Babies and sleep pretty much go hand-in-hand. From the moment your little one arrives, you’re always asked, “How does she sleep?” With an overwhelming number of baby sleep methods, books and experts, ...

As a co-sleeping parent with all three of my children, I quickly learned some people consider co-sleeping with baby to be a really dangerous and risky thing to do — and they aren’t afraid to let you ...

Judging by my email inbox and the conversations I share with parents and health professionals, infant sleep has become a veritable industry. An industry, it seems, that is driven by fear, particularly ...

When I had my first baby, I remember so many people asking me: ‘How is the baby sleeping?’, ‘Is she a ‘good’ sleeper?’ or ‘Does your baby sleep through the night yet?’ In the early months with a new ...

You know those bedtimes – the ones that never seem to end? The ones that make you question every decision you have ever made as a parent. They usually follow a particularly long day – the sort of day ...

Lack of sleep is an accepted part of parenting. If you’ve got kids, you’re going to be tired. With a new baby in the house, you’re likely to experience sleep deprivation. According to one survey, ...

Breastfeeding is an important public health measure. Babies who are not breastfed are at higher risk of infection (gastrointestinal, respiratory and ear) and SIDS for example. Mothers who don’t ...

Most modern parents simply can’t imagine what parenting would be like without the internet. Who would soothe your 4am parenting anxieties if it weren’t for the wonder of your smartphone? Who could you ...

I simply can’t imagine what parenting would be like without the internet. Who would soothe my 4am parenting anxieties if it weren’t for the wonder of the smartphone? Who could I ask those highly ...

Contrary to popular belief that this routine is perfect, one lactation consultant definitely doesn’t agree. Meg Nagle, IBCLC of The Milk Meg, believes the Feed-Play-Sleep routine “makes no sense for a ...

Breastsleeping describes the practice of a breastfeeding mother sharing a sleep surface with her baby, in the absence of all hazardous factors. The term was originally used in 2015, by Professor James ...