hour typically only lasts for 1-2 hours per day, and can occur anytime between 5-10 pm.

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The Newborn Curl: Is your newborn rolling already?

Rolling is such an exciting developmental milestone for your baby! But, it can also be a bit of a back-and-forth game for parents who are waking up in fear 1 million times a night to roll their baby back over onto their back. Knowing the basics of baby sleep is a complete game-changer for parents, especially in the newborn phase; and knowing how to handle various rolling scenarios is one of the most important! If your newborn does seem to be able to roll, this is actually highly unlikely and most likely an involuntary reflex called the “newborn curl.”

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Common Developmental Milestones That Can Disrupt Your Baby’s Sleep

Developmental milestones are one of the most common causes of sudden sleep disturbances! If your little one is usually a sound sleeper, and then without warning starts waking up several times in the night, taking short naps, or having early wakings, it’s likely that they are going through a developmental milestone! Though keep in mind, if your child has never slept for long stretches in the night and you’re looking for a solution to help your baby sleep through the night and lengthen naps, it’s likely not a short-term hiccup like a developmental milestone.

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Top 4 Newborn Sleep Tips from a Baby Sleep Expert

It’s no secret that the days and nights with a newborn baby can feel hectic! If you’re feeling overwhelmed at trying to find a rhythm between all the feedings, diaper changes, and lack of sleep, you are not alone!

To help you find some balance in these first few weeks of your little one’s life, I’ve put together my top 4 tips for navigating life and sleep with a newborn baby. These tips are not meant to be stressful, but to help provide some semblance of structure if that’s what you’re looking for! You can’t put a newborn on a schedule, but you CAN feel prepared for newborn sleep needs.

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