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Children don’t come with a manual. Learn how Batelle has helped thousands of families with articles on sleep training, parenthood, case studies, and more.

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9 Month-Old Sleep Challenges: Increased Mobility & Sleep

Reaching the 9-month mark with your baby can be a time of joy, discovery, and… yes, sleep disruptions. If you…

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The 8-Month Sleep Regression & Separation Anxiety

As your baby approaches the 8-month mark, you might find yourself navigating another round of sleep issues. The 8-month sleep…

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Is There a 7-Month Sleep Regression?

As your seven-month-old baby acquires new skills and becomes more engaged with the world, their sleep patterns can shift. If…

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Is There a Sleep Regression at 5 Months?

At five months of age, your baby is unfolding a new chapter of growth and discovery, and, yes, sometimes sleep…

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How Sleep Regressions Impact Feeding: A Guide for Parents

New parents often brace themselves for the sleep disruptions that come with developmental milestones. But have you ever paused to…

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Teething Troubles: How It Impacts Sleep and How to Cope

Teething gets the blame for a myriad of baby behaviors, especially when it comes to sleep disruptions. As a new…

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Your Baby’s Sleep at 3 Months Old

Congratulations on making it out of the 4th trimester! Your baby is now 3 months old, and you’ve probably noticed…

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Understanding Your Baby’s Sleep and Development at 8 Weeks Old

Congratulations, your baby is 2 months old! Each day that goes by brings new joys and challenges. In these early…

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Is There a Sleep Regression at 9 Weeks Old?

Welcome to the 9-week milestone with your little one! As a new parent, you’re probably used to being asked, “Is…

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Navigating Your Baby’s Development at 7 Weeks Old

At seven weeks old, your baby is undergoing significant development, and as a parent, you are probably facing new challenges…

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Understanding Newborn Sleep Patterns

Becoming a parent is a journey filled with joy, love, and, let’s be honest, a fair share of challenges. While…

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How Illness Can Affect Your Baby’s Sleep

Illness is a common cause of sleep disruption in babies and toddlers. Whether it’s a common cold or an ear…

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Your Baby’s Sleep Schedule: The First Year and Beyond

Navigating the world of infant sleep can be a maze of conflicting advice, sleepless nights, and endless questions. How much…

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Is There a Sleep Regression at 6 Weeks Old?

Six weeks into your parenting journey, and you might be marveling at your baby’s first social smiles. Yet, as delightful…

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Sleep Training: the Pick-Up, Put-Down Method

In the vast landscape of parenting, few topics are as debated and discussed as sleep training. With a myriad of…

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Comparing Sleep Training Approaches: A Deep Dive into the Ferber Method

Parenting is a realm filled with choices, and when it comes to sleep training, the options can seem endless. As…

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Navigating Sleep During the 4-Month Sleep Regression

The first year of your baby’s development is marked by rapid growth and transformative development. It can often feel as…

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How Potty Training Affects Your Toddler’s Sleep

Navigating the world of toddlerhood brings with it a myriad of challenges and milestones. Among the most significant is potty…

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Why Sleep Training Fails—and What To Do About It

Sleep training is often seen as a magic bullet for sleep-deprived parents, promising peaceful nights and well-rested babies. However, it’s…

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Is There a Sleep Regression at 4 Weeks Old?

Whether you’re a new parent or have already navigated the waters of parenthood, you might find yourself puzzled by your…

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How Long Will Sleep Training Take to Improve My Child’s Sleep?

Sleep training is a process that helps babies and children learn to fall asleep and stay asleep independently. When people…

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“We could do it gently, without resorting to fear or aggression to get Quintin to sleep”

Today, we delve into an insightful discussion on sleep training from a mother’s perspective. Our conversation is with Tamara, who…

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How Crawling Affects Your Baby’s Sleep: Understanding and Managing Sleep Regressions and Disruptions

Are you finding yourself asking, ‘Why is my baby not sleeping?’ As parents, it’s natural to worry when our little…

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Sleep Training (But For Parents): Is Batelle For Me?

We get this question a lot from parents: how do I know if Batelle is the right program for me?…

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What “Method” of Sleep Training Does Batelle Sleep School Use?

There has been very little innovation in the world of sleep training in past years, both in terms of the…

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The Baby Sleep Handbook: Decoding Your Baby’s Wake Windows and Sleepy Cues

Every new parent yearns for the key to unlocking a restful night’s sleep for their baby, and in turn, for…

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How Do Different Sleep Training Methods Compare?

We get asked a lot about how Batelle compares with other sleep training methods (especially the most well-known method, cry-it-out),…

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The 6-Month Sleep Regression: How It Affects Your Baby’s Sleep & Naps

Overview of the 6-Month Sleep Regression Sleep is a dynamic process that fluctuates and evolves as a baby grows (1)….

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Guide to Sleep Training: Methods, Research & When to Start

Firstly, it’s important to understand what sleep training actually is. Sleep training can be defined in many ways – but…

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Everything You Need to Know About Sleep Regressions

Sleep regressions can be stressful. They disrupt a child’s sleep patterns, and can cause many a night of no sleep…

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5 Things You Should Know When Deciding If Batelle Is For You

AKA “Is Batelle legit”? Batelle works. We have over 3,000 super happy and well-rested families to attest to this. Is…

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What is Batelle Sleep School?

Batelle is a modern solution to an age-old problem: children’s sleep. Think of it as sleep training, but also so…

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Why Sleep-Shaming About Sleep Training Needs To Stop.

“Should I sleep train? Is it safe?”The topic of babies’ sleep is one of the most guilt-ridden, fear-driven topics in…

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Is Batelle’s Sleep Training ‘Gentle’?

“Gentle” is a great marketing concept in the sleep training industry. It’s a parent-pleasing word that helps reduce the guilt…

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Batelle’s Sleep Training Program Is Now Fully Covered by HSA

Batelle has recently started accepting Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for our sleep training program at the…

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Nanit’s Sleep Study: What You Need to Know

Nanit, a leader in child sleep technology and data, shared the details and results of their child sleep training study,…

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How can companies reduce employee churn by focusing on sleep?

Poor sleep appears inherently linked with job satisfaction, as well as job performance. How can improving sleep improve employee happiness,…

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Can we reduce motor accidents by solving baby sleep?

How can parental sleep deprivation affect a family’s day-to-day life? Getting a baby to sleep can be difficult, and the…

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Can changing seasons impact sleep quality?

Changes in daylight can affect the length and timing of sleep.  Understanding the biological mechanisms that impact sleep during season…

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Inadequate sleep and its biological effects

Lifestyle changes, like sleep deprivation, can affect how our children’s genes are expressed and negatively impact health. Biomedical research is…

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Are my child’s sleep issues normal?

Every parent is concerned for the health and well-being of their child, and many struggle with deciding whether or not…

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How to pay for sleep training with your HSA

Update: Batelle can now check HSA eligibility and issue a Letter of Medical Necessity instantly at the point of purchase….

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Chronic lack of sleep may affect your child’s mental health

Beyond the immediate frustrations caused for to both parent and child, lack of sleep poses a major problem to a…

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What does accreditation really mean in an unregulated industry?

The sleep training industry has a long way to go. It’s full of murky claims, there are often no public-facing…

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How can sleep deprivation affect your relationship?

Sleep deprivation is a well-known side effect of bringing up children, particularly for new parents. We explore what effects this…

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The rise of family-focused benefits in the workplace

With the increase in employee churn and focus on employee well-being, we explore the rise of family-planning benefits in the…

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Why does Batelle offer 6 years of sleep support?

Batelle is unique in its offering of support with sleep struggles until a child’s 6th birthday, completely included. This is…

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My family tried Taking Cara Babies. This is what I learned.

A mother of two speaks on her family’s experience with sleep deprivation and working on improving their sleep with Taking…

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Sleep is the best way to retain female talent

Batelle’s Chief Operating Officer, Gigi Brett, explains how solving parental sleep deprivation for working mothers can have outsized effects on…

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Hayes ~ aged 1.5 years
“I feel like it’s the opposite of ‘Cry-It-Out’”

Hayes fell ill leading to a cycle of co-sleeping. Once he recovered, this reliance seemed to prevent a smooth transition…

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Ian ~ aged 5 months
“Batelle helped us know how to respond to our baby.”

Andrea and Nate were skeptical about the Batelle Babies program but decided to give it a go to help Ian…

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Simon ~ aged 2 years
“Cry-It-Out methods made me feel sick”

After trying ‘Cry-It-Out’ unsuccessfully, Jamie was looking for a gentle method to support her son and his sensory processing disorder….

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Naomi - aged 2 years
“We could tell the program was so child-centered”

Brianna’s daughter, Naomi, had been a good sleeper for her first year or so but major sleep issues began developing…

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Ethan ~ aged 2 years
“I was convinced my baby would be the one Batelle couldn’t help”

Tamera believed that her son’s sleep problems could not be solved by Batelle, and was initially skeptical about the service….

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Rhône ~ aged 2 years
“We had a very, very difficult challenge ahead of us”

Rhône’s parents Megan and Chris had tried it all. Ferber, “Cry-It-Out”, Taking Cara Babies, you name it. Rhône would bang his…

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Cole ~ aged 9 months
“We were waking up every hour”

When Cole joined Batelle, he was waking up every ~60 minutes and wanting to be constantly held and bounced back…

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Averi ~ Aged 2.5 years
“Every night was a hostage negotiation”

Bedtime was a struggle for both Erica and her husband, taking up to 2 hours per night to get her…

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Uma & Kana ~ 1 year old twins
“I really didn’t believe that Batelle would work for us”

Uma and Kana were both just over one year old when they joined Sleep School. Their moms, Misty and Cathy,…

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Quint ~ aged 6 months
“Quint now has a great relationship with sleep”

Quint was 6 months old when he joined Sleep School. His mum would have to rock or feed him to…

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Noah ~ aged 4 years
“It took Noah 45-60 minutes to fall asleep each night”

Noah, an adventurous four-year-old, used to take up to an hour to get to sleep and was in the habit…

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Declan ~ aged 2.5 years
“He was waking up every two hours for four months straight”

How was Declan’s sleep before you found Batelle? Declan was an excellent sleeper until he was two months old. He…

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Remy & Ferris ~ aged 9 months and 2.5 years
“I was beginning to feel depressed and desperate”

Taylor enrolled Remy first when she was 9 months old. Neither mom nor daughter were getting enough sleep, and Taylor…

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Luna ~ aged 2 years
“A perfect little toddler – until bedtime”

At two-and-a-half years old, Luna was a perfect little toddler – until it came to bedtime. She would wake up…

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