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Key Takeaways Sleep training, methods caregivers use to teach babies to sleep on their own, can start around 4 months of age. There are plenty of methods, including cry it out, the Ferber method, and ...

When you become a parent, sleeping through the night becomes a paramount concern—not just for your baby’s health but so that you can get some rest, too. While some parents are fine with sleep training ...

Parents are told to start sleep training early—or else. Does the research actually support the urgency? The evidence may ...

It is a familiar scene for most parents. You’re laying in bed, eyes closed, a wave of drowsiness washes over you. You’re just about to drift into sleep when you hear a loud cry. You jolt awake, look ...

Utter the words “sleep training” and a feeling of dread shoots through most parents. In popular culture, “sleep training” is often synonymous with leaving a baby to cry for longer and longer periods ...

New babies are famously inconsistent sleepers, waking up often — day and night — to eat. They might struggle to nap during the day or get back to sleep after a 3 a.m. diaper change. And of course, if ...

When my son was a baby, we did sleep training. Now that he is 2, he's been co-sleeping with us in bed, along with our dog. Co-sleeping means everyone in our family gets more rest. I'm just about to ...