Raise your hand if this sounds familiar… Your fussy baby finally falls asleep for her afternoon nap and you sit down for that much needed cup of coffee and time to yourself, only to hear a car with a broken muffler roaring down the street. Just like that, Sleeping Beauty is wide awake and mad- NOT a good combination. Or maybe you are jarred from sleep at dawn by a wailing infant who was woken by the garbage truck banging the trash out of the cans. Environmental noises are a

Although being an early riser is an admirable quality, it is not seen as such an admirable quality to a worn out mom (or dad) of a baby who is waking up at 4:00 AM. So what can you do if your one-year old is waking way too early in the morning? (we are talking before 6:00 AM here). Let’s say your one-year-old starts waking up at 4:12 AM, and won’t go back to sleep even after you feed him. He then struggles to make it to his first nap of the day. Up until this frightful prob