Parents don’t need to sleep. You know that, right? Babies need sleep. It’s absolutely essential for their neurological development that they get at least 70% of the recommended hours of sleep (which you can reference here). If they get less, their cognitive development will be permanently stunted, mostly because their parents will be too tired [...]
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the real dangers of cosleeping
July 30th, 2012 
lcbaker 
Cosleeping is a controversial practice these days. You’ve probably heard the warnings: it will ruin your sleep, destroy your marriage, prevent your child from developing independence, and give your baby an oedipal complex. Not to mention raising the risk of SIDS, asphyxiation, and overlying. These accusations are untrue. Done properly, cosleeping can be very safe. Just like [...]
5 baby sleep mistakes you don’t know you’re making
April 30th, 2012 lcbaker 
Sleeping through the night. It’s the ultimate goal of the early parenting years, the Holy Grail of baby experts. The road to a full nights’ sleep is a mountain you climb, armed with swaddling blankets, pacifiers, and coffee, until at last you reach the top and get to experience an uninterrupted REM cycle. And then you [...]
Tags: what to do when your baby is awake in the night
February 22nd, 2012 lcbaker 
Last night, my wonderful sleeping newborn, who has slept so well since he was born, decided to sleep like a baby instead. Darn newborn sleep. Anyway, he was awake and crying from 2 am to 4 am. Lovely. I know this because I’m tracking his sleep patterns, on the off chance that a pattern will [...]
having a second child
January 18th, 2012 lcbaker 
I heard a friend say recently that second babies are born to make fools of Mama. I wouldn’t say that Teddy is making a fool of me–Anastasia pretty much has that covered–but he certainly is showing me how different babies can be. If I hadn’t birthed both of them, I’d find it hard to believe [...]
diaper rash? with cloth diapers and elimination communication? WHAT?!
January 6th, 2012 lcbaker 
Teddy is two weeks old today, and he has a diaper rash. And I don’t mean to sound like a high-maintenance over-worried first-time mom or anything, but to me, this is a disaster of massive proportions. There are several reasons. One, Anastasia never had a diaper rash. Not once. She did get a mild rash [...]
sleeping through the night–or not
December 19th, 2011 lcbaker 
My daughter has always had trouble sleeping. As a baby, she never slept anywhere but on my breast–if I tried to unlatch her, no matter how deeply asleep she was, she would immediately wake up. And then cry for an hour or more, unable to get back to sleep. I learned pretty quickly that it [...]
to sleep or to potty? that is the question
October 21st, 2011 lcbaker 
Sleep or pee? No, I’m not talking about those midnight pregnancy awakenings (that’s a relief, right? I’m sure you’re tired of all this pregnancy TMI). No, I’m talking about my three-year-old daughter. Let her sleep or wake her to potty? That’s my parenting dilemma this week. I feel like I should offer a couple of [...]
alternatives to cribs
August 29th, 2011 lcbaker 
With the latest crib safety standards that came into effect this summer, a lot of used cribs are being taken off the market. All drop-side cribs are now considered unsafe, and there are a lot of other new standards as well. If you bought a crib before June 28, 2011, chances are good that it doesn’t comply [...]
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