| My Baby Won’t Sleep
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I think that when my baby won’t sleep he needs to be rocked. Let the Freudians and the parental saints of the world disagree with me, but rocking solves what I can consider to be either one of the major sleep disruptions without drugs, manic parenting, or otherwise unruly behavior. >> more |
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| A Child’s First Bed
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While finding the right bed can make the transition from a crib or toddler bed into a child’s first bed less of a traumatic transition, creative parenting and consideration for the child’s very real feelings will make just as much of a difference >> more |
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| Teething and Sleep
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| The discomfort that teething causes can start well in advance of any teeth actually appearing. Some babies are affected as early as four months of age. At this age, even if Baby isn’t officially teething, his mouth is getting ready for the teeth that will emerge. >> more |
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| How Many Hours of Sleep Does a Baby Need?
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| The sleep of an infant is quite unlike that of an adult. Not only do babies spend more time sleeping than adults, they also have different sleep patterns. Knowledge of how babies sleep helps with understanding why they need to sleep as much as they do. >> more |
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| Babies and Napping
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| Young babies between the ages of three and six months generally have one morning nap of about an hour, and one afternoon nap of slightly longer duration, usually closer to two hours in length. Some babies are more comfortable with three shorter naps of about 45 minutes each. The number of naps is not as important as the total amount of sleep and the general disposition of your baby: if Baby is cranky, chances are she is not getting enough sleep. >> more |
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| Picking Up Baby or Rocking a Baby to Sleep
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| New parents face many challenges, among them getting a baby to fall asleep and stay asleep. An even greater challenge for some is deciding which advice to follow when well-meaning relatives and friends chime in with their theories about infants and sleep. >> more |
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| Crib Safety
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| Because babies spend a lot of time in their cribs, whether asleep or awake, crib safety is a major concern of parents. As these tips show, crib safety goes beyond the actual crib to include the mattress, the location of the crib and crib accessories. >> more |
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| Dreams and Babies
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| Researchers know that older children and adults have vivid dreams during REM sleep. Some research suggests that the same may not be true of newborns. According to an Australian study, the part of the brain that is active during adult REM sleep is not as active during newborn REM sleep. >> more |
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| Using Drugs to Put Your Baby to Sleep
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| Most parents have probably heard stories filter down the parenting pipeline about parents who gave their baby a dose of an over-the-counter infant medicine to get the child to sleep. >> more |
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| How Lack of Sleep Affects New Parents
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| It’s a fact of life: sleepless babies mean sleepless parents. Being resilient and in the thrall of their little ones, most parents find a way to cope with the lack of sleep that plagues them in the first year of their child’s life (and often beyond). >> more |
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| A Healthy Sleep Environment for Babies
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| Babies spend much of their time sleeping and need a safe environment when they do. Beyond basic crib safety, parents need to consider sleep attire, bedding and room temperature. >> more |
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| Selecting a Crib
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A crib is one of the most important purchases expectant parents make. The choice of cribs seems endless - there is one for every colour scheme and every price range. What should parents look for in a crib and mattress? >> more |
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| The Ferber Method
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| The Ferber Method shows parents how to teach their child to soothe himself to sleep from the age of 5 or 6 months. The method has proven controversial, mainly because it has been misunderstood as a harsh system of letting the baby cry it out until he falls asleep. >> more |
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| Letting a Baby Cry It Out
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| Contrary to the nasty connotations of the term “cry it out”, his method does not involve you heartlessly placing your baby in the crib and leaving him to cry. >> more |
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| The Family Bed
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| Any discussion of co-sleeping must first consider the safety of the infant. With the specter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) hanging over them, new parents are justifiably cautious about placing their newborn in their bed. >> more |
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