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Backpacking with a Baby, Part Two
Read about Charlotte's experience backpacking with a baby. Based on our experience, these are the tips that made this trip work for our family: Pack light. We traveled as minimalist as we could to enable...
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Young Children and Early Morning Waking
Parents are in good company if their child is having early morning wakings – which I would define as waking before 6:00 or 6:30am. This is quite a common parental complaint and unfortunately one of the more...
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Sleep and Pacifier Use
My 6 month old used to sleep through the night until a few weeks ago. Now he wakes up at least 3 or 4 times whenever his soother falls out! All I need to do is put it back in and sure enough he goes right...
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The Nap-Resister: When Your Child Needs a Nap but Won’t Take One
Daytime naps might last just a few short hours, but they can affect all twenty-four hours of a child’s day. Naps can improve a child’s...
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Sleep Terrors or Nightmares: What Parents Can Do
If you are still trying to figure out whether your child is experiencing sleep terrors or nightmares, see: Sleep Terrors and Nightmares: How Can You...
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Behavioural Night Wakings in Young Children
Night wakings in young children (and even adults) are very common and often the result of ‘poor’ or negative learned sleep associations...
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The Volcano Effect: Why Skipping a Nap Results in Meltdown
From the moment your child wakes in the morning he is slowly using up the benefits of the previous night’s sleep. He wakes up totally...
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A Baby Cries
Imagine for a moment that you have been abducted by space ship to a distant planet and you are surrounded by giant strangers whose language you do not speak. Two of those strangers take you under their care...
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Parenting Your Child to Sleep
Your baby is no longer a newborn and many parents are ready to start sleeping for longer stretches at night. Although most older infants are biologically ready to sleep for longer durations at night, many...
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Establishing Healthy Sleep Habits in Your 0-3 Month Old
If you are a sleep deprived parent of a newborn or young infant you are in good company! According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2004...
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Looking Back: Newborns
About Feeding... Breastfeeding can be hard and does not come naturally to everyone. Asking for help does not mean you failed. [oppmommy] Your baby won’t starve itself....your baby...
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Moving from crib to bed
When your child moves from crib to bed it’s a milestone in his life as well as yours. There is no precise time for making this move, though typically it’s between the first and third birthday. The key...
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Eight Best Sleep Strategies: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Sleep scientists have identified eight sleep strategies that are effective in encouraging healthy sleep habits in babies and young...
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Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
The environment that your baby enjoyed for nine long months in the womb was not one of absolute quiet. There was a constant symphony of sound -...
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My Sleep Book
Once your baby is over a year old, she begins to understand more about life. She is probably able to follow simple instructions, such as, "Please put this on the shelf." Most babies at this age...
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