Navigate Parenting: Expert Baby Sleep Tips
Welcome to The Sleep Collective's blog, your haven for navigating the delicate world of baby sleep. We offer invaluable advice to parents on their quest for settled nights. Here you can delve into a wealth of expert insights, practical tips, and heartfelt stories as we embark on a mission to troubleshoot and enhance your child’s sleep.
At The Sleep Collective, we understand the unique challenges parents face when it comes to guiding their children’s sleep. We are committed to providing you with the knowledge and support needed to ensure your baby sleeps soundly, allowing you to savor those precious moments of parenthood. Whether you're a new parent seeking guidance on establishing a bedtime routine, grappling with sleep regressions, or navigating the intricacies of sleep training, let our blog be a trusted source of wisdom and advice.
Thank you for allowing us to join you on this journey towards creating a nurturing sleep environment for your little one.
6 Ways a Baby Sleep Consultant is like a Personal Trainer (but for sleep!)
Like a good personal trainer, a good sleep consultant will start with you - your baby, your family, your sleep story.
Benefits of a Bedtime Routine
Sleep is a vulnerable state. So for a child’s brain to effectively switch from awake to asleep, it needs repetitive cues that send messages that we are feeling safe and secure - and nothing makes a baby feel safer than predictability in a world where everything is new and stimulating.
When Sleep Training is NOT the Answer
The answers to these questions all pointed to an underlying medical condition being the culprit to the family’s sleep woes. All signs pointed Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB).
Top 5 Tips for Curbing Catnaps
There is ample evidence and research that shows the quantity and quality of daytime sleep will impact nighttime sleep, so there is nothing wrong with wanting to work on getting longer daytime naps for your little ones.
Managing the end of Daylight Savings
I have outlined below the three options I suggest for parents preparing for the change. Choose the one that suits your parenting style and baby temperament the best.
Can I value attachment with my child and still sleep train?
Strikingly, the most significant finding in the study was that there were “no differences found between any of the BSI groups in parent sleep, sleepiness, depression, or parent-infant bonding.”
Has your child dropped their nap? Introducing quiet time!
Just because the nap train has ended, doesn’t mean that a parent’s dream of Netflix while folding laundry needs to end with it.
