#momlifechats Moms, Welcome to #momlifechats! We’re so excited to welcome Infant & Child Sleep Consultant Hailee Schollaardt (@nurturingsleepsolutions). Hailee has been a Certified Sleep Consultant for 3.5 years. She has 3 kids aged 4.5 years, 2.5 years and 6 months and knows all too well the difficulties of a non-sleeping baby. “My first baby was 11 months old before he slept his first 2 hour stretch (It was a wednesday) and since then I became obsessed with learning about sleep!” Hailee classifies herself as more of a gentle sleep coach and encourages parents to do what works best for their own family. “Always advocate for your family and your baby! After all, you know them best!” She has worked with many families and loves providing tools to help improve sleep for every family she meets. Healthy Sleep equals Happy Families! Hailee’s top 3 sleep tips: 1.) Create a baby cave! The body is cued by light levels and so darkness in the room environment is so important. We want that room to be pitch black if we can. This helps newborns feel at home (in the womb) and it help’s older babies produce sleep hormones. 2.) Use white noise. This is my “must have” in any sleep space. It helps newborns feel at home because it sounds like the womb and it helps older babies to cycle through sleep cycles. Use a constant sound such as static, heavy rainfall or a vacuum. Make sure it does not turn off after a certain interval as we want it to be playing the whole time to help those sleep cycles! 3.) Build strong routines. This is not the same as a schedule. A routine is just the steps you do before putting your baby down to sleep. Each step in that routine triggers the brain to release sleep hormones. Essentially, it acts as your baby’s clock telling the body what time it is… sleep time! Inconsistent sleep routines can lead to inconsistent sleep! Please ask @nurturingsleepsolutions anything by tagging her in the comments below. And a big thanks to @nurturingsleepsolutions for participating in this chat! Hailee welcomes you to follow her Facebook Page Nurturing Sleep Solutions for more live Q&A’s and helpful Facebook Live sleep tips! Let’s get chatting! 🍁mom.life_usa🍂
Do any of you leave your kids bedroom doors open when the sleep? Like a 2 year old?
Sleeping positions my 6 month old hates: 1. Sleeping on his side. 2. Sleeping on his back. 3. Sleeping on his stomach.
Babygirl knocked out sleep
aja·
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ok cool, 3 more weeks to go@neik84
neik·
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My daughter started sleeping more at five weeks
aja·
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@jovromero, nice
Jovanna·
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my son started sleeping most of the night only 1 feeding and that's it
aja·
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oh wow, that's cool. how many oz do u put in bottle
Alicia·
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I pump my milk and bottle feed at night. I think they get a fuller belly that way. I pump right before I go to bed, once in the middle of the night, and in the morning. My baby nurses during the day. It works great for me. He sleeps 3-4 hrs at a time during the night. He's 2 weeks old.
aja·
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ok thanks, @mommy_to_be.taylor so do u pump after baby has bottles and sleeps so your body knows it just had a feeding
Gwen T.·
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I use Dr. Brown bottles I love love love them.
aja·
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@cubanese, yes I have a ten year old and she's a heavy sleeper too lol
aja·
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that's interesting, I haven't started pumping because I don't want to mess up my supply @mommy_to_be.taylor . I would have to go buy bottles because I have none. what brand do u use
Gwen T.·
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At night I feed him breast milk through a bottle and he sleeps longer. But I also had a nicu baby and they started him on a bottle in the hospital. He doesn't have a problem with nipple confusion tho. So it works for me.
Gwen T.·
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@cubanese, I wish my son slept through the night
aja·
Мама троих детей
@mommy_to_be.taylor, no she's never had a bottle just me...@cubanese, oh wow lucky u
Gwen T.·
Мама сына-младенца
Girl you got a little while before she sleep longer than two hours. She is doing good......, my son ate every hour to hour and half. He sleep for the first time last night almost through the night and he 3 months. Do you feed her breast milk through the bottle as well?