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 ...

I would do anything for this tiny creature, but it’s not great for her to wake up so much. And at a certain point, you get ...

In the intense debate over sleep training, even parenting books offer conflicting advice, with about two-thirds advising parents to use sleep training and one-third advising against it. But what does ...

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, ...

Since becoming a mother, Jenn Wong had followed all the usual baby sleep advice for her son. She kept his room pitch-black and ran a white-sound machine. She made sure her son had a consistent bedtime ...

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 Slate review of research shows that while sleep training methods like controlled crying can improve parent-reported sleep quality and reduce maternal depression, objective measures suggest little ...

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 ...

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 ...