Temper tantrums and misbehavior, restlessness and inattention are the trappings of the typical toddler. But they may also be signs of developmental delays or disorders. Are infant sleep irregularities ...

After more sleepless nights than you dare to count, you finally decide it’s time to start sleep training your baby or toddler. Your first stop, the bookstore, where you drop a small fortune acquiring ...

“My child wakes up at 2am and is up for 1-2 hours!” One of us remembers very clearly the first time her daughter ended up doing this. At around 14 months, she woke up in the middle of the night and ...

A new study examined various types of sleep difficulties among infants, as reported by their parents. These included challenges related to total sleep duration, frequent night awakenings, trouble ...

Sleep disorders in infants and children encompass a range of disturbances from irregular sleep patterns and prolonged sleep onset latency to frequent night-wakings and fragmented sleep cycles. These ...

A follow-up study demonstrates that mothers’ difficulties in bonding with their babies at eight months of age are associated with the children’s increased sleep problems, persisting up to 24 months of ...

Nearly every parent knows that gripping, awful feeling of a baby screeching when put to bed - and the ensuing anxiety over whether to pick up the baby or tough it out and let the baby cry. New ...

What parents should do when an infant repeatedly wakes up and cries at night has been a passionate and timeless debate. Behavioral sleep interventions, which can vary from relatively milder techniques ...

NEW YORK—A baby’s sleep may not suffer just because her mom likes a daily cup of coffee, a new study suggests. The findings, experts say, don’t give the OK to heavy caffeine intake during pregnancy or ...

In a study conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the University of Helsinki, parents assessed different types of sleep problems in infants: problems associated with total sleep ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A baby's sleep may not suffer just because its mother likes a daily cup or two of coffee ...