What Fairy Tales Can Teach About Sleep
Classic fairy tales like Snow White and Peter Pan offer opportunities to engage with children about healthy and disordered sleep, say researchers.
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New Membership Program Provides Sleep Coaching for Parents of Young Children
Designed to support families with newborns to toddlers, the program offers real-time access to certified sleep coaches, a parenting community, and sleep education resources.
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Do Mother and Infant Sleep Patterns Influence Each Other?
A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identifies predictors of sleep patterns in new mothers and infants.
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Poor Sleep in Infancy Linked to Toddler Behavioral Problems
Disrupted and poor quality sleep in the earliest months of a child’s life can be an indicator of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems among toddlers, according to a new study.
Read MoreThe Lucrative World of Childhood Sleep Consulting
Tired parents are desperate to get their kids to sleep. There’s a whole sleep consulting industry designed to help. “One of the top times that I get emails from tired parents is somewhere between midnight and 2...
Read MoreWeighted Blankets Are the New Parenting Trend
The theory around weighted blankets is that they can help treat anxiety by relaxing the nervous system and offer relief from restless legs, insomnia, and other ailments. But are they safe for kids?”It’s hypothesized...
Read MoreHow to Tackle Common Sleep Problems That Keep Kids – and Their Parents – Up
These approaches can help ensure kids get the rest they need, reports U.S. News & World Report. During these significant shifts in sleep architecture, it’s not uncommon to see a previously great sleeper have...
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Become Your Child’s Sleep Coach: The Bedtime Doctor’s 5-Step Guide, Ages 3-10
A new self-help book, “Become Your Child’s Sleep Coach,” strives to give parents...
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How to Promote Children’s Healthy Sleep at Home and in the Sleep Lab, According to a Clinical Psychologist
At the AAST 2019 annual meeting, Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD, spoke about how caregivers and sleep...
Read MoreIs There An Ideal Bedtime For Kids?
The most important thing to consider is the duration of sleep, reports WCCO CBS 4.“Go back 10 hours and you’re around 8 to 8:15,” Dr. Prichard said. “But what you’ll want to do is remember that you...
Read MoreTips and Tricks to Help Kids Get a Good Night’s Sleep After Halloween
What’s scarier than all the tricks and decorations out on Halloween? Trying to get your kids to sleep after a long, sugar-powered evening of trick-or-treating. “Halloween can have some scary effects on sleep,”...
Read MoreThe Disney Bedtime Hotline Can Help Parents Get Kids to Sleep
The Disney Bedtime Hotline promises to lull children to sleep with the voices of their favorite characters, reports USA Today. Children can choose to hear...
Read More‘My Kids Would Wake Up 40 Times a Night’
Heather Elphick helped launch a pilot scheme involving 40 families at Sheffield Children’s Hospital’s sleep clinic—in combination with NHS England and the local council—aimed at improving children’s sleep...
Read MoreCleveland Clinic Children’s Center for Autism Awarded Grant for Sleep Parent Training Program
The United States Department of Defense has awarded a Cleveland Clinic Children’s researcher two, four-year grants to support clinical trials for young children with autism spectrum disorder. Cynthia Johnson, PhD, director of...
Read MoreDoc Talk: Ways to Treat Sleep Disturbances in Children
In ABC’s “Doc Talk,” pediatric emergency doctor, Clint Pollack from Valley Children’s Hospital talks about sleep disturbances in children and how you can treat them once they occur. Sleep terrors: Most...
Read MoreSchoolchildren To Be Offered Sleep Lessons After Rise in Disorders
The lessons focus on giving children strategies for getting to sleep and raising awareness about how sleep needs change in adolescence, reports The Guardian. “Sleep issues are a huge problem … it’s a hidden public health...
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Parents Shouldn’t Worry if Their Infant Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night by 6-12 Months of Age
Along with other milestones like rolling over and sitting up, new parents often expect their...
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