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follow the logs. If this is not your own book, you can photocopy the log pages or simply write the information on blank sheets of paper.
    When you have completed this groundwork, move on to Chapter 4.
    Wonderful ideas, and blissful sleep, lie just ahead. I promise!

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    Nap Log
    Baby’s Name: ________________________________________
    Age: _______________________________________________
    Date: _______________________________________________
    Time baby
    How baby
    Where baby Where baby How
    fell asleep
    fell asleep
    fell asleep
    slept
    long?
    1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48:
    How many naps should your baby be getting? ________________
    How many naps is your baby getting now ? ___________________
    How many hours should your baby be napping? _______________
    How many hours is your baby napping now ? _________________
    2. Do you have a formal nap routine? _________________________
    3. Are your baby’s naptimes/lengths consistent every day? _________

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    Prebedtime Routine Log
    Baby’s Name: ________________________________________
    Age: _______________________________________________
    Date: _______________________________________________
    Key:
    Activity: active, moderate, or calm
    Noise: loud, moderate, or quiet
    Light: bright, dim, or dark
    Activity
    Noise
    Light
    Time
    What we did
    level
    level
    level
    1. Do you have a formal, consistent bedtime routine? ______________
    2. Is the hour prior to bedtime mostly peaceful, quiet, and dimly lit? ___
    3. Does your bedtime routine help both you and your baby relax and get sleepy? _______________________________________________
    4. Any other observations about your current bedtime routine? ______
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________

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    Night-Waking Log
    Baby’s Name: ________________________________________
    Age: _______________________________________________
    Date: _______________________________________________
    How long
    How long Time
    How
    of a sleep
    awake; baby baby
    stretch
    How baby
    what we
    fell back fell back since fell
    Time
    woke me up
    did
    to sleep to sleep asleep
    Asleep time: __________________________________________
    Awake time: ________________________________________
    Total number of awakenings: _________________________________
    Longest sleep span: ___________________________________
    Total hours of sleep: ____________________________________

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    Sleep Questions
    1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48:
    How many hours of nighttime sleep should your baby be getting? ___
    How many hours of nighttime sleep is your baby getting now ? _____
    How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep should your baby be getting? ______________________________________
    How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep is your baby getting now ? ________________________________________
    How do the suggested hours of sleep compare to your baby’s actual hours of sleep?
    Gets __________ hours too little sleep
    Gets __________ hours too much sleep
    2. Is your baby’s bedtime consistent (within 1⁄2 hour) every night? ______
    3. Do you “help” your baby to go back to sleep every time, or nearly every time he or she awakens? ___________________________
    How do you do this? ____________________________________
    4. What have you learned about your baby’s sleep by doing this log?
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
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    Review and Choose
    Sleep Solutions
    Once you have done a safety check, learned about basic sleep facts, and completed your initial sleep logs, you are ready to proceed. You will create your baby’s customized sleep plan based on the ideas in this chapter. I would strongly suggest that you use all of the suggestions that you