Important Infant Sleep Facts In order to better understand the how-to’s of getting you and your baby to enjoy going to sleep and staying asleep, here are some important principles of infant sleep that every new parent needs to understand. 1. How You Sleep. After dressing for bed, most adults help themselves relax for sleep […]
Breastfeeding Stories to Inspire and Inform Nursing is one of the most natural experiences we can have as women. Breastfeeding can bring unparalleled joy and connection between mommy and baby. Yet many women also experience intense challenges, frustration, and even sometimes pain around the act of breastfeeding. If you were like me, you had a […]
Difficulty Getting Baby to Sleep I am a new parent of an almost 12-week old boy. I am currently having difficulty getting him to sleep both at night and during the day. He is exclusively breastfed and also gets 2 bottles of breast milk per day (evening and early morning). The problem has gotten increasingly […]
Causes of Night Waking for Babies As a pediatrician, one of the reasons I am becoming increasingly cautious about insensitively using the cry-it-out approach to get babies to sleep longer is that doctors and parents assume that a night waking baby has bad sleeping habits and they miss underlying painful causes of night waking. Suspect […]
Safest Finger Foods to Start Baby On What are some of the safest foods to start finger feeding? My almost 13-month-old has been eating purée food, puffs, and teething crackers. I want to try finger food again. A few months back she was not ready and the find food resulted in gagging that lasted too […]
(MOTRIN, ADVIL, PEDIACARE FEVER) When Should Ibuprofen be Given to a Kid? Ibuprofen has three actions: it reduces fever, relieves pain and fights inflammation. Typically, ibuprofen for kids is used during teething, earaches, sunburn, fevers, headaches and sore muscles. Ibuprofen Dosage for Kids (See dosing chart below). Although the package might not give a dosage […]
How Can I Help My Baby Not Wake Up During the Night? “My 7-month-old is still waking up quite frequently at night, 4-6 times on average. He takes two short naps during the day as well. I’m wondering if longer naps during the day would help his nighttime habits” Answer: Well, about the idea of […]
Healthy Ways to Use a Pacifier Is there a healthy way to use a pacifier? I don’t want to set up a dependence, but it seems like a good tool to have when a baby needs to quiet in public. Research About Pacifiers The pacifier is a popular peace-producing plug to temporarily substitute when a […]
Tips and Tricks to Prevent Night Waking Question: My 9 week old all of a sudden won’t sleep at night (he used to do 3 to 5hr stretches) and has been doing 20-minute naps the past 2 nights. I can’t figure out what is going on and how to correct it. Even putting him in […]
Night Weaning Before Teething Is night weaning even worth the trouble before they get all their first set of teeth? I’m worried I’ll go through the trouble of night weaning my 19-month-old, just to have her really struggle and need comforting. Night Weaning and Dental Health Once upon a time, most dentists discouraged mothers from […]
Infant Sleep Patterns are Different One of the great challenges of early parenthood is waking up during the night to attend to baby. Many new parents feel exasperated (and exhausted) at the fact that baby will not sleep more than an hour or so without waking up. You should not to try to change baby’s […]
Parenting Videos from the Dr Sears Family Enjoy these parenting videos from Dr. Bill, Dr. Bob, and Martha. Toilet Training by Martha Sears, RN Toilet training can be a challenge for parents and toddlers alike. Every child is different and there is no reason to feel bad if your child is the last one to […]
