This week’s question is from Sam, who asks: “Is it normal for an 8 week old to sleep only short naps throughout the day? Around 30-1 hour?” For further info, please refer to my following articles: https://sleepplaylove.wpengine.com/solutions-catnapping-baby/ https://sleepplaylove.wpengine.com/getting-routine/ https://sleepplaylove.wpengine.com/sleep-requirements-age/ https://sleepplaylove.wpengine.com/teething-symptoms-solutions/ https://sleepplaylove.wpengine.com/salvage-sleep-clutches-teething-illness-leaps/

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Just when many of us finally feel we are getting some predictability with sleeping patterns…. BANG! Along comes the Four Month Sleep Regression! In Wonder Weeks terms, this also equates to Mental Leap 4: Events (which starts between 14.5-19.5 weeks). If you are going through this, you may find some comfort in knowing that this developmental leap is Universal. Frustration,…

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There are many reasons why our toddlers may start resisting naps and bedtime. From experience, if this is a gradual change (over a few days or more), then usually this can be attributed to routine (call for a change in routine,  having been out of routine, or lack of routine), or a behavioural/emotional response to a particular life…

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Pre-kids, I had no idea of the magnitude that sleep (or the lack thereof) would impact my life. There is a plethora of information at our fingertips, telling us when our baby should be sleeping through the night; and if we don’t meet these expectations, then we somehow feel like a failure of a parent – or something must be wrong…

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Every time I mention developmental milestones to weary, sleep deprived parents, I see them cringe; usually, because these ‘milestones’ generally equate to irritability, sleep regression, and heightened clinginess (aka a parental nightmare). But these times are also an essential period of great growth, development, maturity, and learning cool new skill sets which form the foundations for all physical capabilities,…

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