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Berkeley Parents Network Home Members Post a Msg Reviews Advice Subscribe Help/FAQ What’s New Newborn Sleep: the first 8 weeks Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Newborn Sleep: the first 8 weeks Questions Can’t get 8-week-old ro sleep before 2am Is 2-week-old sleeping too much? Constantly Breastfeeding 1-month-old not sleeping 5-day-old only sleeps [...]

Sleep Deprivation: What are the Physical Effects? No one likes to discover that they’re being severely affected by sleep deprivation. Truth be told, most people get a little angry and irritated when they just have a mild case of sleeplessness. Unfortunately though, many people do indeed have to face the physical effects of sleep deprivation [...]

Giordano says her method can make a huge difference in the lives of parents. She says too many parents live on four hours of sleep a night or have to lie still for hours each day because their baby is only able to nap while lying on their chest. “You can and should take the [...]

Sleep Disorders: Restless Legs Syndrome Treatments There are no cures for primary restless legs syndrome, although various treatments often can help relieve symptoms. Treatment for secondary restless legs syndrome (RLS caused by an underlying medical problem) involves treating the underlying cause. The First Step The first line of defense against restless legs syndrome is to [...]

Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board What is plagiocephaly? Positional plagiocephaly occurs when a baby’s head develops a flat spot or becomes asymmetrical due to some kind of external pressure. Many babies are born with an abnormally shaped head as a result of the pressure exerted on them during birth, [...]

Parents with a new baby desperately need it. Doctors have all sorts of theories on how to get it. And babies everywhere fight against it. Sleep. The most precious commodity a new parent has and, unfortunately, often the rarest. For years there have been two camps in the quest for sleep. The “cry-it-out camp” that [...]

Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia: Sleep Hygiene “The ‘First and Central Aspect of Treating Sleep Disorders is Good Sleep Hygiene” Dr. David Bell Good sleep hygiene may be the most important aspect of treating sleep disorders but according to Dr. Bateman, not very many ME/CFS have it. In fact she says that “Eighty [...]

Going “Back to Sleep” The striking evidence that stomach sleeping might contribute to the incidence of SIDS led the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to recommend in 1992 that all healthy infants younger than 1 year of age be put to sleep on their backs (also known as the supine position). Since the AAP’s recommendation, [...]

Sleep Patterns What are the sleep patterns of a newborn? The average newborn sleeps much of the day and night, waking only for feedings every few hours. It is often hard for new parents to know how long and how often a newborn should sleep. Unfortunately, there is no set schedule at first and many [...]

Dear C., unfortunately it is very dangerous to co-sleep for a newborn and a toddler at the same time. Adults to wake up but toddlers don’t and it seems your toddler gets possessive with your breasts. Here are a couple of solution to have the family still together but safe: get a cosleeper for the [...]