Perfect Parent Collection- Sleep Training, Toddler Discipline and Potty Training: Effective Strategies and Techniques To help your baby get sleep without crying, get respect and eliminate tantrums from your toddler and potty train your child fast!

By Lucy Watson

This is a 3 book Parenting Collection including:

Sleep Training: The Baby Sleep Solution for the Exhausted Modern Parents

Having a new baby is an exciting experience. You want to be able to hold them and cuddle them all the time. You are excited to see them grow and change over the years. And you may even have some big hopes and dreams for their futures. But everyone can agree that getting enough sleep during that first year with your baby can be a big challenge. With the help of sleep training, you will be able to get your sleep schedule back, with baby sleeping in their own room, in no time at all.

Toddler Discipline

Are you dealing with a child who has a lot of tantrums? Does it feel like you can’t take them anywhere because the tantrums are just getting too bad? Do you feel hopeless and like everyone is judging you about the way that your child behaves? Many children have tantrums and it is a part of their normal development. But being able to handle these tantrums in a safe and effective manner can prevent the headaches and can make life easier with a toddler.

Potty Training:How To Potty Train Your Child In One Day

Potty training is an important milestone for your child. They are growing up and have reached the right developmental milestones to be able to go to the bathroom and understand what is going on. While this is so important and a big milestone to celebrate, many parents look at potty training with dread. They do not look forward to the races to the bathroom, the accidents and messes, and all the fights to get their child to learn how to use the potty.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Red Kite Publishing
• Release date: Jul 17, 2020

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Introduction

Having a new baby is an exciting experience. You want to be able to hold them and cuddle them all the time. You are excited to see them grow and change over the years. And you may even have some big hopes and dreams for their futures. But everyone can agree that getting enough sleep during that first year with your baby can be a big challenge. With the help of sleep training, you will be able to get your sleep schedule back, with baby sleeping in their own room, in no time at all.

This guidebook is going to discuss everything that you need to know to get started with sleep training with your baby. We will look at what sleep training is, the benefits of working with sleep training, what tools you need, the best sleeping times for your child, and even some of the best methods that will ensure sleep training goes as smoothly as possible for your family. We will then end this guidebook with some common mistakes that you should avoid when it comes time to start with sleep training.

Every new parent looks forward to the time when they can get some sleep while also knowing that your baby is getting the sleep that they need as well. Take a look through this guidebook to help you get started on your baby sleep training journey.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 2

Chapter 1: How Much Sleep Does My Baby Need?. 5

Chapter 2: What are the Signs That it is Time for My Baby to Go to Bed?. 8

Chapter 3: The Benefits of Sleep Training. 11

Chapter 4: How to Set Up the Crib or Sleeping Area for the Baby. 13

Chapter 5: What Tools do I Need for Sleep Training?. 16

Chapter 6: Remember Sleeping Safety and SIDS. 19

Chapter 7: The Best Sleep Training Methods to Try. 22

Chapter 8: Working on a Sleeping Plan That Works for Your Family. 22

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Chapter 9: The Do’s and Don’ts of Sleep Training. 22

Conclusion.. 22

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Chapter 1: How Much Sleep Does My Baby Need?

One thing that is a high priority for many new parents is whether their new child is getting enough sleep. There are some guidelines that you can follow to make sure that your child is getting the sleep that they need. Remember, all children are different and while some may get all the sleep at a longer stretch at night and not need naps, other children may need to have a nap or two during the day because they do not sleep as long at night. All children will develop a sleeping pattern and you can work with this to help them fall asleep.

The amount of sleep that your baby needs will depend on their age. For a newborn, they will sleep about eight and a half hours at night. This will not be straight though as most babies can’t go more than a few hours without needing to eat, regardless of whether you breastfeed or formula feed. So bedtime may be more than eight hours before they wake up to counter for this time they are eating.

In addition, your baby will also need a few naps. These naps are going to be varied based on your child and how many times they get up to eat. Sometimes they will have a longer nap and sometimes it will be shorter. It is harder to get a newborn on a good sleeping nap schedule, but it will happen. They should spend about eight and a half hours sleeping for naps. This brings the total hours of sleep for your newborn to seventeen.

By the time that your baby reaches one month, things change a little bit, but they are pretty similar. A one month old should sleep about nine hours at night, with a bit longer time period between feedings. You will still need to wake them up every three to four hours on most nights, but you will not need to wake up each hour or two to feed them. The naps the baby takes will take up about eight hours during the day, but these should be varied throughout. The total hours of sleep should still be about seventeen.

By the time your baby reaches the age of three months, they are going to sleep a little bit longer through the night. If you have been doing some sleep training with them, they will be ready to sleep longer at night and be up more during the day. They will still need to wake up a few times to feed, but often they will cluster feed before bed and then be fine for a longer stretch of time. By the time the baby is three months, they should be able to sleep about ten hours at night, with interruptions for eating and during growth spurts.

The nap time for children who are three months old does change. This should be dropped down to six hours of sleep during the day, and most families try to split it up into three naps. You can split this up the way that it works best for you and baby, but it does average about two hours each nap. If the baby sleeps a bit longer during one and less during another, that is not a big deal. Your three month old should average about 16 hours of sleep.

When your baby reaches the age of six months, they should be on a good sleep schedule at night. This time they are still at 10 hours of sleep at night, with occasionally waking up to eat since their bellies are too small to make it all night without eating. They should then take about two to three naps that average five hours total. So, a child of this age should get an average of 15 hours of sleep each day.

As the child gets older, they will be able to sleep longer through the night. At nine months, they will go for eleven hours of sleep at a time, with a meal or two in between depending on how much they eat ahead of time and whether they are doing well with the solids. They will still be getting two naps each day, but the total time of both these naps will be around three and a half hours. So the total time that your child will sleep when they are nine months old will be a little over fourteen hours.

By the time that your child is twelve months old, they will still be sleeping eleven hours at a time at night and may not be waking up as often as they did before. They will most likely still be taking two naps, though some children transition out into one nap, or one longer nap and then a shorter one in there as well. This nap time should be about three hours. So, when your child gets to their first birthday, it is normal to see them sleeping about fourteen hours a day between their naps and bedtime.

And finally, when your baby gets to eighteen months, they will still need quite a bit of sleep. At this time, they will sleep about eleven hours at night, though for some children, they may sleep a bit more or a bit less depending on their schedule and how long their nap goes. If they are not up to this eleven hour time or they wake up hungry during this time, it is important to evaluate when they are eating and their diet to see what changes you can make to get them to sleep right.

When it comes to naptime, your eighteen month old should be down to one nap. This will be a longer nap, averaging between two and two and a half hours at some point during the day. You can determine what time your child goes down for a nap to get it to work best for your family, but do not put naptime too close to bedtime, or you will run into trouble when it is time to get them to go to sleep. The average amount of time that your eighteen month old will sleep is thirteen and a half hours.

It is important that your child get the amount of sleep that they need. Not only does it give you a break and let you sleep and get recharged at night, but it is also important to the health of your child. Being able to help your child go to bed and get the amount of sleep that they need is going to set them up for a lifetime of good sleeping habits and makes it easier to keep them in good health. While each child is a bit different, it is still so important to ensure that they get adequate amount of sleep for their age. The charts above will make sure that they are getting plenty of sleep, both in the night and during their naps, for their optimal health.

Chapter 2: What are the Signs That it is Time for My Baby to Go to Bed?

Before you get started with some of the strategies that we talk about later in this book, it is important to recognize some of the most common sleeping cues of your baby. These sleep cues help to tell you that your baby is starting to get tired and that it is time to put them to bed. Since your baby is not able to talk to you directly, you need to be able to listen and look for these cues to help you get them to sleep at the right time.

Every baby is going to be a bit different. Some babies will show certain signs of being tired, and other babies will not show the same signs. The list that we will look at in this chapter are some general guidelines to help you. If you notice that these are present with your child, or you notice other behavior that seems to be prevalent when your child is tired, then you can use those as your sleeping cues.

The first thing that you should watch is their actions. The actions of your baby are often the first signs that they want to go to sleep. Some babies, but not all of them, will yawn. This is a pretty obvious sign that they are sleepy. Some of the other physical signs to watch out for to see if your baby is ready for their nap or to go to bed is if they are sucking on their fists or rubbing at their eyes a lot.

Now, while we did just say that sucking on the fists can be a physical sign that the baby is tired, there are times when your baby will do this action and not be tired at all. Some babies like this as a sign of soothing or to help with sore teeth as they come in. However, if you see that the baby is thrashing their limbs all over the place, especially when it comes to their arms, this is another sleepiness sign that you need to watch out for.

Crying can be another sign that you will need to watch out for. Babies do spend a lot of time crying because this is the only method that they have to communicate that they are not happy about something. In some cases, crying is a way to indicate that the baby is getting cranky and overtired. When this happens, the baby may have already passed their tired point and it is going to be harder to get them to fall asleep.

There are a lot of different types of crying that you can watch out for and as a parent, you need to learn what the different cries mean. But if the baby is fussy and crying, and you have already checked that they are not hungry or have other needs that must be met, then this crying is probably a sign that the baby is ready to go to sleep.

When your baby starts to get tired, you may notice that the level of their alertness is going