What is mom’s number one complaint about being a parent? No Sleep! 29% of new moms don’t remember the last time they slept 8 hours, let alone slept through the night. One in three children fight sleep or wake up. Lack of sleep affects mom's emotionally as well as physically. The main cause that 10% to 15% of moms suffer from postpartum depression is just simply sheer exhaustion. Sleep deprivation can cause moms to give up on breastfeeding, are short-tempered with their children and spouse, fall into bad sleep habits, have a slower physical reaction time that can cause car accidents and slows their metabolism down causing them to gain weight. Read more »
Calming a Baby to Sleep
Your pregnant and probably have read all the baby books available, but did you know that each cry a baby makes has a different meaning? A Sleep Easy has determined ways in calming a baby to sleep by understanding their cries. Overtime, you’ll recognize each cry as if it were a spoken word. The following are common reasons why your baby’s cries. Read more »
Easy Sleep Baby
Two easy sleep baby methods on the market today are the Secrets of the Baby Whisperer method and The Happiest Baby on The Block method. The baby whisperer’s sleep method makes use of the concept E.A.S.Y. which stands for Eat, Activity, Sleep and You. Tracy Hogg’s book, Secrets of the Baby whisperer talks about how to calm a fussy child with techniques that help them get the rest and support for a good night’s sleep. Dr. Karp creator of The Happiest Baby on The Block states that there are 5 S components; Swaddling, Side/Stomach position, Shushing sounds, Swinging and Sucking, when used together, work amazingly well to calm a crying baby and in many cases help them go to sleep with no fuss. To summarize a little about each: Read more »
How to Make Baby Sleep Easy
How to make baby sleep easy isn’t an exact science as newborns need to sleep 16 or more hours a day with stretches of just one to two hours at a time. This type of sleep known as a polyphasic sleep pattern may seem erratic at first as the parents will need to adjust their monophasic sleeping habits. One the child can distinguish the difference between night and day and their nervous system matures they will sleep longer between feedings. By age 3 months they will sleep five hours at a time and by 6 months of age hopefully they will sleep nine to twelve hours during the night. Read more »
Techniques for Bedtime Separation Anxiety
In most homes infants sleep in their parents room especially if they are breast fed. This is convenient for both mommy and baby and generally will continue until the child sleeps through the night. Separation anxiety usually occurs when the child is in their own room or even in a bedroom they share with other siblings. A panic response arises out of a feeling that they are not safe as parents are considered their protectors and separation from them heightens the child’s nighttime fears of abandonment. What can parents do?........... Read more »
Easy Sleeping Methods for Baby
Putting your child (children) to bed can be one of the hardest parts of being a parent, as children will usually come up with every trick in the book to stay up even if it is just a few minutes longer. Even some infants suffer from parent separation anxiety. If you have an infant or toddler that has a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep, I have provided some helpful time-tested tips and techniques for nighttime parenting. Read more »