New parents will do just about anything to encourage their babies to sleep soundly. And while you might be tempted to surround them with cozy blankets and stuffed animals, placing any product inside a ...

Some parents swear by them for keeping “jailbreaking” toddlers in bed at night. But are trendy products like the SlumberPod safe? When our 2-year-old daughter started trying to climb out of her crib, ...

Co-sleeping under any circumstances is not safe for infant sleep, the American Academy of Pediatrics stressed Tuesday in the first update to its safe sleep guidelines for babies since 2016. "We know ...

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, ...

The AAP's new baby safe-sleep guidelines address the correlation between co-sleeping/placing items in a crib and "increased risk of SIDS and suffocation" The American Academy of Pediatrics is ...

Which crib sheets are best? Picking out the crib and the mattress for your newborn is only half the battle. You also have to pick out sheets, and that can have just as much of an impact on your baby’s ...

Newborns sleep for 16-18 hours a day, and infants sleep for 12-16 hours. That's including naps and a longer stretch of sleep at night. With all that snoozing, many parents notice their baby outgrowing ...

I'm the baby and kids gear writer, a mom to three and former teacher. We've sent this story to your inbox. In addition to size, the firmness of the mattress matters, too. Though you might think your ...

When our 2-year-old daughter started trying to climb out of her crib, my husband and I panicked. Was this normal? Was she trying to climb out too early? What was the next step? Was it too soon to ...

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