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Solutions for babies waking when the dummy falls out
Has your little one become quite attached to their dummy and now needs it to fall asleep day and night? Dummies can be really effective settling tools, but when you have to get up every time it falls out to replace it,...
Sleep training approaches and alternatives
Sleep training is a topic that is usually loaded with emotions, opinions, controversy, conflicting advice, and a multitude of approaches that make different claims. One popular belief about sleep training is that it equates...
Sleep training: Weighing up the potential risks and benefits
Many parents consider sleep training their baby at some stage. It's especially common when babies start having more wakeful periods, which is on average, at around 4 months, 8-10 months, 12 months, 18 months, and then at 24...
Baby Sleep Routine 10 – 12 months
What to expect when your baby is between 10 - 12 months establishing a sleep routine:
Sleep & Awake Times
Time
Sleep or Awake
6.30 am (ish)
Start the day with breakfast. Depending on your child.
½...
Baby Routine 8 -10 months
What to expect when your baby is between 8 -10 months establishing a routine:
Stevens H. (2012) Safe Sleep Space 3rd ed. Rebus Press Australia. P. 92)
Sleep & Awake Times
Time
Sleep or Awake
6.30 am )...
Baby Routine 6-8 months
What to expect when your baby is between 6-8 months establishing a routine:
Sleep & Awake Times
Time
Sleep or Awake
6.30 am (ish)
Start the day with a milk feed
7.00 am (ish)
Breakfast cereal ...
When will Baby Stop waking for Overnight Feeds
A baby will stop waking for overnight feeds when they are no longer needing a feed or your reassurance.
Most babies will be able to take more milk around the same time the circadian rhythm hormones become influential.
...
Baby Routine – Birth to 3 months
There is enormous variation in the patterns of newborns but what is essential to understand is that;
Feeding; the times between feeds varies enormously in newborn infants, however as the weeks pass a more predictable,...
Baby Routine 3-6 months
What to expect when your baby is between 3-6 months establishing a routine:
Sleep & Awake Times
Time
Sleep or Awake
6.30 am (ish)
Start the day with a feed
1¼ to 2 hours later
Watch for tired...
What is a Normal Baby Routine?
Ahhh routine, love them or hate them, everyone seems to want to know "What is a Normal Baby Routine?".
It is crucial to remember what is NORMAL:
newborns do not ‘do’ routine because they are still maturing and...
Behavioural Patterns For Babies up to 12 months
Crying babies are not emotionally able to problem solve then calm themselves, hec, some adults still struggle with that, so be realistic.
Babies need cuddles when distressed, and when calm can be positioned in a safe place...
Baby Sleep Routines
Routine, love them or hate them, everyone seems to want to know “What is a Normal Baby Routine?”. Here NBB Expert Helen Stevens looks at routines for baby from 0-12mths.
When to transition from two naps to one
During the early years of a child's life, nap timings and duration are in a continuous state of change. After a newborn period of all-day napping, babies eventually settle into a regular three-nap-a-day routine before moving...
