Our last giveaway is a new book about helping your baby get a good night’s sleep — from newborn to school age. It’s called The Happy Sleeper and it takes a fresh look at the topic of children’s sleep that is grounded in research and new thinking in child development.
We all know that getting a good night’s rest isn’t only great for your child’s development, but it’s also really important to your mental health too. So here’s to happy sleeping for you and baby!
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What tip can you share with other readers about what you do to help get a good night’s sleep?
Good luck!
You must be 18 years or older to participate. To enter, just leave your comment below by 11:59pm Eastern time on Wednesday, 12/24/14. Winners will be chosen randomly on Thursday, 12/25/14, and will be notified soon after.
Getting a good night sleep is sooo hard. My son is 9 months old and still doesn’t sleep all night. But he absolutely loves to cuddle. We cuddle on the couch and he goes right to sleep. I love it. Its probably the best part of my day.
I think this applies to both children and adults – cutting out the electronics 1/2 hour before bed. Otherwise, you’re too amped up to shut down and get to sleep. At least, this has been my experience with both myself and my 3 year old!
Getting a good night’s is a challenge! The best advice I could give someone with babies or small children is to be flexible and roll with what works for you and your family, for right now. With little babies and kids, what works today might not work later, so try not to get too attached to whatever is happening today – it will likely change!
Having a special night time routine, engaging in calming and relaxing things towards the evening to start to settle down, and turning off electronics a few hours before bed time. I’m just embarking in this journey with a newborn, so it’s a work in progress.
To get a good nights sleep I like to read before going to bed.
No late night snacking.
I have a 6 & 1/2 y/o, a 4 y/o and a 3 week old so getting a good nights sleep sounds to me (right now) like it’s something only single people with no kids get! Lol! Somebody’s always awake! My once good sleepers have regressed during my pregnancy to waking all hours of the night again. Prepping us for a newborn again? Perhaps. For the baby, getting a “good nights sleep” means nursing on both sides til he pulls away because then he has a completely full belly. This takes well over an hour. That buys me a few hours til the next feeding. For my older kids we have the same wind down routine that starts with a warm tub with calming lavender bubbles (when they haven’t been poured out!), while they are in there we turn down the lights in the house and turn off any music or computers/tv. We try to straighten up rooms before the tub if possible to have a calmer sleeping environment. Then we put on cozy jammies and read some stories snuggled in bed. We’ll usually talk about a few things from the day. Especially if we had any issues where someone got in trouble or mom and dad got mad, etc and we always remind them how much we love them “even if we were upset earlier they are still loved and appreciated.” We try to make sure (even in our marriage) that no one goes to bed mad or feeling unloved or hurt by something from that day because then you’ll be up tossing and turning. Even the kids. This helps us reset as parents too and it helps remind us that they are just children after all. After stories we sing a song or two with the lights off. Then lots of “I love yous” and “I’m proud of you”, etc and then we say goodnight. Then cross our fingers that no one pops out a few minutes later needing something! It helps prolong a longer goodnight if we turn the lights off while we’re still in there and they feel calm with us in there rubbing their back or hair while singing with the lights off. Especially my 4 y/o who can have some issues with the dark. They also have a night light lovie that plays soothing music if they need it. This whole process also helps to calm my husband and I and helps us get ready for bed too. It is time consuming but we’ve had success and pretty good sleepers once we get past the baby/toddler stages. Then my husband and I try to have some will power and not undo it all by eating a bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream while staying up way too late watching a movie or Jimmy Fallon. Someday we’ll learn!
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