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Offering happiness, comfort, & hope to pediatric patients.

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How to deal with the time change and baby’s routine.

Stop justifying lack of a basic human needs to mothers.

Prioritizing infant sleep from birth.

I want to change the misconception that sleep is something you have to give up when you become a parent.

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So many mamas think if they choose to breastfeed t

So many mamas think if they choose to breastfeed their baby, sleep is NOT possible and this couldn't be further from the truth.
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Remember, we want a fully fed baby, whether you choose to nurse or bottle feed (or do a combination of both) and being full is what will help lead to consistent nighttime sleep (amongst other important infant sleep ingredients).
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So don't let anyone convince you not to work on getting your baby to sleep well from birth. You can work on getting your baby to sleep whether you breastfeed, bottle feed, baby has reflux, was premature, etc. etc.
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The Full Feedings Method isn't sleep training...it's a simple way of life that can be safely implemented from birth, and will alleviate the need to "sleep train". It focuses on meeting your baby's food and sleep needs fully, at each and every age, and leads to consistent nighttime sleep, WITHOUT crying it out!
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Struggling with the last nap of the day is a commo

Struggling with the last nap of the day is a common problem parents run into when working towards consistent nighttime sleep. My monthly guides are designed specifically to ensure baby is able to eat enough during the day, not sleep too much, and not stay awake too long. If you are using less naps than what my monthly guides call for, baby is either staying awake too long or sleeping too long during the daytime. I believe doing this can compromise their ability to consistently sleep at night.
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So what do you do if baby is struggling to take the last nap of the day?
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1- Slightly shorten the 2nd to last nap of the day.
2- Allow more time ahead of the last nap, to get baby to sleep.
3- Help baby with nap (i.e. contact nap, stroller nap, etc)
4- Feed baby to sleep (as long as it doesn't compromise OWT)
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Do what you can mama to ensure baby is taking all the naps listed on your guide, so you can ensure baby is fully fed and fully rested each day. Consistently doing this is an important ingredient in consistent nighttime sleep!
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Link in bio to learn more!⚡️
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Let's talk about naps, mama.
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They never seem to come easy, do they?! I totally feel you on this, and while I believe using baby's age-appropriate Optimal Wake Time (OWT) will get you independent, longer naps, I am 1,000,000% okay with you helping your baby get the daytime sleep they need.
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In fact, I think helping your baby to sleep during the day is an important ingredient in consistent nighttime sleep.
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Why is that? Because when we help baby to get the daytime sleep they need, we prevent them from becoming overly tired, which is one of the biggest disruptors of consistent nighttime sleep.
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When we allow baby to get overly tired during any period of the day, their cortisol (stress hormone) levels rise and they can become irritable and fight sleep (even with help).
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So I am here to tell you that helping your baby to sleep is the best choice you can make towards consistent nighttime sleep!
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(And no, I am not suggesting you resign yourself to holding baby for every single nap! I still want you working towards independent sleep, but just not at the expense of nighttime sleep.)
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Want to learn more? Link in bio to the beginning of the end of your sleepless nights!⚡️
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Oh mama, I am here to tell you that those natural

Oh mama, I am here to tell you that those natural instincts you feel as a mother can and should be trusted. Want to read more about how @ssaraelizabeth learned to trust her instincts as a mama? Head over the my blog (fullfeedings.com/blog) and read more!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Exhausted.
Overwhelmed.
Hanging on by a thread.
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This was about 12 weeks postpartum after my first. Those are paper towels in my shirt, trying to absorb the leaking breastmilk because the feel of nursing pads in my shirt pushed me to the brink. Eye mask helped to make it "dark" because my anxiety would often keep me awake, even when my baby was sleeping. Fitbit tracking sleep and steps, which I think made my anxiety worse (when I didn't achieve what I wanted) but my a-type self had to obsessively track. Snack in hand because if I wasn't shoving food in my mouth, prior to my daughter latching, I honestly felt like I was going to collapse.
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I look back at this and often still feel exactly the same way I did in this photo. Despite having children that sleep all night, most days I am wearing the same clothes as yesterday, stressed, anxious, feeling like my life is one big house of cards, that will come crashing down if I don't keep all the plates spinning. And let me tell you, keeping all the plates spinning feels hard and impossible most days.
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Work life. Mom life. Friend life. Self-care life. Getting the kids to listen and out the door. Peed. Dressed. Fed. Happy. All the things. Most days I'm an anxious wreck and while I know I have my shit together, working on this IS my life's work and I think it's important to share this with you because I do think a lot of this got harder to manage when I became a mama. I'm still working out how not to fall apart each day and realizing my anxiety is never going to go away completely, but I have to learn how to manage it each and every day. Some days I feel like I'm on top of it, others I fail miserably.
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For me, one of my most important self-care tools is sleep. If I don't sleep, management of my anxiety becomes impossible so I really make sure I prioritize this, even if it means I'm not showering. Can you relate, mama?😩

It makes my heart hurt when parents feel like they

It makes my heart hurt when parents feel like they have no choice but to "sleep train" their baby (i.e. CIO). I don't judge anyone, as I know this choice is usually one of desperation, but I am here to offer you an alternative.
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If you want to get your baby to consistently sleep through the night, without crying it out, PLEASE KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
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While I want you to begin from birth, you can begin at any age, as long as baby is still napping.
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I created The Full Feedings Method as a way-of-life that parents choose to implement, that focuses on meeting baby's food and sleep needs fully (at each and every age) and sleep naturally follows.
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There is nothing to do. There is no crying. There is nothing to wait to start. Begin now, mama and welcome to the beginning of the end of those sleepless nights... Let's do this!!!⚡️
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