Peaceful Nights

QUESTION I'm having problems with my 14month old baby girl at night....for the past 3-4 weeks she's been waking up at 2-3am crying and we cannot calm her down unless we show her videos on our iPads or cellphones to distract her....this lasts for about an hour or more until she is eventually too tired to watch and then falls asleep again. I don't believe it's night terrors as she is fully awake in her cot when I go to her room.Could it just be nightmares as she is developing an active imagination? For the past 3-4 weeks she has also been sleeping much later...between 9pm-10pm. She...

Are you anxious the minute your baby goes to sleep that you may not hear her cry for comfort or food? Have you found yourself standing over her crib checking that she is breathing on your way to bed at night? Or felt that cold sweat as you awake from a dead sleep at 2am to rush through and check your little one is all right? If you have, you are in good company. We all want to be sure we meet our baby’s needs timeously and that our babies are safe as they sleep at night. There are a variety of baby monitors; some baby monitors only monitor sounds and cries, while others monitor breathing...

  QUESTION I'm wondering if the dummy (pacifier) is making my little one (4 month old) not get a  restful nap. She needs it to fall asleep but wakes 30mins and 45mins for her dummy. She rarely naps for more then 30-45mins and usually wakes up cranky, like she wants to sleep more but can't. She doesn't seem rested after a nap. Does she just need to develop her linking of sleep cycles? Or is the dummy the problem. She also wakes through the night for her dummy. ANSWER Dummies (pacifiers) are a lifesaver but can create habits and difficulties if managed badly.  Your baby’s...

  QUESTION My 3.5yr old son wakes up at 3am every morning.  He wants milkshake (Purity Goodies) and then stays awake till 5am.  Thereafter he sleeps till 10am. He will go to bed at 20h30 at night. I want to solve this problem as Dad needs to rest for work the next day. I am also worried that 2yr old girl will start it too.  She sleeps well at the moment and no problem with early hours wake up with her. ANSWER Firstly on a health level, a milkshake at 3am is very bad for your toddler.  The milk sugar will rot his teeth, may cause ear infections if he feeds lying down...

  QUESTION My 16-week-old little girl used to be in a great sleep routine and ate really well. Bed time was 7/7:30. She was ill over xmas and since then we are so out if sync. I am at my wits end and exhausted. She has taken to waking only an hour after being put to sleep for the night and I've tried leaving her for a bit and feeding her but neither work and she still continues to wake throughout the night, sometimes even hourly. She isn't eating as much as she used to so I'm sure this is contributing but I can't let her to eat more. Still on a 3 HR feeding routine, sleeping after...