Schedule / Routine
Inside: Multiple baby sleep schedules to help you find one that is right for you. Two month old, four month old, six month old and up to 14+ month sleep schedules included. In the first couple months, you’re home with a baby and they are super sleepy. It feels so easy. Like you’ve got this sleep thing down. A [...]
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10 Baby Sleep Tips That’ll Help Baby Sleep Longer Stretches
Sitting on the couch with my swollen legs propped up on pillows, I looked over at the stack of newborn baby sleep books on the coffee table. Over the course of several hours, I devoured each book, skimming through the pages. I was determined to learn how to make a newborn sleep. Then...my son was born. And....he didn't [...]
Top 3 Causes of Baby Sleep Disruptions (And How to Fix It)
Over the past year, we’ve worked through several bouts of sleep disruptions with our son. Our most recent set of sleep disruptions came after traveling from the United States to Japan. Everything went okay for the first week. And by okay, I mean it wasn’t perfect, but for the most part he was sleeping through the night. After [...]
Baby Sleep Disruptions: 3 Important Things to Rule Out
I remember during my entire pregnancy with my first born, my husband would lovingly joke that it was twins. My eyes would pierce him with an annoyed look because in my opinion, he had no idea what he was wishing for. See, I became a big sister at age 14 to twin brothers. And boy, oh boy, did I see my dad and step-mom struggling [...]
MilSpouse Life21 Things You May Experience Having a Baby With a Service Member
When husband and I were pregnant with our first baby together, we received orders to Iwakuni, Japan. The time table in which my husband was set to report to his new duty station was almost immediately after my due date. This meant, more than likely, he would move ahead of me and I would follow 6-8 weeks later or as soon as the [...]
Top 7 Challenges and Solutions for Parenting a Toddler and Newborn
In a way, I felt like I was dying a slow death. This was supposed to be a joyful and harmonious time in our lives. Yet, caring for a toddler and newborn challenged me in ways I never expected. I used to get my toddler fixed up with an activity and then sit down to nurse the baby. I’d finally have her settled and drifting off to [...]
5 Month Old Sample Routine for Busy Moms
Routines, rhythms and schedules are basically magic in our house. If you are looking for a 5 month old feeding schedule, this is a great place to start. My 5 sample daily toddler schedules post is one of the most popular here on the blog, so I wanted to share some of my baby sample schedules here as well. [...]
How to Help a Toddler Adjust After a New Baby
As I was folding laundry, my toddler reminded me, “Mama. Baby cry. Mama.” I continued folding. He continued reminding me. This is our new routine to help our toddler and newborn adjust. When we first brought our daughter home from the hospital, I was overwhelmed about how to help my toddler prepare for the new baby. I knew we [...]
What Science Tells Us About Co-Sleeping vs. Sleep-Training
Awake again with a baby in the middle of the night, watching heinous reruns of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (What else is on a 3 am?), you dream of the nights when you slept more than 2 consecutive hours in a row. You’re exhausted. You're a tired mom. After months of sleep deprivation and looking at endless baby sleep tips, you know [...]
Raising KidsHow to Survive Road Trips with Babies and Toddlers
We’re a family who road trips. We live 1000 miles from family, and so far our record for driving to visit them is four times in one year. That’s 8,000 miles of road. That’s a lot of Raffi. We started the kids young -- I think the earliest long trip was a 13-hour drive to Arizona when my son was barely two months old. It’s [...]
