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Your first NYC apartment had a bathtub in the kitchen. But even if the living arrangements have improved post-baby, not everyone’s getting a good night’s sleep (forget it if you’ve got twins sharing what used to be, literally, a closet).

Dream Team Baby’s infant and toddler sleep consultancy will give your new family a little snooze support. For little ones up to 2 years old, they will come to your home and stay overnight to work through a child’s “sleep challenges” — including that 2am crying fit. And if your walk-up doesn’t have room for an extra body, a phone consultation may be enough (the advisory board includes a pediatrician and psychotherapist).

You’ll rest easier.

Visit dreamteambaby.com.

A hot and hazy weekend in the city is enough to make anyone melt — now multiply that if you’re pregnant, have a new baby or just need a break. Luckily, there’s a service out there that will make the sweltering summer just a teensy bit more bearable. Try one of these if you’re…

Hightailing it to JFK

Planning a baby shower

Getting organized

Moving uptown (or downtown)

Going suburban

Vacationing at home

Pretending to make it from scratch

Shaping up

Puttin’ on the Ritz

High-maintenance hairdos are a thing of the past when pregnancy or toddler patrol sets in during the summer. But you still need to look chic, should a last-minute rooftop cocktails invite come your way.

We checked in with Suki Duggan of the Donsuki Townhouse Salon for some low-maintenance summer styling advice. Below are her tips for time-strapped tresses:

• Grow out your hair during pregnancy, and for fun add long layers around the face — it will not only shape your glowing skin but make you look thinner as well.
• If your hair is fine and straight, try giving your locks more oomph by using a mousse or gel product on damp hair. From the bottom tips of your hair scrunch it in an upward movement and then loosely blow dry.
• The messy side ponytail is very popular this summer. After volumizing your straight hair or soothing your curly hair, pin back the top crown section of your hair, and tease it in a gentle forward manor with a bristled brush. Then take the bottom portion of your hair and loosely pull it back in a low ponytail to the side.

Your type-A personality has always served you well in academic, professional and athletic pursuits. But during pregnancy it’s been no match for your out-of-control appetite.

The registered dietitians at Poshan Complementary Nutrition can educate you on the best way to eat for two. Hint: It’s got nothing to do with doubling your caloric intake. Co-founders Alana Kessler and Sapna Lalla (both with an MS, RD and CDN) help pregnant women find healthy, low-cal, tasty food options (rich in folic acid and calcium) so they don’t fall prey to a midnight pint of Ben & Jerry’s. In addition to prenatal and postpartum nutrition consultations, Poshan also offers cooking lessons as well as yoga and Pilates instruction.

And save your alpha-mom tendencies for preschool admissions.

For more information, visit poshannutrition.com.

The discomforts of pregnancy — swollen feet, heartburn, annoying aches — mean your Jimmy Choos go into hibernation and you’re never without a bottle of Tums. But it pays to be well-rounded.

The WellRounded NYC program was designed to give women a more positive and comfortable pregnancy experience. The instructors, trained physical therapists, teach women how to relieve and even prevent typical pregnancy back pain caused by a shift in gravity, and changes in spinal curves…and cup size. In prenatal sessions, clients work on strengthening not only the upper back and abdominal muscles but also the pelvic and gluteus muscles. Outside of class, regularly stretching lower back, buttocks and hamstring muscles is the key to alleviating soreness.

And you thought pregnancy was just a pain in the neck.

For more information, visit wellroundednyc.com.

You’re used to getting things delivered – laundry, Thai food, DVDs. Especially now that baby is on the way, you tear up at the thought of leaving your comfy apartment.

Gifted at Birth has launched a weekly delivery service of newborn care supplies that come right to your door. After answering basic questions (breast or bottle? green or disposable?), a postpartum doula will walk you through the initial package of goodies before the baby arrives. Then, sign up for 11 weekly packages that evolve with your needs (shampoo for baby’s first bath, receiving blankets, slings), and add items from the virtual store as you see fit.

Next stop? Netflix.

For more information, visit giftedatbirth.com