Baby Sleep: Why Won't My Baby Sleep? Help Your Baby Sleep So You Can Get More Sleep, Too
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A quick guide to the baby sleep solutions you need right now
It can be difficult to track down answers to baby sleep questions when you're sleep-deprived and trying to rock a baby in your arms. That's where this lens fits in. You'll find links to baby sleep articles and the best sleep research resources on the web (especially those that focus on baby sleep) and help in finding the answers to some of your toughest baby sleep questions. I hope this information will be helpful to you and your wide-eyed little one.
- Ann Douglas
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Your First Priority: Getting Sleep
Sleep deprivation can become an obsession when you're an exhausted new mom
"When you're chronically sleep deprived, it's hard to think rationally about sleep. You become desperate. My friends and I compared our sleep obsession to an addiction. How much did you get? How did you get it? Where did you get it? Was it any good?- Kara, 33, mother of a toddler and a young baby
One of the moms quoted in Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler by Ann Douglas
The New Mom Catch 22: Time for You or Time for Sleep?
It's hard to choose between time for yourself and time for sleep when you're a new mom
"It's a real catch-22 -- trying to balance the need for sleep with the need for time [for yourself]." Ann Douglas, author of Sleep Solutions for
Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler,
quoted in Beth Howard's article "Up Past Bedtime?" in the
Nov. 2006
issue of Babytalk Magazine
Your Top Baby Sleep Questions, Answered -- Try These First for Quick Answers, Now
The seven questions that may be keeping you up at night -- literally
What makes a difference when it comes to helping babies to develop healthy sleep habits? That's what this lens is all about.The Baby Sleep Q & As that used to be housed in this lens now have a home of their own -- over at Baby Sleep Questions. This lens was getting so large it was getting stuck in some people's browers (always a sign it's time to do some lens housekeeping), so the Q & As have made the move. Hope you enjoy the new lens.
Your Best Bets for Being a Better Rested Mom or Dad
10 solutions that will have tots, teens and yes, even you, sleeping more soundly
Adapted from Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler (Wiley) by Ann DouglasSleep is a lot like sex. If you're not getting as much as you'd like, it can become an obsession. Suddenly, all you can think about is when you last had it, how great it felt, and what you can do to get some again. And it's not just new parents fantasizing about scoring more shut-eye: there are toddlers' night terrors to deal with, and sleepless anxiety over when your teen is going to come home. If you consider that moms and dads can lose up to 400 hours of sleep per parent by the end of baby's first year alone, it's a wonder that most parents are even functioning! read more....
20 Things Other People Can Do to Help You Be a Better Rested (and Happier) New Parent
Yes, there are practical things that other people can do to help you get more sleep. Read on!
Friends, relatives, coworkers, and neighbors love to help you out when you've just had a baby -- and you can certainly use the help. Here's a list to email to the next person who asks "What can I do to help?"
My Newborn Won't Nap -- and Other Common Baby Sleep Problems
Your own DIY resource guide to solving your baby's sleep and naptime problems
Schedules, Routines, Say What?
The lowdown on baby routines from Parenting Magazine
- THE IN-BETWEEN ROUTINE
- "Rather than trying to enforce a one-size-fits-all or even a one-size-fits-most schedule, I think it makes more sense to come up with a rough blueprint for the day that's flexible enough to allow you to respond to your baby's needs as well as your own."
- Ann Douglas, author of The Mother of All Baby Books and Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler quoted in an article about baby routines by Parenting Magazine contributing editor Paula Spencer.
Sleep Solutions for Tired Parents
Some articles you may find helpful
I hope that the following sleep resources will be helpful to you. As you will see, I have chosen a mix of articles.
Some focus on strategies you can use to maximize your opportunities for sleep while your baby's sleep patterns are still quite wacky and unpredictable.
Others focus on what's "normal" when it comes to babies and sleep.
And still others discuss the various sleep training schools of thought. (My book emphasizes the importance of understanding your various sleep options so you can zero in on the solution that's right for you and your baby, given your baby's age and developmental stage; your parenting philosophies and style; and the realities of your family's situation.)
You'll probably find that you end up researching sleep issues and talking about sleep with other parents, but -- in the end -- your growing knowledge about your baby and your intuitive sense of what will work best for your baby at this particular time will guide you to the right solution.
There's no one-size-fits-all sleep solution. In fact, there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to any significant parenting challenge.
Some focus on strategies you can use to maximize your opportunities for sleep while your baby's sleep patterns are still quite wacky and unpredictable.
Others focus on what's "normal" when it comes to babies and sleep.
And still others discuss the various sleep training schools of thought. (My book emphasizes the importance of understanding your various sleep options so you can zero in on the solution that's right for you and your baby, given your baby's age and developmental stage; your parenting philosophies and style; and the realities of your family's situation.)
You'll probably find that you end up researching sleep issues and talking about sleep with other parents, but -- in the end -- your growing knowledge about your baby and your intuitive sense of what will work best for your baby at this particular time will guide you to the right solution.
There's no one-size-fits-all sleep solution. In fact, there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to any significant parenting challenge.
- The Secrets of Sleep-Savvy Moms
- Ever wonder how other parents have managed to make it through the seemingly endless nights of interrupted sleep without becoming completely unglued? Here are their top tips on surviving this exhausting time in your life. (An excerpt from my book Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler.) Read another excerpt -- "The Secrets of Sleep-Savvy Moms -- here.
- The Top 12 Sleep Solutions for Parents of Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
- Tips on preventing and dealing with common sleep problems in babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. An excerpt from my book Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler.
- Move Over, Daddy
- A recent article on bed-sharing from The National Post. You can read my commentary on this article in my Amazon.com author blog.
- National Sleep Foundation: Children and Sleep
- Links to the results of the National Sleep Foundation's 2004 Sleep in America Poll, which concluded that children of all ages -- even babies! -- aren't getting the sleep they need. You'll find all kinds of useful resources to help your kids (and you) get the sleep you need.
- Berkeley Parents Network: Advice About Sleep
- The members of the Berkeley Parents Network share their experiences with babies, toddlers, big kids, and sleep.
- Dooce: Healthy Sleep Habits, Grumpy Baby
- A famous sleep post from even more famous blogger Dooce (a.k.a. Heather Armstrong), in which she talks about her daughter Leta's sleep struggles. Her post attracted 475 responses almost immediately, a testament to both the popularity of Dooce and how passionate parents are about sleep (specifically the "cry it out" debate).
- Side-lying Breastfeeding Position
- Tips on making the side-lying breastfeeding position work for you so that you can be a more-rested new mom.
- Temperament and Sleep: What Every Sleep-Deprived Parent Needs to Know
- "High-needs babies are high needs 24 hours a day," says Marie, the mother of nine-month-old George.
- For Crying Out Loud
- An article about how Sears and Ferber are meeting in the middle when it comes to sleep-training extremes.
- Swaddling
- This Today's Parent article includes a video clip demonstrating the art of swaddling a baby. Some research has shown that young babies who hate to sleep on their backs (the only safe sleeping position for babies, by the way) will sleep on their backs quite happily if they are swaddled. It's important to swaddle your baby in a safe manner (not too tightly, but also not in a manner that would allow his/her face to be covered by the swaddling cloth). Overheating is another concern as overheating has been associated with an increased risk of SIDS.
- Soothing Baby, With Infant Massage
- Tiffany Fields, PhD, a leading sleep expert on infant massage and the benefits of touch, is interviewed by CBS news on the benefits of infant massage. Includes a video clip.
- University of Wisconsin Medical School: Understanding and Parenting Your Preemie
- General information about parenting a premature infant. Includes some very useful information about how the sleep habits of premature infants differ from the sleep habits of full-term infants.
- Postcards from The Mothership: The CIO Diaries
- An award-winning blogger dishes on Ferber and cry-it-out. In another post, she talks about Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler.
- Life Hacker: How to Get Your Baby to Sleep
- Baby sleep advice from the popular solutions site Life Hacker.
- Parenthacks: Sleep -- Yours and Theirs
- Parenthacks has an active sleep tips area. They've even reviewed my book: ("I don't think Ann would mind if I called her the Anti-Expert's Expert (the ultimate compliment, I think!). My favorite thing about this book...is the recognition that one size does not fit all. Ann makes very clear throughout the book that pressure and guilt have no part in the sleep debate. That's my kind of expert." - Asha Dornfest, Editor, Parenthacks, in her review of Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler.)
- The Truth About Sleeping Through the Night
- What does sleeping through the night really mean anyway? And once your baby starts sleeping through the night, should you assume this pattern will stick? Get the sleep facts of life.
- Storknet Family Radio: Baby Sleep Podcast
- NEW !
Maribeth Doerr of StorkNet Radio and I discuss the sleep deprivation of early parenthood, life after baby, parenting after grief and loss, and other issues.
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Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler
If you enjoyed this lens, you might enjoy this book written by lensmaster and fellow Squidoo-er, Ann Douglas.
Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Approach for Each Age and Stage (Mother of All Solutions)
emphasizes the importance of understanding your various sleep options so you can zero in on the solution that's right for you and your baby, given your baby's age and developmental stage; your parenting philosophies and style; and the realities of your family's situation.
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- coldwind coldwind Jul 10, 2009 @ 3:18 am
- I have bought baby sleep solution, its a good product overall, you can read
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- samanthahement samanthahement Jun 7, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
- Thanks for the tips. These symptoms to watch out for in children are really helpful. My husband was diagnosed with sleep apnea a year or two ago and I have heard that it often runs in families. I am a little bit concerned that our children might have it as well. Now I know more about what to look for Child Sleep Solution
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- JasonBlakely JasonBlakely Dec 12, 2008 @ 11:06 pm
- Great lens with a lot of good info. 5 stars! Please check out my Baby Sleep Tips Lens here, and let me know what you think.
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- auberginecouch auberginecouch Aug 24, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
- Great lens, I love that there's a wealth of info condensed into one :)
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- herbie66 herbie66 Jun 11, 2008 @ 10:33 am
- Welcome to the Pregnancy and Baby Group!
( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/pregnancy-baby )
We're proud to have you. Knowing how the sleep of a baby is a major concern of all parents, this lens is certainly a great help!5 stars / favoured!
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