Toddler Waking Up Too Early? Tips To Help!

Toddler Waking Up Too Early?

Toddler sleep is tough enough. Add in early rising on top of nighttime waking and short naps? That is a problem indeed! Early waking can be a particularly tough problem to tackle with toddlers, since they’re so much more mobile and (and often more strong-willed) than babies. While an early-rising baby will cry, an early-rising …

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5 Gentle Techniques For Managing Toddler Bedtime Stalling

5 Gentle Techniques For Managing Toddler Bedtime Stalling

Did you know I have a toddler at home? I do – she’s a beautiful, smart, funny little 2.5 year old. She’s amazing, and I adore her with every ounce of my being. Did you know that I have a toddler at home? I do – she’s a stubborn, defiant, strong-willed little tyrant. She’s exhausting, …

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How To Prepare Your Toddler or Preschooler (And Yourself!) For A New Baby

Let me tell you a story… 6.5 years ago, I was gigantically (and I do mean gigantically) pregnant with my oldest child. I had gained almost 70 pounds, and the baby was pressing on my sciatic nerve, so I walked with a pretty pronounced limp. I was exhausted all the time, I couldn’t take deep …

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Your Toddler’s Weird Self-Soothing Behaviors Explained

Let’s be honest for a moment. Our toddlers are cute — no doubt about that! But sometimes, their behavior is…well…weird. Picking their noses in public? Drinking the bathwater? Insisting on being naked at all times? Throwing tantrums over the color of their socks? Yeah…toddlers can be strange little people sometimes! And speaking of strange — …

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3 Signs Your Toddler Is Ready To Stop Napping and How To Transition to Rest Time

3 Signs Your Toddler Is Ready To Stop Napping and How To Transition to Rest Time

When do kids stop napping? Ever heard the expression ‘all good things must come to an end’? It proves true in many cases, doesn’t it? Good books, beach vacations, chocolate cake… sooner or later, good things end. We can add something else to this list – naps. It’s true! The naps that were (or perhaps …

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5 Tips for How To Handle Your Toddler’s Temper Tantrums (Especially Sleep-Time Tantrums!)

How To Handle Your Toddler’s Temper Tantrums

One of the toughest things about raising a toddler has got to be, without a doubt, the tantrums. Few things can make a parent’s blood pressure rise like a full-blown, ear-splitting, kicking-and-screaming tantrum. And a tantrum that happens in public? Like in the middle of Target on the Saturday before Christmas, when what seems like …

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How to Handle Your Toddler’s or Preschooler’s Nightmares and Night Terrors: Part One

Handling Your Child's Nightmares & Night Terrors

As a parent, you’ve probably had some experience with your baby or toddler waking in the middle of the night. And if you’ve read many of our Baby Sleep Site® blog articles or free guides, you’ve likely learned a lot about what can cause night waking: sleep associations, hunger, teething, illness, schedule problems, etc. Here’s …

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