Tiny Toes Sleep Coach

A wonderful way to wind down your day with your child is by reading a book or two together. Incorporating reading into your bedtime routine helps create a calming atmosphere that promotes sleep, and you might even enjoy some cozy snuggles as a bonus!🥰

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mom’s🌸🌷🌷🌺

This is your sign to go outside and enjoy the vitamin D to help your baby’s (and your) sleep.

One of the best activities to help with your child’s sleep is going outside.
While outside enjoying the fresh air getting the natural sun helps increase early- day cortisol which will help prepare our body to sleep better that night.

Get out there & enjoy the sun ☀️

Isn’t it so funny when people who have no kids say “just sleep when the baby sleeps.” Not like you have a sink full of dishes, or toys scattered all over the house that you need to pick up.

In the first few months after my baby was born I did try to sleep when the baby slept but then there’s so much other stuff you need to catch up on.

What do you usually do whenever your baby naps? Do you nap as well? Finish the house chores? Let me know in the comments below.👇

Sounds easy, right?

I get it’s not as easy as it sounds.

Why?

Full feeds - You want to feed your baby a good full feed rather than having your baby snack little by little throughout the day. Newborns should eat every 2-3 hours. Some infants can eat every 3-4 hours (it varies per baby).

Daytime sleep - If your baby isn’t getting enough daytime sleep, your baby will end up getting overtired. Having an overtired baby is much harder to put down and keep asleep than a baby that follows wake windows. On the flip side, too much daytime sleep will definitely impact your baby’s nighttime sleep, resulting in bedtime resistance and early morning wakings (because they’ve met all their sleep needs).

A bedtime routine plays a major role in getting your baby ready for sleep. Stick to a simple 30-minute bedtime routine. A good full feed, bath, lotion, read 2 books, and bed. (Depending on the age of the child, you might have to add in a top-up feed after the book and before bed).

If you do all three of these and your baby still has trouble with bedtime, just remember that how your baby falls asleep contributes to how well they sleep.

If they are always fed to sleep, then when they wake up, they will look for that bottle/breastmilk to get them back to sleep. If you put them down awake, they will learn to settle themselves to sleep so when they wake up, they can put themselves back down.

If you are doing 100% of the work, aka you are getting them to sleep, then transferring to the crib... your baby will have more wake-ups. This is because your baby can’t get themselves back to sleep, so getting them back to sleep will be very hard.

Contact me if you need help with your child’s sleep 😴

Nap transitions are tricky for every parent as every baby drops a nap at different ages.

It seems like everytime we finally feel like we have their sleep all figured out then they start fighting their nap. If your child is showing a few of these signs and is at an age where a nap transition happens, then it’s time to start dropping a nap.
Start slowly gradually increasing their wake window over the next few days. 💤💤

You can now buy Healthy Sleep Habits Tips and Tricks for babies under four months old on my site.
This is perfect for parents who need extra sleep help when it comes to their baby’s sleep.

You can now buy Healthy Sleep Habits Tips and Tricks for babies under four months old on my site.
This is perfect for parents who need extra sleep help when it comes to their baby's sleep.

DM or book a free 30 minute consultation through my website www.tinytoessleepcoach.com
& we can get your baby sleeping through the night.

CHRISTMAS SALE! 🎄
Give the gift of sleep this holiday season.
Book now to get 15% off on all services.
This sale runs from December 14 to the 24th.
Book now at www.tinytoessleepcoach.com or DM!

The nap transition from 3 to 2 naps per day!

The nap transition from 4 to 3 naps

Traveling on the go 🚗🚕

As much as we want to protect kid’s sleep - you can’t stay at home all the time.
Whenever traveling on the go, it is key to try to stick to your regular sleep routine as best as you can. Although it is hard to stick to somewhat of a routine because you're out on the go, just try to aim for naps and bedtime around the same time as you typically would.

Bring all the helpful sleep tools that you would use at home with you (portable sound machine, sleep sack, and playpen) whenever you are traveling try to make the room similar to home.
Set the scene for sleep, and close all the blinds to make the room as dark as possible, put a towel underneath the door to block light from coming in. Do everything in the same routine as you would at home.

If you can use a blackout room that would help but if not possible then be prepared that their sleep might be more disturbed due to light coming in and not knowing their surroundings.
Falling asleep somewhere where they haven’t been before (or don't go often) may make it harder to get the child to fall asleep and stay asleep since it is a new surrounding so extra comforting may be necessary. ❤️

Be patient and enjoy those cuddles 🥰

I’m back from maternity leave and decided to give everyone 15% off on booking a service until this Friday!

Check out the website for two new services added. “The mama helper” and the “half night mama helper” for all the new parents who need to catch up on their sleep.

AWAKE WINDOWS

Did you know that awake windows are actually the maximum they should be awake for?

So if your baby is showing tired signs 15 minutes prior to a scheduled nap, don't be afraid to put them down to bed.

Awake windows are a maximum, not a goal, especially the last nap of the day until bed time, this is often not achieved until a lot older than you might think.