Teething can occasionally affect sleep. If sleep suddenly gets worse during teething, here’s how to help a teething baby sleep better.

If your 8-month-old is waking early, taking short naps, fighting bedtime, or still waking multiple times overnight, the great news is that these sleep challenges are rooted in only a handful of reasons that can easily be worked through. Let's walk through what healthy sleep looks like at 8 months and how to support longer stretches of sleep for your baby without overcomplicating things.

With a little preparation, you can help your baby adjust to naptime at daycare while keeping sleep on track at home.

Understanding what's happening during the 4-month sleep regression can make it feel way less daunting. 

Is overtiredness in babies real? Yes, but you don’t have to overthink it. In fact, undertiredness in babies can affect sleep just as much. Let's talk about what overtiredness actually is, how it differs from undertiredness, and why the fear of it can sometimes work against good sleep.

At all ages, babies need their parents, and parents need to sleep to function and thrive in this role. So when you're ready to make changes at three months, you can. But what's important is looking at variables. Sleep training can be appropriate at 3 months, but the key is knowing what’s realistic for your baby at that stage versus what’s realistic at 5 months.

Separation anxiety in babies can start as early as 4-5 months, is most common between 10-18 months, and usually eases up by age 3.

If you’ve been wondering whether your 12 month old should be switching to one nap, if they’re waking up too often at night, or why they’re suddenly acting like naps are optional, this is for you. Let’s dig into what’s normal, what’s not, and how to navigate 12 month old sleep.