Moms on Call | Basic Baby Care 0-6 Months | Parenting Book 1 of 3 (Moms On Call Parenting Books)

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Created by two pediatric nurses, also moms themselves, you can count on Moms on Call as expert advice. This is much needed since recent studies show how critical sleep is to infant neurodevelopment. While their books do speak to all aspects of the day-to-day with your baby, it all points to one thing: sleep! Healthy sleep habits benefit the entire family. 2.5 years on all three of my children are still fantastic sleepers. If the toddler can go to bed later than the baby then see if you can find some activities that are reserved just for that time of day. Toddlers are much better occupied when it’s a novelty for them. Is a Sound Machine Essential? One more thing that we did which you’ll notice in the schedules I provided above was to add a dream feed. This just worked better for my babies and gave me peace of mind that they were getting enough calories.

AM works for many families, but we all have different commitments and schedules so you need to make it work for you. Tantrums are a show and this show is all for you! Our goal is to break their line of sight and go to Simmer Time. The soothing rounds serve multiple purposes, the primary one being the production of longer stretches of sleep without the need to feed.Feeding is more about the atmosphere than it is about the food. In our online course we cover this specific issue with statements and truth according to the Toddler By Design paradigm. For instance, they recommend waking your baby at a certain time in the morning and starting the day from there. This is a very similar concept to that of the desired wake time that you’ll find in Babywise. We ensure that their room is safe and child-proofed (outlets, cords, doors to bathrooms secure, dressers etc). So, you allow your baby to self-settle for 5 minutes, then comfort them and insert the paci (if you use one), and then leave them again. I can say that this works really effectively. Annie would often wake in the night and I would just give her her paci and she’d sleep for another 2-3 hours! Before we go any further…if you don’t like Babywise or are opposed to the principles behind it, then you probably won’t like Moms On Call. (If you’ve never heard of Babywise then read more –> HERE)

I’m not sure if they were better sleepers overall or if I just wasn’t as concerned and fussed about it. I loved having dependable nap times! It meant that I could easily schedule appointments and also take a break myself during the day. My first kid was the king of taking catnaps all through the day. As a first time mom It was not fun and totally stressed me out a whole lot. I have heard excellent things about the other books from Moms On Call though. How to Know When to Move to the Next Schedule? At this point you might be wondering: What’s the point of enduring those tiny cries for comfort? Well, there’s a few reasons as to why soothing rounds are so important.A strict schedule that is not age-appropriate is definitely detrimental. However, when used correctly baby schedules can be an absolute lifesaver for a new mom. Certain aspects of these popular programs are similar but there’s many noteworthy differences. Dream feeding is one of them. Moms on call doesn’t implement it while Babywise does. Moms On Call does advocate allowing your baby to cry from a young age and by age 12 weeks, as long as your baby is feeding and growing well, then they recommend staying out of their room 7pm-7am and allowing them to learn to self-soothe. It’s important to note there are a few instances when you’d want to delay starting this sleep training method.

There are specific Moms on Call schedules that they provide so that there is no guesswork involved for you. Many first-time parents have used this method, but I have found it particularly helpful now that I have more than one child. Moms On Call wake times would have been perfect with my firstborn, but I definitely didn’t follow them with my second two as they would have become overtired. You can read more about the soothing rounds from Moms on Call in this post –> What You Need to Know About Moms on Call’s Soothing RoundsThis is one of my favourite things about Moms on Call. While they are very much non-judgemental in their approach, they also don’t beat around the bush.