Six Easy Ways to Help Baby Get Into a Sleep Routine

Try an early bedtime. Aim to start your dinner/bath/ routine between 5 and 6 p.m. to have baby in the crib by 7. Then consider a nap yourself, because most babies will sleep their longest and deepest stretches between now and midnight. Take a morning walk. Getting baby out in the sunshine will … [Read more…]

Mad that husband made baby cry herself to sleep

Q: I have a 4-month-old. I’m against making the baby cry himself to sleep and my husband agreed he was too. But today I fed the baby, went to run some errands and when I got back four hours later my baby was crying in the crib, my boobs started leaking everywhere and my husband said she’d been … [Read more…]

12 ways to help your baby sleep safely

A simple fan can reduce your baby's risk of dying of SIDS by 72%. Photo by Steve A. Johnson, used by Creative Commons license.

Don’t bring the baby into your bed if you or your partner smokes. The research associating cigarette smoke exposure and SIDS is strong. Amazingly, even if you or your partner only smokes outdoors and never around the baby, there are still enough harmful chemicals in a smoker’s exhaled breath to … [Read more…]

When Can I Give Baby Rice Cereal?

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When I can introduce diluted rice cereal into my son’s diet? Is it true that if your baby is fed rice cereal, he/she will sleep longer, because their tummy is full?” It’s not true that introducing solid foods will help a baby sleep longer. Being able to digest solid foods and sleeping for longer … [Read more…]

Baby hates tummy time

My son is 4 months old an when it comes to tummy time all he does is cry. What things can i do to get him to enjoy tummy time? Now my son also hates to be put down all he wants to do is stay in my lap and nothing else.What can i do to break this because i need some me time besides when he sleeps in … [Read more…]