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Now with baby #2 on the way, people are asking, “Aren’t you SO excited?!”

I smile, nod and reply, “Yes but now that we’ve been through the whole newborn-nonexistent-sleep-schedule-experience and survived, it feels a little like preparing for the apocalypse.”

Taking a newborn home while healing from labor and delivery, exhausted and overwhelmed was seriously one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to deal with. What saved our livelihood and sanity was reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Weissbluth. I studied the crap out of that book. 

I highly recommend picking it up and if you’re like many other mommas out there and ‘ain’t got time for that’, I’ve summarized exactly what you need to know to survive the entire newborn stage and beyond. 

A baby can sleep through the night solidly by at least eight weeks of age. With the right schedule in place, our little one did as well. By twelve weeks, she would sleep through the night on a consistent basis and now (at almost two years old) has slept overnight every single night since, except for the occasional sickness. You may think that this pattern MUST be innate; a baby just has to be born that way, right? You may be thinking: my baby would never be able to do that! Think again.

Our little one didn’t sleep through the night at eight weeks old because we were just “lucky”.

That little snuggle bug sleeps through the night because of the sound and solid techniques I am about to share with you. These sleep training tips SAVED my sanity.

I feel like EVERY SINGLE MOM in the whole known universe needs to know these secrets!