Mama, did you know that you don’t have to wait for months and months to teach your baby how to sleep? Did you know that with my method, you can literally start the sleep training process as early as 4 weeks old?
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but... you cannot spoil a newborn!
As a baby sleep consultant and mother of 4, I want to ASSURE you that you absolutely cannot spoil a newborn and there’s no such thing as snuggling your newborn too much:)
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Have you ever noticed that somehow everyone becomes a "baby expert" overnight when you're a new mom? 😂 From "You should try this!" to "Back in my day..."—we've heard it all!
Here are just a few that have been said to me personally:
"When are you planning to have your next child?" (I ran away crying because we were in the thick of infertility)
"You look SO tired!" Thanks? I gave birth 3 days ago and haven’t slept since because of medical complications.
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In my professional opinion, the easiest way to prepare your baby for daylight savings is to siimply move your baby’s schedule up by 10-15 minutes per day this week leading up to Sunday, March 10th.
By the time you switch the clocks, your kids will be right on track and they won’t even know the difference!
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You’ve just spent 30 minutes rocking, bouncing and swaying your baby to sleep, then went through the careful process of setting them down and walking away as slowly and quietly as possible so they don’t wake up.
You close the door behind you, let out a sigh of relief, only to hear your baby crying 30 minutes later😅. The worst part!? You have to repeat this process no less than 7 times throughout the night and neither of you get sleep.
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One of the most common concerns parents have is that their baby will only nap if they are holding them. This causes a lot of stress for parents because they feel like if they hold their baby for naps, it will form bad habits and their baby will never learn how to sleep.
I have good news for you: holding your baby for naps will not form bad habits, and it’s totally okay to soak up those snuggles!
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard someone say “Never wake a sleeping baby!”. I know I have! But the truth is, there are actually a lot of situations in which you should wake a sleeping baby. Why? Because if your baby is getting too much sleep during the day, it’s going to be very hard for them to feel tired enough to sleep at night!
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If you are on step 3 in The Sleep Fairy Way Method and are eliminating night feedings by slowly pushing feedings back, apply “binky duty”, as I like to call it. This means you offer the binky instead of a feed for 10-15 minutes per waking. After those 10-15 minutes, if baby is still awake, go ahead and feed your baby.
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“Should I push my baby’s bedtime back so they sleep in later?”
If your baby is older than 12 weeks, pushing baby’s bedtime back can actually cause MORE night wakings and/or earlier morning wake times.
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Taking on bedtime with a toddler and a newborn has the potential to feel like a marathon, especially if you’re doing it alone! I have four babies of my own, so I’ve done this a time or two! I wanted to share some tips that help make bedtime easier on all of us.
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We’ve all been there…you get invited to dinner at 7pm on a Friday night. The problem? Your baby goes to bed at 7pm! You don’t want to miss out, but you also don’t want your baby to get overtired, or worse, completely ruin their sleep! Sound familiar?
If so, you’re not alone! As a baby sleep consultant, I’m here to tell you that you’re totally allowed to take your baby out late every now and then, and that it is not going to ruin their sleep. You heard that right. You can take your baby to dinner, holiday parties, or wherever you’re wanting to go and not ruin their sleep. Why? Because sleep is a SKILL that is not suddenly forgotten because you had an off day or night!
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This is going to be your year, mama. The year you prioritize YOU so that you can be the best version of yourself . The year you prioritize your health - both your physical and mental health. The year you discover and focus on the things that make you happiest. Because when you take care of you, you can better take care of your babies:)
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The entire goal with Melli Baby is to help make your nights a whole lot better. I want to support the healthy sleep habits that you've worked so hard to create. I want your independent sleeper to continue to sleep like a champ, while feeling both safe and comfortable.
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I’m just here to tell you that you are exactly the mom that your baby needs. Nobody will ever love them better than YOU. Nobody will ever know their needs more than you. And all your baby really needs is YOU! Exactly as you are. You were made for this. Trust your gut. Do your best. And know that you are doing better than you think you are.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: babies are not robots. This means your baby WILL have off days, and it’s going to be okay! Your baby will take short naps, skip naps altogether, stay up too late or sleep in too long. Not if, but when these things happen, it’s super easy to get back on track.
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I don’t know about you, but over the years I have let the holiday season drain me to below empty, and that’s not how I want to live! When that happens, not only do I suffer, but everyone around me suffers as well🙈. The holiday season can be magical, beautiful, peaceful and FUN! But only if you have the capacity to enjoy it and not spread yourself too thin. Now that I’ve learned this, I do everything I can to avoid burn out so I can genuinely enjoy the entire season.
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Let’s talk about the 12 month sleep regression. I’m sorry to tell you this but…it can be a doozy!
Before we dive in, it’s important to remember that a sleep regression is simply a developmental milestone. Nothing has gone wrong here so there’s no need to panic! In fact, when your baby hits a regression, it means they are developing right on track. That’s comforting, right? Until they start waking up in the night or refusing their naps…😅
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Sadly, one of the biggest misconceptions about sleep training is that if you teach your baby how to sleep, you’ll never get to snuggle them. Can I just end this once and for all and say this is totally false? In fact, I encourage contact naps — especially during the first four moths.
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If sickness comes for days or even weeks at a time and throws off your baby’s schedule, all is not lost! Once they get better, If your baby is already sleep-trained, know that they will go back to sleeping through the night in no time.
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There will be times when your baby takes a short nap (or two), skips a nap altogether, wakes up early, goes to bed late, and everything in between. Not if, but when these things happen, follow what I like to call the “15 minute rule”. This means that whatever happens, you can adjust your baby’s schedule in 15 minute increments to get back on track by bedtime
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