It doesn’t take long to figure out that baby doesn’t exactly sleep on your schedule. That’s OK. She shouldn’t. As a matter of fact, if babies sleep through the night before they’re at least three or four months old, it’s not a good thing. Newborns need to eat at least every two to four …
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What is SIDS?
SIDS, short for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is a cause for concern for parents of newborns. This particular condition does not have any one particular cause and parents, doctors, and researchers are all on the lookout for what could potentially cause SIDS. Generally, it is believed that SIDS is a condition that some babies are …
Getting Used to Baby’s Inconsistent Sleep
One of the basic truths when it comes to babies is that they want to do things their way, and on their own schedule. You struggle with your baby’s sleep patterns, for example. Once you think you’ve got her figured out, she switches things all around. Often, it isn’t so much that your baby has …
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Sleep and the Newborn Baby
Newborns spend most of their time sleeping. On average, a newborn baby will sleep between sixteen and seventeen hours per day for their first three to four months. Unfortunately for the parents, this sleep tends to be in two to four hour stretches. It’s perfectly normal for babies to wake up frequently. In fact, …
Preventing SIDS
There are few things that are scarier to new parents than the thought of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS typically occurs between the ages of one month and one year. It is not completely preventable. We still have a lot to learn about SIDS. In the meanwhile, there are a number of things …