ergoPouch Sleep Blog - Tips to Help Baby & Toddlers Sleep

We sat down with our friend Dr Golly to chat about preparing a baby for nap time. 

Dr Golly (Dr Daniel Golshevsky) is a Melbourne-based pediatrician and father of three. Specializing in unsettled babies and poor sleep, Dr Golly developed his program through work with thousands of babies over a decade of practice. With a focus on empowering parents and protecting mothers, Dr Golly turns up the volume of that innate parental instinct to maximize parents' understanding of their baby's cues and bring everyone closer to a full night's sleep.

We've reached that time of year where the nights are darker, and the sun is setting early (hello winter, and cozy days to come!). This time change is a crowd-pleaser, we technically GAIN an extra hour of sleep (or do we?) #kids. 

Is it time, or is it not time? That is the question, so many parents are asking when it comes to transitioning their toddler from crib to bed. 

It can be a nerve-wracking time knowing that your child is about to leave the safe confines of their crib to a big bed, where they have the freedom to get out, roam and explore their room and possibly the whole house.  

Here are my TOP SIX TIPS to help you navigate this time and ensure a smooth, seamless transition for all. 

Registered nurse, midwife and mother Jane Wiggill is here to answer all your white noise questions.

With over 13 years experience working in birth suites across Victoria, and more recently as Chief Midwife of Red Nose Australia, Jane provides evidence-based health expertise for infant and child use of white noise for sleep.

Winter. The months where we hibernate indoors and share plenty of cuddles with our minis. It's about this time of year; that we get many questions about how to keep baby warm in winter at night, and rightly so, it's confusing. You don't want to underdress or overdress them. If just that sentence has you spinning, we got you.

Sleep looks different for everyone. Let’s ALL stop being so hard on ourselves. Sleep is the main dominator we all have in common when we decide to embark on the magic that is parenthood. We all want to know if you're getting it and how much?

All healthy newborn babies are in fact born capable of drifting off to sleep when their basic needs are met, and when they are in the ideal conditions in which to do so.

And when they do, it’s magical.

However, this may not happen all the time and it is absolutely OK to offer hands-on settling support when your little one can’t quite do it by themself.