Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using behavioral training to help babies fall asleep doesn't seem to harm them emotionally or developmentally years later, but it doesn't benefit them long-term either, ...

I hardly remember the first three months of my daughter’s life. Sleep deprivation — familiar to anyone who’s had a newborn — plays havoc with your mind, memory, and mood. Although there were ...

A new book is taking on one of the biggest challenges for parents: getting their baby to sleep. 'The Peaceful Sleeper: An Intuitive Approach to Baby Sleep' by family therapist Chrissy Lawler offers a ...

A common point of contention among parents is sleep. Beyond the effects of sleep deprivation, post-partum fatigue and arguments over whose turn it is to get up in the middle of the night in those ...

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Stansbury is a San Diego-based travel and parenting writer. As a single working mom-to-be, I decided that the key to my ...

A world of “experts” and journalists tell parents about the safety of “controlled crying” or “cry it out” techniques to make babies sleep. The advice has multiple mistaken premises and conclusions ...

When I think of baby sleep, I think of a certain picture I have stuck to my fridge: My husband is holding my infant son—age 3 months at the time—on his chest. My son is wrapped in a burp cloth. The ...

Ignorance about baby needs fuels adult mistreatment of them, with ramifications on their health and wellbeing, social and moral capacities for the long term. Such ignorance leads to myths that adults ...