Navigating baby sleep at daycare can be challenging. Discover 6 essential tips to help your little one rest better in a new environment, from maintaining a routine to managing nap schedules. Ensure your baby sleeps well both at home and daycare with these practical strategies.

Naps are so important for little ones. Not only do naps allow babies to rest physically, but they play a huge role in brain development as well as mood!

I’m often asked about contact naps and if it’s “good” or “bad” to hold your baby for every nap. Contact naps (when your baby sleeps on your body for a nap) are common during the newborn phase since this is often how newborns prefer to sleep. My answer? It could never be “bad” to allow your baby to nap on you. My question I pose to parents wondering this, though, is how they feel about contact naps as the only method of napping long-term.

Are naps overwhelming in your home? If they are, this is really common and you are not alone! From the number of naps a day your baby needs, to getting them to a point of taking long naps (but not too long of naps)… it can become a lot.

During your baby’s first 12 months of life, their sleep habits are ever-evolving. As soon as things feel like they’re clicking and you’ve finally got a routine down with your little one, things change. A new skill pops up and disrupts sleep, wake windows need to be longer, or it’s time to drop a nap.

Naps are an essential part of your little one’s day… and yours! It’s a time to tackle that to-do list you’ve been trying to get to or to take some much-needed “me time” for yourself to rest, relax, or whatever fills your cup. But, in order to make these mini-breaks happen, your baby has to actually nap! So, when your child begins fighting naps or suddenly becomes a catnapper, frustration can set in!

Struggling with short baby naps & a disrupted eat-play-sleep routine? Learn how to adjust your schedule and extend naps for a more restful day!

As parents of babies, most of us have experienced the dreaded 30-minute catnap from our little one. In fact, short naps are one of the most common subjects I get asked about each day!

As frustrating as these catnaps can be, they are developmentally normal; especially in those first few months of life! Even though these short naps are normal, there are still tools you can practice regularly to help your little one’s naps lengthen more quickly, over time.