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The Full Feedings Method is a simple way of life that can be safely implemented from birth and alleviates the need to sleep train.

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Ever feel like things have fallen apart with your

Ever feel like things have fallen apart with your baby's routine/sleep? You are not alone. With summer and travel, it's super common for us to get lax with baby's age-appropriate routine and things start to get messy. While I never want this to disrupt nighttime sleep for any family, the truth is, it can happen. So what do you do? Click through the slides above for some practical tips to getting back on track with your baby's routine...👆🏻🤍✨
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At each age, we pay attention to how much baby is

At each age, we pay attention to how much baby is sleeping during the daytime hours, to ensure 12-hours of nighttime sleep is consistently possible.
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If you are a member of my Online Program, the total daytime sleep listed on each monthly guide is what you don't want to exceed...not necessarily what you need to ensure baby sleeps during the day.
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If baby sleeps more than what the guide calls for, you can cause the nighttime sleep disruptions you are trying to solve for. So grab your guide, and make sure baby isn't getting too much daytime sleep per age, and you will be well on your way to consistent nighttime sleep!
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Not yet a member? Link in bio to the beginning of the end of your sleepless nights...😴
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Every parent wants their baby to self-soothe. I wa

Every parent wants their baby to self-soothe. I want that for you, too. Personally, I think it’s best to wait to work on self-soothing until baby is sleeping through the night, because often allowing baby to attempt to self-soothe causes them to stay awake longer than they should, and this can compromise their daytime and nighttime sleep. Also, when baby is not sleeping through the night, they are existing at some level of over-tired, which can also prevent them from being able to learn to self-soothe.
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So I find it’s better to help your baby with their sleeps, get them sleeping through the night, and then teach them self-soothing…which FYI is possible, without crying!!
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Having said that, self-soothing is easier to teach than you might think.
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Click through the post above to learn just how easy it can be, and remember, slow and steady, wins the race! 🤍
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I wanted to give you permission to feed your baby

I wanted to give you permission to feed your baby to sleep, IF that is what is natural for your baby.
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I do like to start from birth to work towards EAT PLAY SLEEP cycles, but the more parents I work with, the more I confirm that feeding to sleep is okay. This means you choose to do PLAY EAT SLEEP or EAT PLAY EAT SLEEP (if your little one has difficulty taking full feeds).
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Things to remember if you choose to feed to sleep:
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🍼 Make sure the feed is full. This means starting with enough time ahead of age-appropriate OWT, to ensure baby has time for a full feed.
🍼 Baby is finished eating and ASLEEP by their age-appropriate OWT. We don't want a full feed to compromise OWT and cause baby to become over tired.
🍼 If baby is eating, we want them awake. If baby is sleeping, we don't want them eating. (Excludes newborns who will eat with their eyes closed for the first month.)
🍼 You maintain the same number of feeds per day.
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Sometimes people start the day with EAT PLAY SLEEP, and due to short naps, end up having to switch to PLAY EAT SLEEP. This is okay, as long as we don't end up dropping a feed for the day.
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Remember, the goal is to keep baby consistently fully-fed during the daytime hours, so there is no need to feed at night. Do this each and every day, and watch the sleep unfold!!!
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Link in bio to the beginning of the end of your sleepless nights...😴
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Let's talk about short naps... First of all, you a

Let's talk about short naps... First of all, you are not alone in your love/hate relationship with your baby's naps. When the nap works, it's the best because you get a break. When the nap doesn't work, you can be left feeling really frustrated and with very little "free time"...

I believe that helping baby into an age-appropriate routine is the fastest way to get them sleeping through the night (and taking better naps) so I wanted to share my guide for how to handle various lengths of naps. Click through the slides above for more!

Obviously the real goal is to make *most* of baby's naps easy and long (1.5 hours) but while you are working to sort that out or if you have an off day, it's a-okay to help your baby extend their naps by rocking. It's also a-okay to not help them extend and instead opt for adding on another cycle of EAT PLAY SLEEP.

Either way, flexibility from cycle to cycle and day to day is an essential ingredient in consistent nighttime sleep and The Full Feedings Method is here to show you the way!

Link in bio for a simple 3-step method that will get your baby to consistently sleep through the night, WITHOUT crying it out! When you start from birth, you can achieve this by 8 - 12 weeks old, but if your baby is older, don't worry...you can begin at any age, as long as your little one is still napping!
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"We’ve all been there, the baby is sleeping and

"We’ve all been there, the baby is sleeping and suddenly we hear noises coming from their crib, before it’s time to wake up. The question we immediately ask ourselves is, do I need to go in right when my baby wakes up or should I leave them alone to fall back asleep independently?
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From my experience, a pause before we helped our baby back to sleep worked best for us. We certainly didn't want our baby to be awake for 30 minutes crying before we responded to her, but, waiting 2-5 minutes (depending on age) can be a great way to see if she was really awake or not!
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One thing I learned with my daughter was, sometimes she would start making noises during the night when she wasn’t actually awake. Babies have bad dreams just like we do! They also get into uncomfortable positions, just like we do! Depending on their age, maybe they need to pass gas, just like we do! All of these can cause them to start whimpering or crying out during the night when they may not be fully awake."
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If you practice a PAUSE before responding, it can be really helpful to allow our babies the space and time to learn to manage themselves, and give us the time to determine IF they actually need our help.
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To read more about this, head over to www.fullfeedings.com/blog and read what @ssaraelizabeth has to share on this important ingredient in infant sleep...
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