All babies are different in many ways, especially in how much sleep they require. Your new baby sleeps most of the time, usually 17 hours out of 24 during the first month. They have different stages of sleep. By the time your baby is three months old, he may well be sleeping about 10 hours a night, with another five hours during the day, often in two distinct naps, morning and afternoon. This baby sleep pattern involves a lot of commitment and perseverance but can be very successful in Read more...

Be ware of sleep trainers. Ever since parenting books found their way into the nursery, sleep trainers have touted magic formulas promising to get babies to sleep through the night – for a price and at a risk. Most of these sleep-training techniques are just variations of the old cry-it-out method. And technology has found its way into nighttime babycare by providing tired parents with a variety of sleep-inducing gadgets designed to lull a baby off to sleep alone in her crib: oscillating Read more...

Baby sign language is a popular practice among many parents today, making child rearing a very interesting and easy task than it used to be. The ability to communicate at such an early stage with their babies is considered a wonderful gift and the bonding it creates between parent and child is immeasurable. Try to identify why she is crying. Your baby uses crying to communicate with you that she is hungry, tired, bored, or is uncomfortable. If she sends out hunger cues, feed her. She might Read more...