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Wake Windows by Age: How Long Should a Baby Be Awake Between Naps?
The concept of the "wake window" has become one of the most practical tools in infant sleep management, used by sleep consultants and informed parents...
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Age-Appropriate Wake Windows
Of all the tools parents pick up in the first two years, wake windows are probably the most useful. They beat fixed clock schedules because they track...
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Sleep Schedule for Children Aged 18–24 Months
At 18–24 months the schedule itself is simple — one nap, one bedtime — but the timing carries a lot of weight. A nap that goes 30 minutes too late, or...
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Sleep Schedule for Babies Aged 6–12 Months
The 6–12 month period is when most babies move from "scattered with a few good stretches" to a recognisable schedule. The change is mostly driven by o...
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Sleep Schedule for Babies Aged 0–3 Months
Most parents looking for a 0–3 month "schedule" are looking for the wrong thing. A newborn doesn't yet have the biology to run on a schedule — the cir...
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How to Choose the Right Bedtime for a Child
"What time should bedtime be?" is the most-asked sleep question in pediatrician inboxes, and it has the most slippery answer: it depends. It depends o...
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The 4-Month Sleep Regression: What Is Happening and What to Do
Few parenting phenomena generate as much desperation as the four-month sleep regression. A baby who was managing reasonable stretches of sleep suddenl...
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