Most babies start to sit at around 6 months of age and so begin a relatively peaceful window in the first year. Most babies are fairly content to sit and play. Sitting gives your baby more control ...

Tips to make it through the tough days and nights of no sleep... I'm tired too...... Okay, so I didn't give birth or spend any of the 9 months carrying a water melon sized belly around with me bu...

Why is my baby crying? Does my baby cry too much? What is normal? We know you want the answers to these questions, and here is some more info on “Crying through the ages”, covering crying from ...

Every parent’s worst nightmare is to find their baby or child not breathing, or to have to deal with a child that is choking. Research has shown that in such a situation we could panic because we ...

When your baby wakes for the fifth time and sleep seems an unreachable ask, you may find yourself wondering if you should just shut the door and ignore your little one in an attempt to extinguish h...

Did you know that in 1964 Randy Gardner set the world record for going without sleep – he survived 11 days without nodding off. Since then others have tried to break his record and some have claime...

In a very funny episode of ‘Mad about you’ – a 90’s sitcom, Paul and Jamie have a ‘conversation’ about the merits of letting their baby, Mabel, cry it out. It is the funniest clip but all too real....

From about four months of age babies begin to develop sleep expectations and one of those is an expectation of where they will fall asleep. So it is important that you establish a consistent calmin...

Any parent who decides to employ a carer to look after his or her child should bear the following points in mind. In her work as a psychotherapist, Judith Davis hears many stories concerning nanni...