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Can we just talk about this sleep regression? I talk a lot here about the 4-month sleep regression (when you feel bewildered and bleak), the 8-9-month sleep regression (when you feel defeated and hopeless), and the 18-month sleep regression (when you feel insulted and irate). But I haven’t talked much about the 3-year sleep regression. [...]

Cat writes: “You’ve written a number of times about sleep regression at four months and eight months. Since we’re a few weeks away from four months, I was wondering what exactly is sleep regression? Are there theories as to what causes it, like some developmental milestone that all kids hit at the same time? How [...]

2 Week Old Newborn Development: Peek-a-Boo! Your Baby Sees You! Baby staring at you like she’s had one too many margaritas? No worries, she may look a little loopy, but she’s fine! Even though she’s still too small to focus perfectly on your gorgeous face, she definitely knows it’s you staring right back at her. [...]

Lately I’ve been bombarded by questions about 3-year-olds and their sleep habits. I’ve been trying to figure out a pattern, but the only thing I can put together is something like this: 1. Right around age 3, many kids go to sleep decently with a routine, whether that routine is fast and easy (PJs, brush [...]

3 Week Old Newborn Development: Baby Love Your baby may be keeping hours like a security guard on the nightshift, but this will change in the coming weeks. Gradually she’ll start sleeping through the night. Maybe not quite the 12 hours straight you’re dreaming of, but at least long enough for you to finish that [...]

Eric writes: “I have been pouring over various entries in your blog for a while now and decided to ask you a few questions. Based on different books (Ferber, Weissbluth, etc.) and doctor recommendations, my wife and I tried CIO and it was miserable…for us and our son. It didn’t feel right and we were [...]

After 3 kids, and advice from my hubby’s native Autie. I learned of the benefits of The Ancient Art of Swaddling! This is a tried a true baby calmer. If you say pish, posh, my babe can’t stand to be swaddled, can;t stand to have his arms not within sucking range. Then you have not [...]

Everyone is giving you good advice: Swaddle her and put her in a bassinet beside your bed. Swaddler blankets are really nice, they make swaddling a breeze. Music helps my daughter, so she sleeps with my mp3 player on the nightstand next to her. Always put her on her back to sleep, SIDS is most [...]

My first DD did this for the first 3 weeks of her life – it was horrible. I feel for you – I was tired and overwhelmed – I hated the thought of evening and night coming…then one afternoon I sat on the sofa after feeding her and laid her on her belly over my [...]

Ashley, I know exactly where you are coming from!!!! My baby (2 days younger than yours) also has never been one to simply drift off to sleep. We say, Evelyn doesn’t *go* to sleep, she has to *be put* to sleep. At different stages in her life, this has involved nursing, bouncing on the ball, [...]