How Light Impacts Your Little One's Sleep

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How Light Impacts Your Little One's Sleep

When it comes to sleep, there are so many factors that might be impeding your little one’s ability to just fall asleep easily when they’re tired. Their hormone levels may be out of balance, they may be in some kind of physical discomfort, too hot or too cold, they may be overtired or not tired enough…there are lots of possibilities! However, one thing I can tell you that we often underestimate how much light impacts ours little ones’ sleep

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Why Is My Baby Having False Starts?

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Why Is My Baby Having False Starts?

Many of us have been there…you finally get your baby down for the night after a long day and settle in for some “me time” when bam, they’re awake again 30 minutes later. This is what we refer to a “false start” in the sleep world. False starts can happen for a variety of reasons so let’s look at a few common culprits.

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Crib Party at 3 a.m. AKA Split Nights

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Crib Party at 3 a.m. AKA Split Nights

We all wake up several times a night as we transition through sleep cycles. But sometimes our little ones wake up in the middle of the night and are really up…sometimes for hours. This isn’t the typical middle of the night “go in and comfort or feed baby for ten minutes and then he goes back to sleep” wakeup. This is a full-blown 3:00 a.m. party. These wakes up are often referred to as split nights, and are characterized by a long stretch of sleep, followed by a waking of more than an hour where baby is happy and energetic, and then eventually back to sleep again. Let’s take a quick look at why this happens and what the solutions are.

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