The Everything Sleep Blog
8 Month Sleep Regression: Why Sleep Training Seems to Stop Working (And What To Do)
Your baby was sleeping through the night. Now they're standing in the crib at 2am and bedtime takes an hour. Here's what's actually happening at 8-10 months, and why you probably don't need to start sleep training over from scratch.
Are You Ready to Sleep Train Your Baby? A Pediatric Sleep Consultant's Guide.
Sleep training is a big decision and it helps to know what you are actually walking into before you start. Karen Nussbaum walks through the signs that you and your baby might be ready, what to consider beforehand, and why having the right support in place makes all the difference.
Why Sleep Consulting Is Only Part of What New Parents Actually Need
Getting your baby to sleep is one piece of the puzzle. But for so many families, what they really need goes much deeper. Here is the story behind why we created More Than Sleep and what it means to support families through the full postpartum experience.
Night Weaning and Sleep Training
Are Night Weaning and Sleep Training the same thing?
I’m going to answer this fast and let you know that it’s a hard NO.
Pacifiers and Sleep
When pacifiers can start to become problematic is around four months, when your baby is no longer a newborn and they’ve become reliant on the pacifier to sleep and the only way to get them to fall back asleep is reinserting it continually throughout the night. The pacifier replacement game is not a fun one (IYKYK).
Sleep Props
Sleep props aren’t bad and are often essential in those first few months, however as a baby gets closer to four to five months old, they often stop responding as well to the sleep props you’ve been using. That’s when sleep props need to be looked at and either phased out gradually or removed completely to encourage independent sleep.