Jan 31st Activities, Milestones Activities, Milestones Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Jan 31st Activities, Milestones Activities, Milestones Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Jan 31st Uncategorized Uncategorized Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Jan 31st Activities, Milestones Activities, Milestones Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Jan 31st Activities, Milestones Activities, Milestones Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Jan 31st Activities, Milestones Activities, Milestones Top Sleep Tips for Infants and Toddlers By Ann Marks, Full Feedings Founder Sleep is a basic human need, and something I believe parents should consistently work on from birth. There are so many (false) stigmas surrounding infant and toddler sleep, and I believe that is because parents think the only way to get their baby or toddler to sleep is to “sleep train” or let them cry it out…and that couldn’t be further from the truth.So, in an effort to spread the no-cry-it-out, needs based approach to infant sleep, here are 3 of my top sleep tips you can begin from birth: 1. Feed your baby fullyEach time you sit down to feed your little one, try to make it a full feed. No, we don’t force anything (ever), but if you gently work to establish and maintain age-appropriate feeds, you will being managing an important ingredient in infant sleep.P.S. I am talking about milk when I refer to sleep. For toddlers, milk can still play a major role in consistent nighttime sleep until 18+ months, so don’t rush to introduce/increase solids, especially if your little one is still drinking milk at night.Think about it this way, past the age of 8 – 12 weeks old, whatever milk your baby is drinking at night, needs to be moved to the daytime to meet your baby’s needs. This will help you get the sleep you NEED at night. 2. Don’t keep your baby awake too longKeeping your baby awake too long at any age can cause them to become overtired and over tiredness is a major sleep disruption. Think short naps, fighting sleep, night wakes, early mornings, etc.When you have a newborn, their Optimal Wake Time (OWT, the amount of time they should stay awake, not how long they could stay awake) is likely only 30 minutes.30 minutes is what I want for a “full feed” so this is why it feels like your baby is sleeping all day.It’s normal as you are getting to know your baby and getting into your groove that things will take longer. THIS IS NORMAL. This is to be expected. But each eat-play-sleep cycle is a new chance to practice getting your baby to sleep before they become overtired. And don’t worry, Optimal Wake Time increases slowly each month, so before you know it, you will be wishing you had shorter wake windows, because entertaining a little one for 2 hours is harder than you might think! 3. Don’t let your baby sleep too longIn the early days, you will “limit your baby’s daytime sleep” by offering a full feed at least every 3 hours during the day. If you are doing that, and your baby has their “days and nights confused”, it’s simply a sign you need to limit your baby’s daytime sleep further, and you can do this by pulling your feeds slightly closer together (every 2.5 hours). Not only will this prevent too much daytime sleep, but it will make full daytime feeds even easier. Nutrition & Sleep Stacey Segal, RD, MsC Did you know nutrition can affect sleep?Melatonin is a hormone, synthesized by an amino acid called tryptophan. An amino acid is like a bead in a necklace, and the full necklace is a protein. So, it’s no surprise that the foods that have the highest concentration of melatonin are foods rich in protein.There is also evidence that vitamin B12 can aid in the synthesis of melatonin. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal food sources, but also in nutritional yeast and green algae like chlorella.Importantly, maintaining consistent meals and snacks throughout the day for kids is important for good nights’ sleep. Bedtime snack choices should have a protein source and be low in sugar.Some of our favorite evening toddler snacks for good sleep include:🍒 Yogurt w/ cherries🍠 Cerebelly Smart Bar🍌 Nut Butter spread on ½ banana🍅 Small bowl of leftover noodles and tomato sauce sleep will come If you consistently and age-appropriately manage these 3 infant sleep ingredients (as I call them), your baby will naturally sleep through the night by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to sleep train, without having to cry it out. The key is to focus on meeting their needs fully from cycle to cycle and day to day, keep the faith, have grace for yourself and your baby, be flexible (so important), and the sleep will come. Think it’s too late for you? Think again. As long as your baby/toddler is still napping, you can achieve consistent nighttime sleep. I created my methods to ensure parents could start at any age, and still get sleep! LEARN MORE Ann Marks is a single-mom of 3, including twins. She is devoted to changing the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent. The Full Feedings Method offers parents an alternative to traditional sleep training, with a “no cry-it-out” needs-based approach to infant sleep. The Full Feedings Method is a simple way-of-life that can be safely implemented from birth and helps parents achieve consistent nighttime sleep by 8 – 12 weeks old, without having to “do” anything.The method is focused on meeting baby’s food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, ensuring that baby is fully fed, not over tired in any period, and not sleeping too much during the day, and when those 3 ingredients are age-appropriately managed each day, the sleep is naturally established and maintained. Have more questions? Send us an email at support@cerebelly.com and we will be sure to get back to you!
Activities, Milestones Jul 21st Splish, Splash, and Grow: Water Play Benefits for Infant & Toddler Development
