At 2am as 9 month old Amy cries out for the fifth time that night, her mum staggers down the passage, her mind dim with sleep and feels around in Amy’s cot for her dummy, wishing that just once, she could sleep for longer than 3 hours at a stretch. She is baffled by her […]
Night feeds are simply a part of early parenting. All babies need them in the early days and all babies outgrow them in time. What you should expect at different ages? Prem or sick babies sick and under weight babies If your baby is born with higher needs than most babies, for instance if your […]
Nothing and no one can prepare you for the feeling of sleep deprivation – the relentless torture of a baby waking at night. You probably expected to wake for night needs at first, but when you are three months or more down the line and still dealing with endless night wakings you understandably may wonder […]
When looking for reasons why your baby is waking at night, you need to also rule out separation anxiety. Sleep is your very first separation from your baby and from day one, it creates anxiety for many mothers. For this reason, you may have chosen to have your baby in your room for the first […]
Habits in any area of life have a way of sneaking their way in: one day they were not there and suddenly one day you wake up and a habit has developed over time, without you noticing! Before classifying any habit as good or bad, it is important to know a few things: Habits do […]
You have just dropped off to sleep and through a haze of dreams hear your baby cry out again for a feed. Your blood turns cold and you ask how is it possible and how long did she stretch this time. But you are up and awake and blearily stagger across to her to feed […]
Feeding and sleep are the two biggest subjects of infancy so it is no surprise that when it comes to getting a good night sleep, the issue of ‘when to feed at night’ is the most frequent question. When will my baby stop needing night feeds? In the early days your newborn needs nutritional support […]