Among the many challenges parents face, arguably the most difficult is setting a sleep schedule for a new baby. Getting an infant to sleep at specific times can seem almost impossible, and each child ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the age at which a child can safely sleep with a "bedtime buddy" like a stuffed animal. From personal parenting philosophies to new products ...

A flawed Australian study recently made national news. The researchers made extreme and exaggerated claims regarding infants. The researchers claimed two interventions during three months on a total ...

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Using behavioral training to help babies fall asleep doesn't seem to harm them emotionally or developmentally years later, but it also doesn't benefit them long-term either, ...

I hardly remember the first three months of my daughter’s life. Sleep deprivation — familiar to anyone who’s had a newborn — plays havoc with your mind, memory, and mood. Although there were ...

After my daughter was born in 2022, I became extremely familiar with the online baby sleep boom. For the unfamiliar, a profitable — and unregulated — sleep-training industry of online influencers and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Fire Department (GRFD) will soon be recognized by the state health department for their efforts to protect infants. GRFD says they responded to 14 baby deaths in ...

Research has clearly shown that temperament plays a direct and forceful role in children’s sleep. Children with a “difficult” temperament (hard to soothe, prone to crying) have a much higher degree of ...

In late September, professional sleep consultant Chrissy Lawler, known by the Instagram handle the.peaceful.sleeper, livestreamed herself sleep training an infant named Charlotte. According to the ...

When I think of baby sleep, I think of a certain picture I have stuck to my fridge: My husband is holding my infant son—age 3 months at the time—on his chest. My son is wrapped in a burp cloth. The ...