Peaceful Nights » Day Sleeps

  “Help my baby is a cat napper!” is the common cry from mums and dads. If your baby only sleeps for 20 minutes or less at a stretch during the day and wakes frequently at night, you are justified in feeling exhausted and frustrated. Many babies wake naturally after a sleep cycle – approximately 45 minutes. This is not unusual and it takes time for babies to link sleep cycles. But if your baby consistently wakes only 20 minutes into a sleep cycle or never links sleep cycles at night, you need to urgently get to the bottom of the sleep disruptions. Here are two common causes for...

QUESTION: Firstly, thank you for your brilliant books.  I have all of the Baby Sense books and they are really invaluable to me.  My firstborn, now three years old, slept through from the age of three months and it's all thanks to following the Sleep Sense methods. Secondly, I would really appreciate it if you could give me some advice.  My 15-week-old baby is struggling to link her sleep cycles during the day.  After a 45 minute sleep, she wakes up.  I will then try everything to get her back to sleep - patting on the back, saying "shhhh", etc.  She'll sometimes...

Whether you have a newborn or toddler night owl, you can teach your little one about night and day. Meg Faure guides moms of newborns and older babies into helping their baby sleep better at night. As Evan woke for the third time that night, his sleep deprived, exhausted mom choked back the tears - is it actually possible that he needed another feed? As she stumbled through the darkness to lift him to feed him she felt desperate. Evan was a good baby actually a very good baby during the day - he slept for four to five hours at a stretch during the day but at night, he turned into a nightmare! He was...

Q: My baby Danielle is approaching 7 weeks.  I bought your book Baby Sense when she was about a month old, and have been applying the principles as much as possible.  She is my third baby - so one would think that I should have the sleep issues sorted out long ago.  But I have not been very good at getting my babies to sleep.  In the early weeks all was fine and then suddenly bang no more sleeping during the day, unless I lay down with or held them.  Again with Danielle all was well initially and then boom it is over.  I will admit that I have been better at getting Danielle to sleep, but I can...

Q: Hi I have the following query: My 14 week old daughter is finally having one day sleep in her cot which is a great relief. I know this will increase to most day sleeps where possible but at least we’re getting somewhere. My queries are as follows regarding day time (I haven’t found the answers on the Q&A on website): 1) At her age she can have 1h20min-1h30mins awake time. I’ve found this very helpful & can notice that it suits my daughter perfectly. However, I often (daily) find that the following occurs & I’m not quite sure how to handle it: a. I feed every 3 ½ hours. For the...