Ensure Safe Sleep, Physically and Emotionally

Babies and children have needs at night just as they do during the day; from hunger, loneliness, and fear, to feeling too hot or too cold. They rely on parents to soothe them and help them regulate their intense emotions. Sleep training techniques can have detrimental physiological and psychological effects. Safe co-sleeping has benefits to both babies and parents.

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What's really going on when a child is 'overtired' – and how to help them go to sleep "Anyone who’s cared for a young child will recognise the signs.	The science of healthy baby sleep "Prior to the 19th Century, infant sleep was not generally a concern of new parents, with popular parenting manuals of the time failing to mention anything about it," anthropologists Jennifer G Rosier and Tracy Cassels write.
Sueño infantil seguro - Safe Infant Sleep is in Spanish! Exciting news! Our best-selling parenting book is now available in Spanish!	Safe Infant Sleep and Breastfeeding Are Partners "Infant sleep Is misunderstood by most Americans. For example, like all social mammals, humans evolved to co-sleep with others.
Safe Infant Sleep: Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions, by James J. McKenna, Ph.D, now offered in Spanish Written by the founder of the only mother-infant sleep laboratory in the United States, James McKenna, Read more	Quantity, content, and context of social media use may affect adolescents' sleep "A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that checking social media often, viewing emotional or violent videos, and starting to use social media at an early age were significantly related to later bedtimes and fewe Read more
A kisbabák altatása: a szülők egyik legnagyobb kihívása Or in English: Putting the baby to sleep – one of the biggest challenges of parents At least that of small babies’ parents. Other challenges will come later of course…	Cosleeping and Nursing Have Helped My Toddler and Me Find Peace During Shelter-in-Place "You're going to spoil him." "You'll make a dependent child." "You'll never be able to get him to sleep alone." We have all heard these statements, as well as other fears and Read more
A kisbabák altatása: a szülők egyik legnagyobb kihívása Legalábbis a kisgyermekes szülőké. Mert persze, jön még majd más is… Putting the baby to sleep – one of the biggest challenges of parents	Royal Honour for baby and parent sleep research - Durham University Read more