Sleep Basics

Essentials tidbits for getting your newborn baby to sleep.

Most babies are ready to sleep through the night by 3 to 4 months -- if their parents let them. Learn how these common mom-and-dad errors can turn your baby into a poor sleeper.

Restful sleep is crucial to your baby's development during the first months of life. Check out this guide for everything you need to know about newborn sleep.

Find out the best time to try sleep training with your baby.

Babies do strange things while they snooze. We'll tell you whether there's any reason to worry.

Getting your baby to nap and sleep through the night is good for the entire family. The key to making it happen? Knowing the changes he's going through during his first year and what you can do to help him become a champion sleeper. Sweet dreams!

Fed up with those frequent night wakings? Can't bear to let your baby cry it out? Wondering how to get your newborn on the right path to dreamland? Kim West, author of Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Baby Go to Sleep and The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook, has the answers.

You are getting very sleepy...since your infant usually isn't. He's wide awake for most of the night! Life's a circus right now, but we'll show you how to settle down your sweetie and finagle extra zzz's for yourself.

If your baby has trouble sleeping during the day, check out these solutions to 11 typical naptime problems.

How much sleep does your baby need? When will your child sleep through the night? How many naps are normal now? Check out our age-by-age sleep guide.

Tired of your baby staying awake late into the night? Learn how to get him (and you!) a good night's sleep with these baby sleep solutions.

It's never too early to start a bedtime routine with your baby. In fact most babies will be receptive to a schedule around 6-8 weeks. Bedtime routines calm your child and prepare him for a good night's sleep, which is vital to happiness (both yours and Baby's) in the morning!

Are you a slave to the baby monitor? Breaking your child's bad sleep habits is one of the most important things you can do for his health -- and yours.

Is getting baby to sleep the stuff of dreams? These bedtime strategies worked for real parents.

Curly, wispy, wild, peach-fuzzy -- isn't baby hair the best? We uncover the mysteries behind your baby's wacky 'do.

Out of nowhere, your star sleeper is up in the middle of the night again. Don't panic, we'll help everyone rest easy.

All babies will fall asleep eventually. Some just need a little more help than others.

Congratulations! You've made it through the worst of the sleepless nights and are ready to move into establishing a bedtime routine for baby. A full night of sleep is within your reach!

You don't have to cry it out to eliminate your baby's nighttime wakings. Kim West, author of "Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Baby Go to Sleep Must-Know Advice from the Sleep Lady" and "The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook", explains how to implement her Sleep Lady Shuffle -- and have the whole family snoozing better in two weeks.

Grandparents, friends, and society flood parents with well-meaning advice, but how can Mom and Dad be sure they are receiving accurate information? With help from Dr. Andrew Adesman and his book "Baby Facts", we separate baby myths from reality.

Just mention the word breastfeeding and suddenly everyone from your mother to the woman who waxes your eyebrows has some insight to offer. (Try cabbage leaves! Wait to pump! Pump from the very start!) Still, there's a whole heck of a lot nobody tells you about nursing. Read on for the honest truth from experts, and most important, fellow moms.

From snooze-friendly blankets to magic rituals, moms reveal how they got their infants to sleep -- and finally got some shut-eye themselves.

Check out these tips to help you identify what type of sleeper your baby is--and help her get a better night's sleep!

Solutions for spitting up, reflux, and other tummy troubles.

You'll change your baby more than 2,000 times this year. Here's the scoop on cleaning up that poop!