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When night waking is a seizure: gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma

Today I tell the story of a baby who could only sleep for 8 minutes at a time — and of the rare condition behind it.

Short answer: when is night waking not a sleep problem?

  • Almost all night waking...
Putting a toddler and a baby to bed alone: what to fix, in what order

Two children, two different bedtimes, and one parent doing bedtime alone. The order in which to fix it: schedule first, then the routine, then the room, and sleep training only at the end.

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My newborn only sleeps when held: how to get him into the cot

A newborn who only sleeps in your arms and wakes the moment you put him down is doing exactly what newborns do. Here is what actually helps — and how to make the transfer work.

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Is it too late to sleep train a 1-year-old? (And do you need to?)

A mother of a one-year-old who breastfed to sleep, co-slept part of the night and never got round to sleep training asks whether she has ruined it. She has not.

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Night terrors in toddlers (pavor nocturnus): is it a tantrum in the night?

In this episode I explain why a toddler might seem to throw a tantrum in the middle of the night — and why it is very probably not a tantrum at all.

Short answer: is this a night terror?

  • A night t...
Do I need to sleep train again after a sleep regression?

Your baby slept well for months, and now she suddenly needs nursing to fall asleep again. Is that a sleep regression, and do you have to sleep train all over again?

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How to stop co-sleeping with a preschooler without making bedtime a battle

A single mother of a nearly four-year-old has been lying next to her every night for three years. She wants her evenings back without making sleep frightening. Here is the order to do it in.

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Nap schedules with more than one child, and when nursery only does one nap

Three scheduling problems that have no perfect answer: a baby who needs two naps at a nursery that does one, two children on different nap schedules, and three children sharing one room.

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Screens, baths and lullabies: what belongs in a bedtime routine

Three of the most common bedtime routine questions: screens before bed, whether a bath belongs in the routine at all, and what to sing when you cannot sing.

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My baby falls asleep independently but still wakes at night

Your baby falls asleep on her own at bedtime and still wakes twice a night. Does that mean the sleep training failed? No — and here is what to do about the nights and the naps.

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Why baby sleep advice contradicts itself — and how I found what worked

How a 9-month sleep regression turned a theoretical biologist into a sleep coach — and what I learned about why sleep advice contradicts itself.

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