There’s an age old debate about how to handle a crying baby at nap or bed times. Should you let your baby cry it out, or come to her every time she cries? If you want to start a heated argument in a room full of parents or baby experts, all you have to do …
Category Archives: Sleep Issues
Helping Baby Go Back to Sleep
We’ve all been there. Baby wakes up in the middle of the night, needing to be fed or changed, then decides it’s time to party all night. In the end, baby stays up half the night, and mom doesn’t get any sleep. There has to be a way to help an active baby go back …
When It’s Time to Close Baby’s All Night All You Can Eat Buffet
When babies are first born, they can’t sleep through the night. Even if they could, it wouldn’t be healthy. A newborn baby needs nighttime feedings. They need to nurse every two to four hours. Their little tummies can’t digest enough breast milk or formula to tide them over any longer than that. Needless to say, …
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Things You Must Know about Colic
No matter how you look at it, colic isn’t fun. A parent can feel extremely helpless when their little one seems so distressed and yet nothing they do to try to calm her seems to make any difference at all. Still, by being informed and understanding some things about colic, you can be better prepared …
Picking the Perfect Baby Blanket
There are several things to consider when deciding what you’re going to use to swaddle or cover your little one with. Some of the things you need to think about are fairly obvious, while others may not have occurred to you. First of all, you want to consider the warmth the blanket will provide for …