What parents should do when an infant repeatedly wakes up and cries at night has been a passionate and timeless debate. Behavioral sleep interventions, which can vary from relatively milder techniques ...

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New babies are famously inconsistent sleepers, waking up often — day and night — to eat. They might struggle to nap during the day or get back to sleep after a 3 a.m. diaper change. And of course, if ...

How much an infant cries is largely steered by their genetics and there is probably not much that parents can do about it. This has been shown in a new Swedish twin study from Uppsala University and ...

A mom has sparked a viral debate after her toddler was seen "coaching" himself back to sleep in the middle of the night. Jasmine Clark (@hellomina333), mom to 2-year-old Teddy, shared footage from her ...

I wasn't sure if I should upgrade to first class on my first overnight flight with my infant. I ended up trying it, and it did not go as I'd hoped. I booked coach seats on our return flight. We slept ...

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