Sleep

Learn about common sleep disorders in preschoolers and discover helpful tips to improve your child’s sleep for more restful nights.

When your toddler isn’t sleeping, no one is, which can be really challenging. We're sharing why a bedtime routine is important for your toddler, as well as tips to help you create one.

Example sleep schedules and bedtime routine tips for toddlers

Understanding night terrors, nightmares, and sleepwalking

Understanding sleep schedules, bedtime routine, and naptime for your toddler

Understanding baby sleep at 6 months

Blankets, swaddles, and tips for safe sleep

Sleep schedules, bedtime routine strategies, and sleep regressions

Bedtime sleep habits, naps, and sleep problems for 5-year-olds

Differences between gagging and choking and how to help your baby

Signs of lethargy in newborns

Understanding wake windows for better baby sleep

Understanding swaddles for baby sleep

Should you wake a sleeping newborn to feed?

Dressing your baby for safe sleep

Understanding safe baby sleep positions, sleeping on side, and rolling

Developmental milestones and sleep regression by age

We want the transition to the crib to be as smooth as possible (and we want some well-deserved rest for you too!), so we sat down with Summer Health’s sleep specialist Jess Ellsworth for some pro tips on getting your newborn to sleep in the crib.

Managing your own sleep with a newborn can be like walking a tightrope very sleepily, trying to strike the right balance between getting things done and getting some sleep yourself. In the early stages, baby sleep is plentiful. But babies aren't necessarily sleeping when you want them to, which doesn't allow you, the parent, to get much sleep.Knowing what to expect when it comes to newborn sleep patterns can help you better prepare and hopefully get the rest you need, whether through naps or nighttime sleep.

After a long, exhausting day of non-stop feeding, fleeting cat naps (seriously, can they stretch them out any longer?), and endless diaper changes, all you’re craving is putting your baby down for the night and to finally catch some Z’s yourself. But as soon as they're down for bed, bam! Anxiety hits. Is my baby too cold? Is the sound machine too loud? Are they still breathing? These parental worries are totally relatable, and for a good reason - we just want our babies to sleep safely.

One of the toughest challenges of adjusting as a new parent is the lack of sleep. When your baby is struggling to doze off, you're wrestling with sleep too, leading to some seriously tough nights and drowsy days. While we all wish there was a magic trick to help babies sleep soundly, the reality is that babies need time to adapt to life outside the womb, and to develop their own sleep rhythm. We're here to share the ins and outs of promoting healthy sleep habits for your little sleep fighter. But before you nod off and turn into a zombie, just know we’re here for moral support and we’re only one text away.

Let's start with a fact… you will get sleep again! But, sleep sure looks a bit different, and there’s a lot less, when you have a newborn.