Description
It offers a gentle approach to sleep for you and your 0 – 3-month-old and covers topics including:
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Realistic Expectations for New-Born Babies, Transitioning from the Womb to Life Outside the Womb, 4th trimester.
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Kindness and self-compassion, the importance of Self Soothing, grounding Techniques to Help You With Your Own Anxieties, the power of self-compassion and Dr Nelf’s Three Key Features of Self-Compassion. Recognising and meeting your own physical, emotional and social needs
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How does sleep work, how much sleep does my baby need? Chart of average sleep needs for a child, sleep cycles and sleep pressure, circadian rhythms and wake maintenance zone.
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How do you put a newborn into a routine? When should you start a routine with a newborn? What should my newborn’s routine be?
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Supporting your baby to differentiate between day and night-time. When does baby understand day and night? How do I reverse my baby’s days and nights? How can I help my infant with day confusion at night?
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Avoiding overstimulation. Should babies be constantly stimulated? How do I stop over stimulation? How do you know if you baby is overstimulated?
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Wake windows for a newborn baby. What do you do with a newborn at a wake time? How long should Newborn wake windows be? How do I stimulate my newborn to wake up?
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Supporting your baby to sleep after activity
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Love bombing – filling baby’s love tank. How to fill your child’s love tank? Can you love bomb a child? What is parental love bombing?
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Feeding a newborn. How much do you feed a newborn? How long should you let your newborn sleep without eating? Should you wake newborn to feed?
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Burping technique for a newborn. How do you burp a newborn baby? How can I make my baby burp faster?
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Overtiredness in newborn babies. How do you settle an overtired baby? What are the signs of an overtired baby? What are the symptoms of Overtiredness? How to get a baby to sleep when overtired?
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Naps. Nap-time can be rest-time for you. How long should newborn naps be? Where should my newborn nap during the day? Is my newborn napping enough?
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Daytime routines versus strict, prescribed schedule. Is routine important for a newborn? Do kids really need a routine? What is a positive bedtime routine? What time should you start a bedtime routine? What is the perfect nighttime routine?
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Supporting Your Baby To Settle, Soothing Techniques. How do I settle my newborn at night? Why can’t I settle my newborn? Why isn’t my newborn settling overnight? How long does it take to settle a newborn to sleep? Soothing techniques – Dr. Karp – the 5 `S’s.
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Swaddling newborn. Should I swaddle my newborn? What does swaddling do for a newborn?
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When should you start using white noise for baby? What does white noise do to babies? Should you play white noise all night for baby?
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Is it OK for newborn to have dummy? When can a newborn start using a dummy? Can a newborn sleep with a dummy NHS? Is it OK to give a newborn a dummy? How soon can a newborn baby have a dummy?How do I get my newborn to take a dummy? What age should you introduce a dummy?
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Sooting a newborn using feeding to sleep and contact sleeping.
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Gentle sleep training methods. How do I wean my baby of sleep associations?
USING CUES:
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What are newborn cues? How do I know what my newborn wants?
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When do babies start showing sleep cues? When should you stop following a sleepy cue? What are sleepy cues in newborns? Newborn sleep cues vs hunger cues.
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How do you know if baby is overtired or hungry? What are tired signs? What does a tired baby sound like?
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What are baby feeding cues? How do you know when baby wants feeding? What are 3 hunger cues an infant might exhibit?
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Baby activity time cues. How do I know when my baby wants to play?
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How do I stop my baby from overstimulation? What are the signs of stress or distress in babies? Can babies get too much sensory stimulation?
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How to recognise an overtired baby? Signs of an overtired baby and how to help them sleep?
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Safer sleep for a newborn. What temperature should baby room be NHS? What is a safe sleep area for an infant? What should I dress my baby in at night? What is the best position for a baby to sleep?
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Co-sleeping safely. Is co-sleeping bad or good? Does co-sleeping help bonding? Are contact naps bad for baby? Can you sleep with your baby next to you? When is it safe to co sleep with baby?
TROUBLESHOOTING:
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Feeding or rocking your baby to sleep.
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My baby is full of energy when its bedtime
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My baby seems needier then others
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My baby wakes up unhappy.
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Baby is resistant and fights naps and bedtime.
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My baby wakes up to party in the middle of the night.
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What is a “sleep regression” and why not worry about it.
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Why is my baby waking up so early? How do I fix my baby rising early? How do you break a habitual baby waking?
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My baby is falling asleep whilst breastfeeding than waking on unlatching.
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How do I successfully introduce a bottle to my currently breastfed newborn?
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Reflux babies and sleeping. How can I help my reflux baby sleep at night? How babies with reflux should sleep? How can I comfort my baby with reflux?