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Ladies, are you getting enough sleep? Women need about 20 more minutes than men, expert says BY Sherryl Conelly DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, January 26th 2010, 2:40 PM Women and sleep Ladies, do you get enough sleep at night? Women of the world, it’s time to pay attention to your nightly zzz’s. While Arianna [...]

Baby Sleep: Expert Q & A Questions about your baby’s sleep needs can really keep a new parent up at night. Should you wake baby for feedings? How can you help your baby start sleeping through the night? Is co-sleeping safe? To find the answers to these questions, WebMD went to Jennifer Shu, MD, an [...]

Dear Frustrated Dad, Infants and toddlers normally wake up several times during the night. Usually they move around a bit, perhaps look about drowsily, and then fall back asleep. If for some reason they have difficulty falling back to sleep, they may play by themselves, or they may become upset and cry. Difficulty falling back [...]

Dear Kathy, Yours is a very, very common dilemma. You handled your son’s illness appropriately, but now you are left with a stubborn problem. It is very common for toddlers to respond to a serious illness by developing a sleep problem. There is a lot of controversy about the merits and dangers of co-sleeping. The [...]

Sleeping Through the Night: Children’s sleep expert advises parents Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Article Date: 15 Mar 2005 – 10:00 PDT email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions Patient / Public: 1 (1 votes) Health Professional: 1 (1 votes) Article Opinions: 0 posts How Infants, Toddlers and Their [...]

Dear Three’s Not Company, Learning to sleep alone in bed is a big developmental challenge for many children, particularly if they are used to sleeping with their parents. Given a choice, I think most children would sleep with their parents, at least for the first few years of life. But the same children can also [...]

Private Child Sleep Consultations Although you may have heard of me as the author of the Internet’s best-selling infant and toddler sleep program, I’ve been meeting with parents in one-on-one situations for almost 5 years in my Vancouver, Canada, office. If you’re live in the Vancouver area (or will be traveling here), I’d be happy [...]

Obviously you have read a lot about infants and infant care and you have many good strategies in place to facilitate your baby’s sleep. So I am going to talk about a few things you mention and try not to tell you what you already know. There have been many studies on why some babies [...]

Let me start with the good news that 60% of infant reflux resolves by 2 years of age and the remainder by 4 years of age. Now to the problem itself. Reflux is simply a passive backwash of stomach contents into the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. While [...]

Baby Sleep Specialist If your baby does not seem to be sleeping well, you may need the help of a baby sleep specialist. With backgrounds in child development and psychology, these professionals can provide you with plans and guidelines that will help your baby get the sleep he or she desperately needs. Sleeping Through the [...]