Depending on your baby’s age, they need 2-4 hours of daytime sleep, on average. And, at naptime, a baby’s sleep cycle is around 30-45 minutes long. If your baby can’t go into another sleep cycle, this ...

In those early days of parenting, there’s nothing better than enjoying sweet snuggles with your baby as they snooze on your chest. In fact, in the newborn stage, the majority of your baby’s naps will ...

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 ...

You don’t have to sleep train to survive babyhood. Experts and real parents explain why skipping it is a valid choice, too.

Naps have several health benefits, especially if you approach it right. (Quinn Lemmers/Yahoo News; Getty Images) Most people have a complicated relationship with naps throughout their life. As a kid, ...

A mother of two has gained widespread attention for her unconventional approach to getting a full night's sleep, opting to co-sleep with her baby. She explained to Newsweek that her first child faced ...

In the intense debate over sleep training, even parenting books offer conflicting advice, with about two-thirds advising parents to use sleep training and one-third advising against it. But what does ...

You've made it past a year with your sweet, cuddly baby! They should be sleeping through the night, allowing you to rest easy, right? Wrong. Toddlers still need a ton of sleep (more on that below), ...

Research fellow Emma Frey fits Miles Dumlao, 4, with an electrode cap to record his brain activity during a nap in the Somneurolab. A University of Massachusetts Amherst sleep scientist, funded with ...