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A common point of contention among parents is sleep. Beyond the effects of sleep deprivation, post-partum fatigue and arguments over whose turn it is to get up in the middle of the night in those ...

In the intense debate over sleep training, even parenting books offer conflicting advice, with about two-thirds advising parents to use sleep training and one-third advising against it. But what does ...

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

(WJW) – Ask any parent of a newborn how important it is to get their infant on a regular sleep schedule, and they’ll likely have a lot to say. “It’s rough, but it’s very important. It’s vital to get a ...

A mother of two has gained widespread attention for her unconventional approach to getting a full night's sleep, opting to co-sleep with her baby. She explained to Newsweek that her first child faced ...

For Jamie Windt, emotional turbulence arrived every evening between 5 and 7. Her infant daughter, Avery, spent the two hours screaming and crying. Finally, when Avery did drift off to sleep — often ...

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This piece is part of Scientific American’s column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. It was 3 A.M., and my seven-month-old would not stay asleep. She didn’t want to nurse. She cried when I ...