Sleep
Why a Child Wakes at the Same Time Every Night
When a child wakes at almost exactly the same time every night — 2:15 am, night after night — parents often wonder whether something is physically wro...
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Sleep
How Outdoor Time Influences Sleep
Outdoor time is good for infant and toddler sleep — and the reasons are specific enough to be actionable. Understanding the two mechanisms through whi...
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Sleep
Why "The Later the Bedtime, the Worse the Sleep"
"If I keep him up later, he'll sleep in longer." This is perhaps the most common sleep strategy parents try — and the one most reliably contradicted b...
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Sleep
Why a Consistent Bedtime Matters
The question of *when* a child goes to bed receives much less attention than the question of *how* they fall asleep. Yet bedtime consistency is one of...
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Sleep
Baby and Toddler Sleep: The Complete Parent's Guide
Sleep is one of the most talked-about—and most struggled-with—aspects of early parenthood. New parents often find themselves asking: Is my baby sleepi...
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Sleep
How a Baby's Circadian Rhythm Develops
Before birth, the baby's circadian rhythm was synchronised with the mother's rhythm through hormonal signals — particularly melatonin, which crosses t...
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Sleep
Optimal Bedtime by Age: How to Choose the Right Bedtime for Your Child
The question of what time a baby or young child should go to bed is more important than it might seem, and the answer consistently surprises parents:...
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Sleep
Newborn Sleep in the First Weeks: What to Expect and Why
Nothing quite prepares new parents for the reality of newborn sleep. The expectation of 16-hour-sleeping babies, so often repeated in popular culture,...
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Family Life
How to Manage Jet Lag in Babies and Toddlers
Traveling across time zones disrupts your child's carefully established sleep schedule, and jet lag in young children can feel like starting from scra...
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Emotions
A Child's Mood and Its Relationship to Daily Routines
Parents who establish daily routines often notice that their child is more emotionally stable on routine days and more difficult on unstructured days....
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Daycare
Why Children Often Become Fussy in the Evening
The 4 p.m. to bedtime window is notoriously difficult in families with young children. A child who seemed fine at pickup becomes whiny, irritable, cli...
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Sleep
Sleep in School-Age Children: How Much and Why It Matters
The relationship between sleep and learning in school-age children is well-established and quantitatively meaningful. Children who sleep less than rec...
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