Advice Smackdown Update: Sleep Training & the Older Sibling
An update from a sleep deprived mom on what advice worked for her on safely sleep training her infant son whose night waking and cries were disturbing her older daughter’s sleep.
An update from a sleep deprived mom on what advice worked for her on safely sleep training her infant son whose night waking and cries were disturbing her older daughter’s sleep.
A new mom knows she is unlikely able to breastfeed exclusively and will need to introduce a baby bottle. How soon can you introduce a bottle it to a breastfed baby.
What is the routine, schedule, or general guidelines for when infant feeding and sleeping should happen for 12- week old babies?
What is the etiquette when babies play (and therefore mouth) toys from shared and public play spaces?
A new mom is concerned that their baby prefers her husband. Is this normal? What should she do?
This new and first-time mother is upset and sad because her breastfeeding relationship with her baby has come to an end sooner than she expected.
A three-and-a-half-month old champion sleeper is now waking up every two hours during the night. Is this a sleep regression and how should the parents handle it?
An expectant mom has decided that she will not breastfeed and will start formula feeding her baby right after s/he is born. She needs advice on how to handle the potential aggressive and judgey behavior she may encounter at the hospital from doctors, nurses and lactation consultants.
A first time mom needs help putting some comments about her larger baby’s size into perspective.
A new mom who is exclusively pumping is looking for advice on how to increase her breast milk production.
A mom needs help because her 7 month old baby is going on a solid food strike after a recent illness. What should she do?
A mom of a young baby is considering a daycare option close to her new work opportunity rather than her home. Is it a doable option?
A FTM mom is not ready to wean her breastfed infant but needs a break from the non-stop nursing when she is home from her her part-time work. What are her options?
A dad needs help with this baby’s sleep schedule and getting the baby to sleep in longer. The baby wakes up too early and no one (including the baby) is happy about it.
The mom of an infant is having a super hard time with her night wakings and she needs help establishing a healthy sleep plan for her baby daughter.
A first-time mom (FTM) needs some general newborn sleep advice but more specifically wants to know about our love for the magic that is the crib soother.
A mom needs advice on how to smoothly transition her 5 month old baby from co-sleeping to the crib and to do so with a toddler in the house.
A mom is having a very hard time with getting her champion nighttime eight-month-old sleeper to nap during the day. Both mom and baby are miserable and cranky by day’s end. Is there a solution?
A nine month old baby is refusing to drink his bottle and instead waking up more often in the middle of the night hungry, right at the developmental stage when his parents were expecting to get more, not less sleep.
A mom who wants to try the Ferber Method sleep training with her six month old is concerned about her guilt.