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Sleeping
This page lists all the articles on PSP about sleeping problems.
To view sleeping advice that is specific to babies, click here.
To view sleeping advice that is specific for toddlers and kids, click here.
Bedtime Rituals
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Information on helping the transition from waking to sleeping a great event.
Nap Strike
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Advice to the question, "Is my child giving up their nap?"
Help! My 3 1/2 month old Won't Nap!
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
What to do with a 3.5-month-old who won't nap...
Help for Nighttime Anxiety and Waking up Crying
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Wondering what is causing your baby to wake up screaming? Here are some PSP member ideas of what might be up—and what you can do to help.
Establishing Schedules and Sleeping Through the Night
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Cry It Out vs. No Cry Sleep Solutions
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Answers from a few threads that covered many of the different positions about Cry it out vs. No Cry it Out solutions.
Sleep Deprived 4 month old
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Help for a parent whose baby only wants to sleep when held.
Nursing vs. Not Nursing at Night
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
To nurse or not to nurse at night? PSP members share their experience and problems with nursing at night.
Sleep Book Recommendations and Resources
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
PSP members recommend books about children's sleeping habits and training.
Advantages to The End of Napping
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Some parents dread the nap time bubble bursting. But as some parents share, it comes with some big perks.
Quiet Time in Place of the Lost Nap
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Ways to get your toddler to rest quietly in lieu of napping...
Moving your child into their own bed/crib
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Recommendations for moving an infant out of their parents' bed to their own crib...
Co-Sleeping
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Discussions about the pros and cons of co-sleeping.
Sleep Sacks
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
PSP members share their experiences about the success of their babies sleeping in a sleep sack.
How to cool a windowless nursery
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies, Managing Urban Life
Ideas ro solve a classic city problem: cooling a windowless kid's room!
Transitioning from Two Naps to One - 14 month old
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Parents discuss how they jumped from 2 naps to 1 with your ever wakeful toddler.
Night Waking/Screaming
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies
Information about a how to get a once solid sleeper back to sleep in the middle of the night.
Afternoon Naps and Pre-School/ Daycare
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Preschool/ Daycare Advice, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
PSP members talk about how to handle sleep schedules at daycare.
Tips for getting your child to fall asleep alone.
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
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PSP member tips for getting your child to fall asleep alone.
Refusing to Nap at Daycare
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Childcare Advice, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Is your toddler refusing to nap at Daycare? Parents share their tips of how they handled this situation.
Sleeping Suggestions for a Toddler who Refuses to Sleep
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
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Parents share their collective wisdom on how they got they terrible twos to sleep.
Sleeping Babies & Dear Doggies
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies, Animal Advice
One parent raised the following dilemma: “how do parents meet competing needs of all beloved household creatures when they don't fall together, time-wise?’
Does Crying It Out Work for a 3yo?
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
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Do you have a sleepless, anxious toddler? Here one parent asks about what to do to beat sleepless nights with her constantly crying tot. Park Slope Parents unite with some collective encouragement on how to get your little one to bed.
My 9-year-old Insomniac
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
One parent asked the Park Slope Parents ADVICE list about what to for her 9 year old insomniac. Here are the responses she received.
How to Keep Baby Asleep on Noisy Street
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Babies, Managing Urban Life
How do you ensure your baby gets some snores and zzzzz's when it's all sirens and beep beeps?
Co-sleeping and Returning to Work
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, Working Mother Topics, Sleeping Advice for Babies
The following thread originally appeared on our Working Moms Group about how to transition from a bed-sharing situation with your little one and returning to work.. Be sure to check out more general advice from PSP members about co-sleeping here!
Partner Parenting
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Sleeping, General Parenting Advice, Home Management Advice, Family Time Management
Studies show that women still do more household chores than their partner, including childcare and maintenance. Some call it the invisible workload; others refer to it as the household gender gap or the second shift. Interesting data can be found elsewhere (like this 2016 Huffington Post article) and PSP members have plenty of anecdotal evidence. PSP members also have useful tips and advice about how they distributed childcare tasks. This article divulges their most intimate words of wisdom about sharing the workload with your parent - with a focus on feeding, sleeping, and taking care of the little one in the middle of the night.
Sleep regression
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- Parent Category: Sleeping
- Category: Sleeping Advice for Babies, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids, Sleeping
Advice for babies and toddlers who sleep regress.
How to Help a Baby with Crib Anxiety
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- Parent Category: Sleeping
- Category: Sleeping Advice for Babies
"Is anyone else dealing with (or dealt with) sleep / crib anxiety?" asked a PSP member to their baby group. If you are experiencing this too, here are helpful replies to read from PSP members who also experienced this situation.
Top Tips for Early Wake-Ups
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- Parent Category: Sleeping
- Category: Sleeping Advice for Babies, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
“He’s waking up like he’s the CEO of a company,” says one PSP member of a 9-month-old who can’t seem to sleep past 5 am. If your baby or toddler is rising with the sun and refusing to go back down, you’re not alone, but these tips compiled from years of PSP wisdom can help you salvage a few minutes of shut-eye.
How to Get Kids Out of Bed in the Morning
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- Parent Category: Home Life
- Category: Family Time Management, Raising Tweens Tips, Tween Advice from Parents, Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Wondering how to get your kid out of bed in the morning? You are not alone with this problem! Here, PSP parents share how they successfully get their teen/tween out of bed in the morning.
Tips for Daylight Saving
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- Parent Category: Holidays and Special Events
- Category: Misc Special Events , Sleeping Advice for Babies, Sleeping, Sleeping Advice for Toddlers and Kids
Daylight saving time arrives and departs annually at 2 am local time. In spring, clocks move forward (think: "spring forward"); in fall, they go back (think: "fall back").
Read on for some advice about adjusting to the time changes.
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