How Should You Dress Your Baby for Sleep? As a general guide, dress and cover your baby in as much or as little clothing as you would wear yourself. If your newborn was premature, weighs under eight pounds, or is “small for date” (meaning baby born with less insulating body fat than he or she […]
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Quiet Around Sleeping Baby
How to Put Baby to Sleep When it is Not Always Quiet Around Sleeping Baby My house is always noisy and with a six-and four-year-old as well as an infant. Must it be quiet around sleeping baby? It’s a losing battle. What can I do? Your baby was not used to a quiet sleeping environment […]
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Matching Sibling Naps
Help to Get Your Toddler and Baby to Have Matching Sibling Naps I have a toddler and a newborn. How can I get them on the same sleep schedule? This is a challenging situation, since toddlers and newborns have different sleep patterns and needs, and mothers of both a toddler and a newborn have reasons to […]
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The Nightcrawler
How to Keep Your Nightcrawler Safe We share sleep with our ten-month-old. She has just started crawling and climbing. How can we make our bed safe for her? Welcome to the world of nighttime juggling. Every parent and child need to work out a sleeping arrangement that gives all family members the best night’s sleep, […]
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No Privacy!
Having Kids Doesn’t Mean No Privacy For Parents Will trying the family bed ruin our sex life and leave no privacy for parents? It has often been said that “a baby should not come between husband and wife, in bed or otherwise.” As parents of eight who have practiced the concept of sharing sleep, we […]
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Co-Sleeping Not Working
Why is Co-Sleeping Not Working? I want to sleep close to my three-month-old baby because I’ve read so much about the benefits of co-sleeping. Yet, when he snuggles next to me I don’t seem to sleep as well. Any suggestions? There seems to be a critical sleeping distance at which both mothers and babies sleep […]
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Fear of Overlying
Don’t Let the Fear of Overlying Prevent Co-Sleeping I want to sleep with our new baby, but I’m worried I’ll roll over and smother her. Is this possible? Should I have a fear of overlying? Each night all over the world millions of parents sleep with their babies and the babies wake up just fine. […]
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Co-sleeping Safely Research
Co-Sleeping Safely I read about a study that claimed co-sleeping was dangerous. Is that true? The Facts About Co-sleeping On September 29, 1999 a major news report entitled “Hazards Associated with Children Placed in Adult Beds” was carried in nearly every major newspaper and many national television programs, putting fear into parents. The day before […]
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Pets In Bed
Letting Your Pets In Bed When Co-Sleeping We have a cat that likes to curl up with us at night. Should we put a stop to this when baby comes? Sorry, your pet will have to find a new place to nap. If your cat nestles in next to baby, its fur could obstruct baby’s […]
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Snoring
Is Your Toddler Snoring? My three-and-a-half-year-old toddler snores loudly. Should I be concerned? Watch your child sleep. If he has periods of sleep apnea – stretches of 10 to 15 seconds where he doesn’t breath, followed by an intense catch-up breath – report this to your doctor. Sleep apnea and snoring at night may also […]
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Night Terrors
Is Your Child Having Night Terrors? Our daughter (age three-and-a-half) wakes up screaming almost every night, but she’s not really awake. Help! What is a Night Terror? Night terrors can be frightening for parents to witness. A child with typical night terrors awakens from a state of deep sleep, sits up in bed, lets out […]
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Midnight Visitor
Keep Your Midnight Visitor From Waking You Up My 22-month-old (who sleeps in a toddler bed) has taken to running out of his room and into ours at all hours of the night. How can I get him to stay put and go to sleep short of locking him in his room (which I obviously […]
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