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{Wouldn’t she love to sleep in our big bed?!} After our first night home from the hospital, I absolutely dreaded nightime. Because night with a newborn meant a crying baby, no sleep, struggling to breastfeed with a co-sleeper wedged between Mr. H and me. Baby H cried whenever she was set down and busted out [...]

Choosing to sleep-train was a really emotional decision for us. If you remember, I talked about the evolution of my thought-process regarding baby sleep in an earlier post; at that time I was definitely opposed to sleep-training and even now after having done it – I wouldn’t have done it that early anyhow. When I [...]

We’re going to launch at least one new Series every single day. Today’s Series features 8 posts on Sleep Training. We’ll be publishing separate Series on nap training and general sleep, so stay tuned! PS – You can favorite Series pages and comment on them too, just like you can on a blog post!

Back in March, I wrote a post on the book Bed Timing, which says that the most important factor when it comes to sleep training is when you do it. The authors say that because all babies go through predictable developmental stages, sleep training at particular ages ensures the best success. According to the book, [...]

Flashback: This post was originally written on June 16, 2012, before I eventually decided to sleep train. ~~~  I knew back when I was pregnant not to expect too much sleep when Baby Cobi arrived. But I definitely expected those milestone moments I see every other parent boast about, “Baby A slept 6 hours last [...]

I’m a little nervous writing this post because it isn’t filled with fun facts or even book recommendations.  We really struggled on how to sleep train Chloe, and did not agree in approach or method.  Papa Jumper is a fan of the Ferber Method, and I’m a fan of the “I will not let my [...]

Sleep Training Noelle: Part I In Part I, I mentioned that we mostly slept with Noelle on our chests, and was in basic survival mode by just doing whatever we could to get some sleep.  I was breastfeeding, so my husband couldn’t help with feedings in the middle of the night (plus he went back [...]