How Much Waketime Does My Baby Need?

Whether you’re dealing with short naps, early morning wakings, or just trying to get your baby on an age appropriate schedule, figuring out an appropriate waketime is really important. The right amount of wake time helps baby hit the right amount of sleep pressure - not overtired or undertired. This leads to great, long naps and sound nighttime sleep.

There is no perfect waketime for every age but, we’ve done our best to help with this chart of waketimes by age. It will help you know about how long your baby should be awake before they need to sleep and when those times start to change. And our secret is to always err on the shorter side if you aren’t sure. It is much easier to extend your baby’s wake time tomorrow than it is to deal with an overtired baby who was up too long. Remember, sleep begets sleep, keeping your baby up will not help them sleep longer!

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Get Good Sleep at Daycare!

Let's chat DAY CARE! We know this can be a huge topic and decision for families. There are lots of emotions surrounding this, but one thing we want to assure families of is that BABY CAN STILL BE AN AWESOME SLEEPER AT DAYCARE--in fact, they often become the best little sleepers! 🎉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The fact that daytime sleep and nighttime sleep use different parts of the brain really works in our favor in these situations. Babies can master nighttime sleep and have great nighttime sleep even if you are not able to control or monitor naps closely at daycare. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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VIDEO - How to Stop the 45 Minute Intruder

If you have a baby, you probably have struggled with short naps at one time or another. Sometimes called the 45 minute visitor or 45 minute intruder, the phenomenon of your baby waking up after 45 minutes unable to go back to sleep is a situation we deal with all the time when working with families!

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Beating the 45 Minute Visitor

How to avoid the dreaded 45 minute intruder and help your baby stop taking short naps so they can get the sleep they need! Long naps help baby prepare for a good night sleep and keep them from getting overtired. Hear from Elizabeth King, a professional sleep consultant and the founder of Sleep Baby Sleep Consulting about how to help your child extend their naps.

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