From the idea that most infants sleep 12 hours to the suggestion that daytime naps can improve nighttime slumbers, we expose the biggest misconceptions that are troubling parents.

Understanding Baby Sleep Patterns Many young children struggle with nighttime sleep, often staying awake throughout the night ...

For the past several years, researchers at the University of Iowa’s Blumberg Lab have been working on a study to observe sleeping patterns in infants. The Blumberg Lab’s research focuses “on the ...

“My child wakes up at 2am and is up for 1-2 hours!” One of us remembers very clearly the first time her daughter ended up doing this. At around 14 months, she woke up in the middle of the night and ...

URBANA, Ill. — New mothers can expect sleep deprivation in the first few years of baby’s life. But too little sleep can take a toll on the health of both mother and child. A new study from the ...

Virtually every day, pediatricians hear questions from parents worried their children aren’t sleeping well. Concerns vary, since the sleep issues a toddler presents are very different from what we see ...

It usually starts the same way. You swore you wouldn’t bedshare, but at 3 a.m., after the fourth failed bassinet transfer, you pulled your baby into bed beside you. Everyone slept. And then it ...

New mothers can expect sleep deprivation in the first few years of baby’s life. But too little sleep can take a toll on the health of both mother and child. A new study from the University of Illinois ...

A new mother stands in her kitchen at 2 p.m., phone in hand, frantically calculating whether her baby has been awake for ...

A new study find that infants with high sensory sensitivity have shallower deep sleep, offering clues into early neurodivergent development.