My children are not particularly old but I’m really glad they’ve moved out of the baby phase. They still wake up at night but it’s nothing like the first year or two. If I think about that season of life for too long, then the feelings of tiredness come flooding back. I find myself yawning for no reason, wondering how I would cope if we ever had another one. Come on, I’m not the only one out there, am I?
Baby sleep habits seem to be one of those subjects for which everyone has an opinion. Get them to bed earlier. Follow their cues. Let them lead the way. Get them into a strict schedule and they’ll be better off for it. Whatever the advice, none of it ever seems to be what you want to hear when you’re walking around like a zombie.
About a month or so ago, someone told me about an app called Napper, which tracks sleep, creates tailor-made nap schedules, and provides a collection of dream-inducing soundtracks. It got me thinking, “I wonder what my life would have been like, as a young parent, if I’d had this app?”
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With that in mind, I headed to the App Store, downloaded the app, and created a profile for my youngest child. I provided all the necessary details, such as name, birthday, and gender, which only took a few minutes. I decided to only add my youngest, as she’s the only one still waking up at night and I thought she’d be a good test case. If you have more children that you’d like to add, then Napper is more than capable of coping with multiple profiles.
I thought I’d tackle my child’s nighttime waking on my own but I could have added and invited a caregiver to share the load. This would have sent them an…
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