Some children, who have had sleep problems as a baby, experience the same difficulties later. Full story

When babies fall asleep, their mothers usually sigh with relief and either lie down on the sofa, hoping to get some sleep and a little rest, or use a spare minute to bring the house in order and to cook food. Full story

The experts from the University of Oslo have proved that children do grow mainly during sleep. Of course, they grow during the day as well, but the rate of growth at night is 43% higher than of that during the daytime. Full story

A pregnant English woman, Nathalie Hoyland, is worried that she might oversleep the delivery day of her own child. As reported by Daily Mail, the resident of England suffers from a rare ailment called Klein-Levin syndrome which enables a human being to sleep for a month or longer. Full story

One of the factors closely linked with obesity threat is sleep pattern – this is the conclusion arrived at by specialists from the University of Chicago. They found that children who get ample sleep regularly and enjoy getting up later on weekends have less risk to gain excess weight or have metabolic dysfunctions. Full story

Australian researchers discovered that you can increase your baby's sleep duration by 30 per cent by letting your baby cry it out. Full story

You can improve your children’s behavior by sending them to bed before midnight, a new study claims. Researchers at the Kyushu University in Japan interviewed almost 2,000 school-goers and found that those who go to bed early are less likely to face behavioral problems Full story

SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, carries away 2,300 lives of babies only a few months after their birth. Scientists are incessant in their attempts to work out ways of picking out infants with a high SIDS risk and means of suppressing the syndrome. Full story

Breast milk should be fed to babies as soon as it's been expressed. Breast milk ingredients fluctuate over 24 hours to adjust to baby’s needs, according to Spanish researchers, so it should not be stored for a long time. Full story

Exhausted by sleepless nights, mothers often take their babies to sleep with them in bed, thinking this is a safe practice. The data, however, shows that 50 percent of babies who died from sudden death syndrome were in bed with their parents. Full story

A recent study published in the Pediatrics magazine reports that over one-third of pictures in women's magazines portray babies sleeping in dangerous positions. Moreover, two thirds of photos show babies in dangerous sleep environments. The study was supervised by Rachel Moon and Joyner - SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) researchers from the Children's National Medical Center, USA. Full story

It’s not a great breakthrough discovery that kids who were very active during the day fall asleep faster and get a sounder sleep, but now it has been proved scientifically. A recent study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood shows that children whose day is engaged in sedentary activities mostly need considerably more time to fall asleep when they go to bed. Full story

A recent study in Sleep reveals the interrelations between the size of a child’s body and his or her sleep efficiency. It appears that the smaller the child, the greater the risk of sleep disorders developing in future. Birth size, the study says, is in direct dependence on the development of the nervous system. A smaller child was discovered to be more prone to having breath difficulties during sleep which will lead to disturbed sleep and maybe nightmares in later life. Full story

Regular afternoon nap can help ease such problems in children as hyperactivity, anxiety and depression. Recent studies provided the evidence for that claim. The results of a study among 62 children aged 4-5 years old, presented at the annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting in Seattle, pointed that a day regimen with the room for an afternoon nap is a good thing for a child’s psyche. Full story

Pregnancy often induces a variety of sleep problems, like nausea, leg cramps, swellings, heartburn, and snoring. These annoyances are usually inevitable and are worsened by uncomfortable sleeping habits you may have adapted prior to being pregnant. So if you want to have a good night’s sleep during pregnancy, then follow these tips. The following information will also help those suffering from insomnia outside pregnancy. Full story