Having a baby is hard. Having a baby and not seeing eye to eye on how you want to approach your little one’s sleep can make things feel more stressful and exhausting. Here are my top 4 tips to getting on the same page, so everyone can rest more easily.

Infants are by design contact seekers, they should be dependent on their parents and caregivers for contact and closeness. It is paramount to their growth and maturity.

Children are wired for closeness and contact to their primary caregivers. A mother’s body is a child’s home. It is important to remember that full term babies are born 9 months premature and early babies, even more-so, when it comes to brain development.

Daily sleep totals are the total amount of sleep your baby needs in a 24 hour period. These ranges were created by the National Sleep Foundation.