Big Kid
Big Kid Sleeping Troubles
A mom is looking for help for her child to fall asleep on her own at night. We have some advice for this once great sleeper.
Toddler
How Not to Play Your Toddler’s Nighttime Games
What should you do when your toddler winds up in your bed after waking in the middle of the night? We have been-there-done-that advice on how to handle this common parenting issue.
Baby
The 2 a.m. Party Animal (actually it’s an Awake Baby)
My six-month-old baby is wide awake at 2 a.m. and ready to party. I am ridiculously sleep-deprived because his sleep schedule is erratic thereafter. Help!
Toddler
Night Wakings and Early Wakings
A toddler is getting up in the middle of the night and now super duper early, too. Everyone in the house is sleep deprived. What can be done?
Toddler
The Super-Early Sleep Regression
A mom needs help deciphering her toddler’s nighttime sleep problem. Is this a sleep regression and what should she do about it?
Toddler
The Toddler Pajama Game
How does it work with transitioning toddlers out of the Zippadee Zip into pajamas for a restful night sleep?
Baby
The Pre-Dawn Pooper
A baby is waking up ridiculously early with a dirty diaper and its wreaking havoc on her work-out-of-home mom’s sleep schedule. We have some advice.
Toddler
Another Case of New Sibling Sleep Regression
What does new sibling sleep regression look like, how do you handle it, what are the pitfalls and more advice?
Baby
Low-Cry Sleep Training for Tension Increasers
A mom is exhausted because her baby has become a terrible sleeper. How does she get her baby back to sleep without rocking her for nearly an hour in the middle of the night? We have a plan for her baby that gets easily worked.
Toddler
How To Get Your Potty Training Toddler Back to Sleep
How do you help a potty training toddler go back to sleep after he wakes in the middle of the night to poop? We share some strategies.
Baby
The Return of Nighttime Nursing
My four-month-old baby is a great sleeper but is starting to need to be nursed back to sleep in the middle of the night. Am I setting up a bad sleep habit?
Baby
Mastering the Delicate Art of Drowsy-But-Awake
Amalah walks a mom through how to get an infant to back to sleep, in the middle of the night after a feeding, in that optimal drowsy state so the baby can fall asleep independently.
Toddler
Serving Up a Toddler Co-Sleeping Eviction Notice
How to you evict your toddler from your bed in the nicest way possible.
Toddler
The High-Energy Early Rising Toddler
An early morning toddler riser is wrecking havoc on his family’s sleep schedule and sanity. Is his high energy typical and a function of his sleep situation or something else?
Toddler
The Kid Who Sleeps in the Closet
A young child prefers to sleep in his bedroom’s small closet rather than his new big boy bed. The mom wonders whether she should be concerned?
Baby
The Sleep Survival Zone
A first-time mom is really concerned about her four-month old’s poor falling asleep sleep habits. But is it realistically the right time to effectively tackle sleep training?
Toddler
Big Kid Bed Escape Antics
A mom writes in for help with her previously champion sleeper who can now take up to 2 hours falling asleep on his own in his big kid bed.
Toddler
Toddler Bedtime Stalling Tactics
How do you handle a toddler who has become very effective at stalling bedtime?
Toddler
How to Build a Behavior Chart for Your Toddler
A mom wants to start a behavior reward chart for her toddler with whom she’s been working on staying in her own bed all night. At what age do you start one and how do you begin?
Toddler
Bedtime Meltdowns & Manipulation
A mom needs help with her toddler’s bedtime routine. He’s great at stalling and she is concerned because he is at the point where he can climb out of his crib. What should she do?