Developmental Milestones
The four month sleep regression
Just when many of us finally feel we are getting some predictability with our newborn’s sleeping patterns…. BANG! Along comes the four-month sleep regression! In Wonder Weeks language, this equates to Mental Leap 4, which starts between 14.5-19.5 weeks. If you are experiencing this, you may find some comfort in knowing that this developmental leap is Universal. Frustration, exhaustion, tears,…
Read MoreBaby won’t sleep? Here’s 30 reasons why…
Sleep is the among the most talked about, and contentious of topics for mums to be, new parents, and even the most experienced of parents. What most of us have in common, is that we are not getting enough, we worry that our children are not getting enough, and lack of sleep can often lead to an unhappy…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Six Months
Ok…. So I know I said I was moving Jett into his own room. Well I did. What I failed to mention though, is that I am now sleeping on a mattress in his room. Not out of necessity, not out of habit, not out of (his) separation anxiety. Nope; for no other reason than…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Five Months
For young babies, symptoms of developmental leaps, teething, and illness (and their affect on sleep) can be frustratingly similar, blurring the boundaries of which point each one begin, and where they end. Often confusion sets for us as parents, and how we *should* respond to them at these times. This sums up my experience of 5 months rather…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Four Months
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,…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Twelve
Many will claim that things magically get better from the three month mark. I don’t know if it is so much as magic as a lot of long nights, early mornings, and blood, sweat and tears in the process; literally! The main improvement I notice as the weeks go by, is Jett’s consistency with night sleeps. I…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Eight
Sleeping through the night (STN): is there such thing when you become a parent? Or is it just a fallacy? ..Well, yes, and no. See.. The more kids you have, the lower your probability of STN; and as Muphys Law would have it, the nights all of your kids sleep through without a peep, you’ll be awake, wired and unable…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Six
Parenthood is a constant string of first experiences; for our children also. This week, Jett caught his first cold. Poor little guy sounds like a pot bellied pig when he is feeding, and we can now add snoring like a freight train to his night-time repertoire (among the dulcet tones of farting, squirming, and grunting). He refuses…
Read MoreToddler resisting bedtime? here’s why, and what you can do
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…
Read MoreDevelopmental milestones by age
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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