This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pediatricians warn bed-sharing significantly increases sudden infant death risk, yet nearly a quarter of U.S.

Bassinets and cribs are both safe sleep spaces for babies. They provide a firm, flat surface for the essential sleep your baby needs, which is about 16 or 17 hours per day for the average newborn, ...

Understanding Baby Sleep Patterns Many young children struggle with nighttime sleep, often staying awake through the night ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Before her son was born in 2020, Candace St. John had no plans to bed-share with her baby. As a public ...

On the seemingly never-ending mission to figure out the best way to get your baby to sleep—rocking clockwise? Tuvan throat-singing? Begging?—you shouldn’t have to worry about whether or not your ...