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How To Know It’s Time To Extend Your Baby’s Wake Windows

How To Know It’s Time To Extend Your Baby’s Wake Windows

Does this sound familiar? You put your baby down for their nap or nighttime sleep, and they stay awake in their crib playing or fussing. Daytime naps are barely long enough for you to get anything done, and sleeping through the night has become a thing of the past....

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Your Guide To Mixing Breast Milk With Formula

Your Guide To Mixing Breast Milk With Formula

All mamas want the best for their babies, and often the most common feeding advice out there is that “breast is best”. While breast milk is incredibly nutritious, for many parents, exclusively breastfeeding just isn’t feasible. This is when having formula is an...

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5 Tips For Feeding A Distracted Baby

5 Tips For Feeding A Distracted Baby

As your baby grows and exits the newborn phase, they start becoming more aware of their surroundings and interested in doing things other than sleeping and eating. Suddenly, when you’re trying to feed your little one, they seem to be interested in everything but...

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How To Get Out Of The Nursing To Sleep Cycle

How To Get Out Of The Nursing To Sleep Cycle

How to Get Out of the Nursing-to-Sleep Cycle (Without Losing Your Mind) Nursing to sleep is normal and comforting, and it isn’t a bad habit. It becomes hard when your baby can’t fall asleep any other way, or wakes every hour or two at night to comfort nurse. The...

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Can A Newborn Baby Sleep Too Much?

Can A Newborn Baby Sleep Too Much?

When you bring your new little bundle home from the hospital, it can seem like all they do is sleep and eat. As a first-time parent, you may look over at your newborn as they’re in dreamland and wonder, “Have they been asleep for too long?”  It’s important to remember...

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When To Increase Bottle Nipple Size

When To Increase Bottle Nipple Size

You’ve done your research and chosen the perfect bottle for your baby. But, that’s not where bottle feeding your little one ends… As your baby grows, the bottle they’re feeding from needs to evolve with them. You don’t need to invest in new bottles, it’s a simple...

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When Baby Only Wants One Breast

When Baby Only Wants One Breast

Baby Only Wants One Breast: Is it Normal and What Should I Do? It's perfectly normal for babies to only want one breast over the other. In fact, it's more common than you might think. There are a few reasons why your baby only wants one breast, and there are a few...

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