{"id":9537,"date":"2016-06-21T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=9537"},"modified":"2024-02-10T01:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T06:48:03","slug":"baby-sleeping-tips-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/baby-sleeping-tips-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Sleeping tips from the expert & a Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter what we hear and what advice we receive before having kids, nothing truly prepares us for the real deal. I would say that the hardest part for me was the lack of sleep. Or more accurately, the interrupted sleep! I remember waking up a few days after my oldest son Kyle was born and checking in with my mom. When I told her that I got a total of 5 hours of sleep, it didn’t sound too bad. What I forgot to mention was that I woke up three to four times throughout a\u00a09 hour period. They say that sleep deprivation is a form of torture, and now I get it. I feel like I’ll be spending the rest of my life trying to catch up on all of those sleepless nights. Granted, it was all well worth it, but complaining about it helps.<\/p>\n

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Of course, you shouldn’t have to “suffer” for long, and while your baby won’t have much of a sleep schedule or routine in the first 3 to 4 months of their life, there is a way to help you both sleep better at night. At a recent event, sleep expert Alanna McGinn from Goodnight sleepsite<\/a>, shared some tips with new parents and Olympic athletes Mark Oldershaw and Annamay Pierse who continue to balance parenting, training and sleeping (both for themselves and their baby girl).<\/p>\n

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Four Key Sleep Tools<\/p>\n

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  1. Create Your Baby’s Sleep Sanctuary<\/strong>: Ensure your baby’s sleep environment is set for a good night’s sleep. This entails a room that is dark, quiet and the ideal room temperature. Use white noise machine, noise cancelling wall panels<\/a>, and black out blinds to achieve ultimate sleep success. If you want sleep solutions tailored to your baby’s specific needs, you should consider hiring Luna Leaps – Baby Sleep Consultant<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Introduce a Calming Bedtime Routine<\/strong>: For our family, this typically includes a bath, putting on Pampers diapers, pyjamas, stories and tuck-ins. Your bedtime routine may look different but the key is to make it consistent. Consider hiring baby sleep coaches<\/a> to help you train your baby to sleep and improve his\/her sleeping pattern.<\/li>\n
  3. Make Naps a Priority During Daytime<\/strong>: Personally I had a hard time getting Kyle on a nap schedule but when I figured it out with Ryan and Nathan, it was completely life changing. Not only were they in better moods during the day and it helped them sleep better at night, but it gave me a few hours of “freedom”. I only wish that Ryan\u00a0napped longer than\u00a0three-years!<\/li>\n
  4. Choose a Sleep Method for Your Family<\/strong>: Whatever plan you choose, you have to commit to it. You need to feel comfortable and hopefully easy for you to implement. I know I remember when we sleep trained Kyle at 6 months, I was 100% committed to sticking to the plan, no matter how “hard” it go listening to him cry. But guess what, it worked? And after 3 nights of following the plan, he\u00a0learned to fall asleep on his own and slept through the night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Another important part of the sleep routine is ensuring that you use great diapers like pampers to keep you baby dry and leek-proof through the night. The last thing you need is a mid-sleep wake-up call because you baby is wet.<\/p>\n

    Giveaway<\/h3>\n

    To help you and your baby get a good night’s sleep, I’ve teamed up with Pampers to give away a $50 Pampers Prize Pack. Enter the giveaway via Rafflecopter (please\u00a0give it a\u00a0few seconds to load).\u00a0\u00a0Contest is open to all residents of Canada.\u00a0 Contest ends Thursday June 30, 2016.<\/p>\n

    a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a>
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