Technology Index

• Are Innocent Naked Pictures of Children Online Okay?
• Rules for Balancing Screen Time
• Balancing Technology
• Digital Overload and What to Do About It
• How to Establish Safe Media Standards For Your Family
• How To Successfully Do a Technology Fast
• Tools for Teaching Children About Pornography and Protecting Them From It
• TV Time Under Two
• What Age Should Your Child Be Allowed To Have Social Media Accounts?
• Why We Do Not Have a Video Player in Our Vehicle

Wake

The second element to the Babywise routine is "Wake." Official wake time includes feeding time, dressing time, bathing time, playing time...all time awake in between naps is your waketime. Because "Eat" can be so involved with so many questions, there is a post entirely dedicated to the Eat portion of the routine. Visit this page for help on the "Sleep" portion of the routine. These posts will guide you through the other elements of "wake" you will encounter as a Babywise mom. You will also like Your Babywise Baby: First Year Overview . 

Discipline

• See the Discipline Index for all posts on discipline

Free Playtime

• Free Playtime 
• The Importance of Free Play Time {and ideas for fitting it in}

General Info

• Baby Whisperer: Learning Triangle 
• Childproofing vs. Houseproofing
• How to Organize a Playgroup
• Playtime: Don't Over Stimulate 

Independent Playtime:

• Independent Playtime Overview
• Baby Whisperer: Playing Independently
• Benefits of Independent Play 
• In Action: Love of Independent Playtime 
• Word to the Weary: Independent Play
• Baby Whisperer: Playing Independently
• Falling Asleep During Independent Playtime 

• Great Toys to Encourage Independent Playtime

• How To Child-Proof Your Space for Independent Playtime

• How To Get Your Child to Happily Play Alone
• Independent Playtime
• Independent Playtime is Not...

• Independent Playtime for the School-Aged Child

• Independent Playtime Lengths 
• Ransacking During Independent Playtime
• Resistance to Independent Playtime 
• Roomtime 
• Roomtime--Your Invitation
• Room Time Setup
• Starting Independent Playtime Late
• The Timer
• Won't Stay in Independent Playtime
• In Action: Love of Independent Playtime 

Learning Time

• Babies and Learning: Begin As You Mean to Go On
• Factors that Influence Learning 
• Learning Activity of the Day
• The Learning Process 
• Preschool From Home

Newborns

• Adding Waketime to Your Newborn's Day 
• Baby Whisperer: Learning Triangle 
• Newborns and Waketime: A Slow Process
• Playtime: Don't Over Stimulate 
• Waketime Length for Newborns

Reading

• A Simple Way to Teach a Love for Reading
• Read 30 Minutes a Day
• Reading Aloud: Start From Birth
• Reading to Infants
• Reading to Toddlers
• Reading to Preschoolers
• Reading Aloud to Children

Schedule

• Babywise Sample Schedules: The First Month
• Sample Babywise Schedules: The Third Month
• Sample Babywise Schedules: The Second Month
• Sample Babywise Schedules: The Fourth Month
• Baby Whisperer: Four Hour Schedule
• Combo Schedule is Okay
• Dealing With Disruptions To Your Routine
• Eat/Wake/Sleep Cycle
• Essential Elements to Any Routine
• Four Hour Schedule: More Thoughts
• Getting a Consistent Schedule   
• Helpful Routine Information
• How to Have a Routine for Your Baby and Still Have a Life
• If You Want a Routine to Stick, Stick to the Routine
• Importance of Structure
• Let Your Schedule Serve You, You Don't Serve Your Schedule
• Planning Your Schedule
• Planning Your Schedule for Multiple Children
• Reader Four Hour Schedule Questions
• Reader Sample Schedules 0-12 Months Old
• Sample Schedules 
• Schedules Can Be Hard 
• Schedule Overview: The Newborn Weeks
• Shifting Your Schedule {Time Change, Time Zones,
• The Babywise Four Hour Schedule
• The Key Element To Starting a Routine
• When to Move to a 4 hour Schedule

Structured Playtime

• Blanket Time Info
• How to Keep Kids Happy and Engaged During Learning Time
• Roomtime 
• Structured Playtime
• Structured Playtime With Siblings
• Tummy Time  

Toys and Supplies

• Baby Stuff I love: Art Time 
• Best Toys for Baby: Ages 0-3 Months 
• Best Toys for Baby: Ages 4-6 Months 
• Best Toys for Baby: Ages 7-9 Months 
• Best Toys for Baby: Ages 10-12 Months 
• Best Toys for Baby: 0-12 Month Update
• Best Toys for Baby: 12-18 Months 
• Best Toys for PreToddler: 12-18 Months Update
• Best Toys for Toddler: 18-24 Months 
• Best Toys for Toddler: 2 and Up
• Best Toys for Toddler...2.5 and Up
• Best Toys for Preschooler: 3 and Up
• Favorite Toys 2013
• Favorite Toys 2014

• Favorite Toys 2015: Christmas Gift Ideas

• Favorite Toys 2016

  Favorite Toys 2017

• Outside Toys Worth the Investment (All-Star Toys)
• Out With the Old, in With the New (toys) 
• Toy Review: Bath Toys
• Toy Review: Boy Toys
• Toy Review: Building Toys
• Toy Review: Gender Neutral
• Toy Review: Girl Toys
• Toy Review: Little People
• Toy Review: Puzzles
• Toy Review: Toys for Baby
• Toy Rotation
• Toys in Bed 

Waketime Length

• Adding Waketime to Your Newborn's Day 
• Balancing Time With Children
• The Cornerstone for Good Naps
• Extending Waketime 
• How To Calculate Waketime Length
• Playtime: Don't Over Stimulate 
• Optimal Waketime Lengths 
• Optimal Waketime Lengths for Toddlers (12-24 Months)
• Overstimulation 
• Spending Time with Baby/Child  
• "Upcited"
• Waketime: Length, Extending, and Calculating
• Waketime Length for Newborns
• Waketime When Baby Wakes Early 
• Waketime When They Wake Early

• What to Do When Baby's Awake Time Is Before Feedings

• What To Do When Your Baby Wakes Early But Isn't Hungry

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