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Drowsiness

Just about every sleep book on the market mentions the word “drowsiness.” If we’re working with newborns, many books state that the goal is to put your newborn down at the first sign of drowsiness, but still awake. In most cases, that works just fine, but sometimes it doesn’t. I’m here today to talk about

False starts

You may know what I’m referring to here, when I refer to ‘false starts’, but just in case, let’s define it. Unless you’re exceptionally lucky, you’ve experienced one of the false starts first hand. You put your little one down for the night, they close their eyes, nod off, and then wake up again in

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Short naps

A common question that I am asked is, “why does my baby take such short naps?” There is no doubt that getting woken up constantly during the night is hard, however when your baby is taking short naps during the day, it can be just as problematic. Baby is missing out on vital sleep. Parents

How light and darkness affects sleep

Do you know what the opposite to ‘nocturnal’ is? That’ll be what we as humans are. ‘Diurnal’. In short, we take care of business during the day and get our much needed rest after the sun goes down. Let’s talk about how light and darkness affects sleep. Why we evolved this way is likely to