Sleep

The third element to the Babywise routine is "Sleep." This is when your baby naps or goes to bed for the night. You can read up on the Eat portion of the routine here. You can read up on the Wake portion of the routine here. These posts linked below will guide you through the elements of "sleep" you will encounter as a Babywise mom. You will also like Your Babywise Baby: First Year Overview . 

45 Minute Naps

• 45 Minute Intruder
• Baby Whisperer: 45 Minute Naps
• Dealing with the 45 Minute Intruder
• How to Deal with the 45-Minute Intruder

• How to Put Baby Back to Sleep

• Chronic 45 Minute Naps 
• Chronic 45 Minute Naps: One Year Later
• Easy Nap Fix
• Reader 45 Minute Nap Questions
• Surviving 45 Minute Naps
• The Babywise Mom Nap Guide: How to establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years
• What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps

Babies

• 5-8 Month Sleep Disruptions 
• Baby Whisperer: 45 Minute Naps
• Baby Whisperer: Waking Early From Naps
• Common Reasons for Poor Sleep
• Day/Night Confusion
• Easy Nap Fix
• My Sleep Hierarchy for Newborns
• Newborn Sleep Patterns
• Set Naps 
• Sleep Hierarchy: 3-6 Months 
• Waking Early From Naps/Won't Fall Asleep For Naps
• What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps
• What To Do When Your Baby Wakes Early But Isn't Hungry

Basics

• 6 Essential Oils to Help Your Child Sleep Better
• How To Calculate Waketime Length
• How To Have a Good Sleeper
• Importance of Exercise and Stimulation
• My Sleep Hierarchy for Newborns
• Sample Nap Routines
• Should you wake up a sleeping child? 
• Sleep Begets Sleep 
• Sleep Deficit
• Sleep Disruptions You Will Face as a Babywise Mom (and how to deal with them)
• Sleep Hierarchy: 3-6 Months
• Sleep Hierarchy: 6-9 Month
• Sleep Regulatory Systems
• Top Sleep Tips
• Waking Up Happy 
• What is a Sleep Transition (and How Does It Impact Naps)
• When Sleep Props Are Okay (And When to Avoid Them)
• You Cannot Force Sleep

Bedtime 

• Bedtime {Poll Results Post}
• Bedtime Routine: Storytime
• Consistent Bedtime
• Preschoolers and Bedtime
• Strategies for Making Bedtime Smoother
• Toddler/Child Getting Out of Bed 

Benefits

• 5 Reasons to Establish Good Sleep Habits
• Healthy Sleep Elements and Developments
• How Healthy Sleep Principles Have Benefited My Children from Infancy to Preteen
• Importance of Sleep
• Why I Worked to Get My Baby To Sleep Through the Night by 8 Weeks Old

Child Age Range

• Sleep Needs and Difficulties for 7-12 Year Olds

Dropping Naps

• Dropping Naps: A Quick Guide
• Dropping Naps: A Quick Reference 
• Dropping a Nap: A Weaning Process
• Dropping Naps
• Dropping the 3rd Nap (evening)
• Dropping 3rd Nap Impact
• Dropping the Morning Nap (from 2 to 1 naps): Transition Time 
• Dropping the Morning Nap Guide
• Dropping Naps: Moving To Rest Time 

• How to Know When Your Child is Ready to Stop Napping

• Poll Results: Dropping Naps

• The Best Ages for Dropping Baby's Naps

• Dropping Naps Ages {Poll Results Post}
• When To Drop Rest Time

Fears/Nightmares

• Preschoolers and Fears
• What To Do When Your Child Has a Nightmare
• What To Do When Your Child is Scared of the Dark

In Action

• In Action: Troubleshooting Naps
• In Action: Troubleshooting Naps (Again)

Nap Information

• The Big List of Sleep Training Resources
  
• The Cornerstone for Good Naps
• Nap Hints
• How to Get Your Baby to Nap
• Importance of the First Nap
• Nap Cues
• Nap Hints
• Optimal Internal Temp=Optimal Sleep

• Preschoolers and Naps

• Sample Nap Routines

• Should you wake up a sleeping child?
• Sleep Begets Sleep

• Sleep Disruptions You Will Face as a Babywise Mom (and how to deal with them)

• The Babywise Mom Nap Guide: How to establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years

• The Sun and Sleep
• Timing the First Nap
• Waking Up Happy 

• What is a Sleep Transition (and How Does It Impacts Naps)

• Why Have Naps?

Nap Problems (see also 45 minute naps section above)

• 5-8 Month Sleep Disruptions

• 10 Reasons Your 5-8 Month Old Has Stopped Sleeping Well

• Baby Whisperer: Waking Early From Naps
• Chronic 45 Minute Naps 

• Common Reasons for Poor Sleep

• Easy Nap Fix
• Growth Spurts
• How To Calculate Waketime Length
• How to Put Baby Back to Sleep
• Inconsistent Napping
• Nap Disruptions: Rolling, Standing, Crawling, etc
• Naps: Troubleshooting--Revised and Updated
• Naps: Troubleshooting
• Pre-Toddler Waking Early from Morning Nap
• Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?
• Waking After Only 20 Minutes
• Waking Early From Naps/Won't Fall Asleep For Naps
• Waketime When They Wake Early
• What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps
• What To Do When Your Baby Wakes Early But Isn't Hungry
• What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
• You Cannot Force Sleep

Night Sleep

• 5-6 AM "Night" Wakings
• 10-12 Hours of Sleep
• Breakfast and Morning Wake Time
• Day/Night Confusion
• Diapers At Night
• Early Morning Feedings Before Waketime
• How to Get Your Child to Sleep In Later in the Morning
• How I Got My Baby To Sleep 9 Hours by 8 Weeks Old
• Night Hunger 
• Nighttime Sleep: 9-15 Weeks Old
• Nightime Sleep Issues--Revised and Updated
• Reader Early Morning Waking Questions
• Sleep Begets Sleep
• Sleeping Through the Night: A Tale of Four Children
• What to Do When Your Baby Is Not Sleeping Through the Night

Preventing Sleep Problems

• Avoiding Sleep Problems
• Diapers At Night

• How Pacifiers Might Be Ruining Your Baby's Sleep

• How To Have a Good Sleeper
• Importance of Exercise and Stimulation
• Overstimulation 
• Sleep Begets Sleep 
• Sleeping Tip: Vary Sleeping Locations
• The Sun and Sleep

Sleep Environment

• Can it be too hot to sleep?
• Dressing Baby for Sleeping
• Optimal Internal Temp=Optimal Sleep
• Some Like it Hot (Sleep, that is)

Sleep Problems

• 2 Year Old Sleep Problems
• 4 month Sleep Problems 
• 5-8 Month Sleep Disruptions 
• Baby Whisperer: 6 Troubleshooting Sleep Variables
• 10 Reasons Your 5-8 Month Old Has Stopped Sleeping Well
• Avoiding Sleep Problems
• Baby Whisperer: 4 Month Old Changes 
• Colic: Reasonable Sleep Expectations
• Day/Night Confusion
• Early Morning Waking and the Sun  
• Overstimulation 
• Playing in the Crib/Bed 
• Problem Solving Tip: Detailed Log
• Problem Solving Tip: What Has Changed?
• Sleep Deficit
• Sleep Problems: Morning Wake-up Time is Too Early
• Season Changes Disrupting Sleep 
• Sleep Needs and Difficulties for 7-12 Year Olds
• Sleep Problems: Morning Wake-up Time is Too Early
• To the Mom of the First-Born Poor Sleeper
• What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap
• Common Reasons for Poor Sleep
• How Pacifiers Might Be Ruining Your Baby's Sleep
• New Skills and Sleep Disruptions {Rolling, Crawling, Standing, etc.}
• Two Year Old Sleep Regression

Sleep Training

• 5 Sleep Training Tips
• 6 Rules for Using Cry It Out as a Baby Sleep Training Method
• The Big List of Sleep Training Resources
• Chronicles of a Babywise Mom Log eBook
• Should You Do CIO? 
• CIO Bootcamp: Revised and Updated
• CIO Responsibly
• Everything You Need to Know About Cry It Out
• "Four" S's: In Action
• How to Use the Extinction Method for Sleep Training
• Optimal Waketime Lengths 
• Sleep Training According To Babywise
• Sleep Training and Trust
• Sleep Training: The Four S's  
• The Best Products to Help You Baby Sleep
• Using Babywise Without Doing CIO    

Swaddling

• Dropping the Swaddle
• Reader Swaddling Questions
• Swaddling
• Swaddling Baby in Hot Temperatures
• Swaddling: When to Stop? 

Timing Naps

• The Cornerstone for Good Naps
• Importance of the First Nap
• Nap Cues 
• Set Naps
• Timing the First Nap
• Timing Naps for Toddlers 

Toddlers

• 2 Year Old Sleep Problems 
• Timing Naps for Toddlers 
• Inconsistent Napping 
• Sleep Totals for 12-15 Months Old
• The Sun and Sleep
• Toddler/Child Getting Out of Bed 
• Two Year Old Sleep Regression
• What to Do When Your Toddler Refuses to Take a Nap