Tips to Help Your Baby Sleep Better
Instilling Good Sleep Habits in Your Baby
by Visa Shanmugam
If you are a first time parent, congratulations! You have brought this tiny little human being home and it is your sole responsibility to care, feed and teach everything you know to him/her. It can be extremely overwhelming and despite all the child birth classes that you have taken and books you have read, it still doesn’t fully prepare you for the task ahead. No matter how much you prep, you learn by doing when it comes to taking care of a little one. But, a little bit of education and knowledge goes a long way in calming fears and building confidence.
Facts about Infant Sleep
- It is a well known fact that infants (0-3 months) need a lot of sleep. In fact, they sleep 16-18 hours in a 24 hour cycle, however the longest stretch they sleep is 2-3 hours. It doesn’t mirror an adult’s sleep habits, hence the reason that parents of newborns are so sleep deprived and tired.
Simplifying Parenting
Simplifying Parenting from the Start:
Me + You = Us
by Cynthia Frosch, PhD
In the current climate, many families are choosing to scale back, live more simply, and prioritize. Moving to a larger home or spending money on a nursery may be beyond the reach of many families expecting a new baby. What can new and expecting parents do to simplify the transition to parenthood? Let’s address three key – and free! – investments all parents can make from the start.
Life After the NICU
How to continue helping NICU parents after baby comes home
by Kerrie McLouglin
You’d think that once a family got home with their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) baby they would be home free, right? After all, their baby isn’t hooked up to multiple monitors, doesn’t have IVs sticking out of every part of its body, and the parents don’t have to travel to and from the hospital every day anymore. So why do the parents still seem so stressed out? Read on to find out about some special challenges of and how to take care of these special parents and babies.
5 Ways to Bounce Back After Baby
After baby comes, what’s next?
By Kerrie McLoughlin
There’s so much more to bouncing back after having a baby than simply losing baby weight. I’ve been there and want you to know that you CAN not only get back to yourself, but you can become a BETTER version of you! Read on to see the 5 areas I found it important to focus on: