

Nudging the Nap
A Mom's Survival Guide to Nap Transitions Honestly I don't know what is more brutal, up all night with a baby who won't sleep or spending the entire day trying to get a little one to nap to no avail. I know the latter all too well and unfortunately the reason for my endless struggle to get my second son to nap was me having little to no information on sleep. Poor Kyle was 23 months old and would stand in the crib and scream for 20 minutes when I put him down for his afternoo


The Whys and Hows of Longer Naps
Tell me if this scenario sounds at all familiar… Your baby wakes up in the morning after a solid night’s sleep. You feed her, change her, play with her for a little bit, take her for a walk outside, then rock her to sleep and put her gently into her crib for her morning nap. And then, 30 minutes later, much to your dismay she wakes up fussy and irritable and refuses to go back to sleep. So after half an hour of trying to put her back down, you finally give in, hoping she