Pediatric sleep specialists explain the unique sleep challenges faced by neurodiverse children, such as those with autism and ADHD, and offer practical strategies to improve their sleep.
A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identifies predictors of sleep patterns in new mothers and infants.
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 promises to lull children to sleep with the voices of their favorite characters, reports USA Today. Children can choose to hear...
Read MoreHeather 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn 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 MoreThe 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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Along with other milestones like rolling over and sitting up, new parents often expect their...
Read MoreIf I could count on a sleeping baby and a few solid hours of sleep myself, I was more than happy to cancel plans, says a writer for Romper.com. I thought more people would understand how difficult it is to get a child to bed...
Read MoreSleep coaching is most well-known for helping new parents get infants on a sleep schedule but now the service is working for grown-ups too, reports ABC 30. If you’re looking for a sleep coach, it’s a good idea to...
Read MoreA new study looking at how a baby’s sleep quality could affect them later in life found some interesting patterns, according to Romper. Dr. Piush Mandhane of the University of Alberta in Canada pulled together a group of...
Read MoreA study by King’s College London and St George’s University of London has found that babies introduced to solid foods early, slept longer, woke less frequently at night and suffered fewer serious sleep problems,...
Read MoreMaternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study in kindergarten children. “The most surprising...
Read MoreThe thing about the baby sleep advice industry is that it can offer support, but it can also convey the sense that it’s your fault your baby isn’t sleeping, reports Jezebel. Shalini Paruthi, co-director of the Sleep Medicine and...
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On average, mothers that were still co-sleeping after 6 months reported feeling about 76% more depressed than mothers who had moved their baby into a separate room.
Read MorePoor-quality sleep may heighten behaviors including hyperactivity, compulsions, and aggressiveness, reports Scientific American. When Nick was a toddler, he struggled to make sense of language, coordinate his own limbs and...
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