Would you like to help your baby sleep through the night? Wondering whether you need a baby sleep schedule or not? Do you feel wrecked from sleep deprivation? Are you wondering about co-sleeping? Should you consider crying it out? Questions about sleep apnea or other sleep disorders?

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8 month old wakes crying after 40 mins and seems wide awake  Question: My 8 month old has never been a great sleeper but it seems to be getting worse – she wakes 30-60 minutes after going to bed at nite – sometimes ...

Why does my baby wake up every hour?  Question: My 5 1/2 month old daughter wakes up every hour. Even during her day naps. If I time it just right during her day naps and pick her up right ...

My seven months old baby boy wakes up after half an hour sleep.  Question: My seven months old baby boy usually wakes up after half an hour sleep during day time and night time sleep. The only times this doesn't happen ...

my 6 months old keeps waking   Question: Why does my 7 month old still wake in the night? Would it be because he is having about two 2 hour sleeps through the day?


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My 8 weeks old baby girl  Question: My 8 weeks baby girl never sleeps during the day, sometimes she falls asleep while breastfeeding and when I take her into her bed, she wakes ...

My 12 week old baby wont sleep through the night  Question: My son is 12 weeks but will not be 3 months till the 20th. he is drinking 6-8 oz every 3-4 hrs during the day. i stopped the midnight feeding ...

Adalynn 8 months longer nights than usual?  Question: We have an 8 month old daughter and we are also first time parents. Our little baby girl was not napping from the get go. We spent a week in ...

My five weeks old Miracle Baby wakes up every 45 minutes!  Question: Why does my 5 weeks old baby wake up every 45 minutes to an hour both day and night. And when he wakes up he breast feeds and takes long to ...

9 month old dependent on mom's breast for sleep  Question: How do I get my baby to sleep on his own and to stay asleep? I bed share with my 9 month old son. I call him a contact sleeper because he wakes ...

My 7mth old keeps rolling over in her sleep  Question: My 7 month old baby has been rolling over in her sleep for some time now, and its seems to be disrupting not only her sleep but ours as well....

My 10 month old baby girl suddenly won't sleep through the night   Question: My 10 month old baby girl suddenly won't sleep through the night. What should I do? Is there a solution? Help Please!

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15 month old daughter has never slept through   Question: My daughter is 15 months old and never slept through She is a very restless sleeper, tossing and turning the whole night, waking up 8 – 12 ...

My six week baby can not turn off from 8-11pm.  Question: My baby girl just can not go to sleep between 8-11pm, she cries when we put her down in her cot or she moves non stop between those 3 hours,...

Over-tiredness in seven weeks old baby  Question: My baby is 7 weeks old. My problem is she sleeps very little and is constantly becoming over tired which means she is always cranky and fussy ...

My 10 month old will not sleep thru the night anymore  Question: My baby has been sleeping thru the night since she was 2 months old. The last three weeks she has been waking upset 2-3 times a night. Any ...

45 minute naps and a regular nap routine  Question: My 5 1/2 month old baby has been a short napper since he was 6 weeks old. I tried various methods from the baby whisperer and the no-cry sleep ...

My 7 week old sleeps all day and is up all night  Question: My 7 week old boy (2 weeks premature) sleeps all day and wakes up for food or to be changed but wakes up at night and stays up for several ...

My 12 month old baby wont sleep through the night  Question: WHY? He will not go to sleep without a bottle of water or milk. Wakes up every hour or so. very light sleeper, he wakes up when I get in my ...

My 8 month old has troubles falling asleep 
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Question: I tried sleep training him at 3 months and got him to sleep in his crib. At ...

My 11 month old has troubles self soothing and napping in daycare  Question: My son is 11 months old and we have just started a daycare (it has been a week). My daycare provider wants my son to nap for 3 hours. He was ...

My 2 year old keeps me up all night  Question: Hi, My daughter is 2 years 3 months old, and my husband took the rail off the crib a few months ago because she was about to climb it thru ...

Day time sleep (3.5 months old)  Question: Hello my baby is 3&1/2 months old and generally a good , happy baby who feeds well and sleeps well though the night - only waking once or twice ...

Recent sleep disturbance (8 month old)  Question: My 8 month old has been sleeping through the nite since 2-3 months of age. In the last 5 days she has been waking up shortly after she falls ...

Waking baby for the Baby Whisperer sleep method?  Question: Hi I would like to know when I am supposed to wake my 2 month old baby – In the Baby Whisperer Breastfeeding book (page 26) it talks about ...

Trying to put 3.5 month old to bed without rocking her  Question: How can I get my 3.5 month old daughter to sleep without rocking her to sleep? I have always rocked her to sleep then laid her down but lately ...

My two month old stays up all night  Question: Why does she wake up everytime I put her in the crib?

Heidi's Answer:

Hi Emily,

I'm assuming you are nursing or feeding Kassandra ...

My eight month old has a cold and is napping a lot  Question:

Hi there,

My eight month old got a cold two days ago and today he has been sleeping for about three hours... should I wake him? He rouses ...

My 9 month old still wakes up 5 or more times a night!  Question:

When I first had Layla she was 6 weeks early and I was unable to breast feed. The post partum nurses told me to wake her every two hours ...

Not sure if the Ferber Method is working for my 10 months old son  Question:

I have started the Ferber Method last week and we are going on day 4 as of today. I noticed the 1st day it took my son 40 mins to get ...

9 month old nurses all night long  Question:

Our nearly 9 month old has never been a good sleeper - occasionally he will do a single four hour stretch in the night - but that has been ...

My 7 month old is screaming a few hours after going to bed  Question:

Hi, I have a 7 month old daughter who has been a wonderful sleeper. Even now we can put her to bed or down for her naps and she falls asleep ...

My 15 month old is wanting to sleep most of the day  Question:

My 15 month old daughter is wanting to sleep for most of the day, she's not eating a lot and is getting cranky very easy, is there something ...

9 week old wakes up after half an hour  Question:

My 9 week old son has been a great regular sleeper until last week. The routine he was following was - morning nap 45mins (8.45am); lunchtime ...

10 month old girl keeps me up all night  Question:

Hi, I am a mother of a 10 month old baby girl who just won't sleep through the night. She wakes up 4 or 5 times during the night to nurse ...