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Hi Just reading the messages on here regarding this issue. My lo is 6mths old. He pretty much sleeps through the night from about 7-7 as long as he’s eaten all his meals during the day! lunchtime nap however is a different story. We;re doing the Gina Ford routine so he sleeps for 30 mins [...]

While you may feel you’re suddenly the parent of a whirling dervish — or Superman, who can get by without any sleep at all — it sounds like you have an overtired toddler on your hands. That’s right: Even though he fights it like the dickens, he’s really in need of a serious nap. He’s [...]

Yep, I’ve been there too, the last poster gave some excellent suggestions. She was less fussy, that when we were more attentive to burping and minimizing gas. My daughter would not take a pacifier ( I don’t personally like them ), but now at 6 months she finds her thumb and that helps soothe her [...]

This is one a series of frequently asked questions about babies and sleep answered by Ann Douglas, author of Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Approach for Each Age and Stage. For answers to other baby sleep questions, consult the archives of this blog and the baby sleep questions FAQ [...]

What’s Stopping Baby’s Slumber? My son, Zachary, spent the better part of his first week on this planet asleep, and my husband and I took all the credit. We’re second-time parents: We know what we’re doing this time! Everything is so much easier! And then Zachary woke up. The next few months were a blur [...]

HELP! My Baby Won’t Sleep! Remember when you used to lay down, close your eyes, and just sleep? Remember when Saturdays meant you could sleep in? Remember when you were woken up by an alarm clock rather than a crying baby? When baby doesn’t sleep, no one sleeps, and while it is natural for young [...]

When She’s Too Attached to You He can’t nod off without you. Whether you rock him or pat his back until he drifts off, your baby has become dependent on your presence to fall asleep. Sleep solutions: Don’t abandon him entirely. Instead, gradually spend less time in his room each night and use a transitional [...]

Our five-month-old daughter has trouble going to sleep on her own. We put her down in her crib when she starts getting sleepy, but almost instantly she starts to scream until we pick her up. We have tried pacifiers, lullaby tapes, and rocking, but she insists on being walked. This is wearing us out. Help! [...]

Berkeley Parents Network Home Members Post a Msg Reviews Advice Subscribe Help/FAQ What’s New Baby Won’t Sleep in the Crib Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Baby Won’t Sleep in the Crib Questions 5-month-old sleeps in his crib at night but won’t nap there 3-month-old naps everywhere but crib Related Pages Baby will [...]

The book said that by four months all kinds of amazing things would start to happen. By six months there was every likelihood, if I did things right, that my new baby would start to settle himself, they call it self comforting. The book is wrong. My baby won’t sleep. I’ve tried all those convincing [...]