Are you making these common baby sleep mistakes?
If you are, you may be unknowingly sabotaging your baby’s sleep.
In this post, I am going to help you troubleshoot some possible reasons for YOUR baby’s sleep problems.
Sleep Deprivation Hurts the Whole Family
Having a baby that doesn’t sleep well is probably the greatest new parent challenge!
When baby isn’t sleeping, parents don’t sleep.
Speaking of sleep deprivation…
If you have a newborn, then you really need to establish some postpartum sleep strategies to avoid being sleep-deprived!
This postpartum sleep resource is full of tips and ideas to help you (and your partner) maximize your sleep during those early weeks with your newborn!
Sleep deprivation can be a major contributor to many other family problems including:
- sickness
- depression
- anxiety
- relationship challenges
- missing work
- and much more!
Does this sound familiar?
But here’s the Good News…
Many of these sleep mistakes are “easy fixes”!
As an overnight postpartum doula, I have observed several common baby sleep mistakes that new parents make.
Here are the most common new parent and baby sleep mistakes along with my quick tips for fixing them!