Author: Elizabeth Pantley

Elizabeth Pantley is a mother, grandmother, and author of the bestselling book, The No-Cry Sleep Solution and 8 books in the No-Cry Solution series, which helps moms and dads through all key stages of parenting.

By Elizabeth Pantley

Guess what – your baby doesn’t have days and nights mixed up!

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ If your baby is sleeping a lot during the day, including a three- to five-hour stretch, and then getting up frequently at night, it’s common for people to note that they “have their days and nights mixed up.”...

Where does your newborn want to nap?

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ Given a choice, your brand-new baby would sleep in your arms or in a sling for every single nap, every day. Your baby is one smart cookie! What’s not to love about the warmth and security of loving...

Is it best for baby to fall asleep at the breast or bottle

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ Feeding is hard work for your new baby! It requires complete and focused attention, and it takes time to complete a full “meal.” Because of this, it’s very likely that your baby will fall asleep after expending the...

Learn this one fact and help your newborn sleep longer

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ Would you like to learn an easy tip that will absolutely help your newborn sleep longer stretches? If you don’t learn this, you could accidentally create excessive, unnecessary night-waking throughout babyhood. Here is the critically important fact...

Managing multiple sleep routines

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ I remember the days of trying to coordinate my older children’s bedtime routines with the non-schedule of my new baby. I remember how hard bedtime was when the baby needed my attention, and the other two thought that...

Helping baby fall asleep without sucking

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ There is something you can do to prevent your baby from developing such a strong suck-to-sleep association that it becomes an absolute necessity for sleep, and a firmly ingrained habit that is very hard to change. Yes,...

How do newborn babies sleep?

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ Your baby doesn’t magically transform into a different life form at the moment of birth. He is the same person he was just a minute before in the womb. So, the first months of life are often referred...

Why your 4-7-month-old good sleeper, can change course

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ So that you can be on the lookout for possible sleep issues down the road, let’s cover some of the reasons why a good sleeper suddenly begins to resist sleep or to wake up more often: ~...

Guess what? Not every newborn can fall asleep alone!

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ You may have tried to put your newborn into bed while obviously tired but awake, and every time your baby’s eyes pop wide open and the fussing begins the moment you even lean over the crib with the...

Newborns have “growth spurts” that affect sleep

By Elizabeth Pantley

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns ~~~ New babies grow rapidly, but they don’t do it in one straight line of growth. Some days or weeks they grow faster than others. During these “spurts” your baby seems constantly hungry and doesn’t sleep for long periods....

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