© 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_6b3d96797f05567e66fc58bf3bca74af .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Naps help babies learn and remember. In fact, babies may require timely naps to transfer new information and skills into long-term memory. Does this mean we should be forcing our babies to take...
© 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_bb6eea05aa95936b6fee4fe925afb1d9 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Is your child afraid of the dark? Is your child’s fear severe enough to be considered a phobia? Here’s what research tells us about the signs and causes…and how to help kids to...
© 2008 – 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_5338db9aa81f9e2ba94c8a9689a4a20b .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Night terrors in children — also known as “sleep terrors” — are sometimes confused with nightmares. Both cause distress and disrupt sleep, and though terrors are less common than nightmares, they...
© 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_46f8b5c39faf960f5f682ac882de1f73 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Some children experience nightmares on a regular basis – once per week, or more. What can parents do to help kids cope? If your child has just awakened from a nightmare, and comes...
© 2008 – 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_d8193d29f900a2915d58969c45bfc250 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } As every parent knows, the world of newborn sleep is exotic and strange. Babies rack up lots of sleep overall, averaging 16-18 hours a day during the first two weeks. Yet...
© 2012 – 2022 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_ee9c9722bcb302343ba6bfeb8a16fbe9 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } A baby sleep chart can’t tell you exactly how long your baby needs to sleep. Researchers don’t fully understand baby sleep patterns, let alone baby sleep requirements. But researchers have collected information from parents...
© 2008 – 2022 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_e01166bbd1169e15ac1bb665b8cff7a5 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } According to researchers, most infant sleep problems are caused by behavioral factors (France and Blampied 1999), and there’s a great deal that parents can do to remedy such problems. For help,...
© 2018 – 2022 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_622add0ccc576 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Dream feeding has been defined as the practice of feeding a sleeping infant, with the aim of encouraging the baby to sleep longer. The term has also been used to describe...
© 2008 – 2022 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_62cdf9a685246 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } When we hear about infant sleep training, we often think of babies left alone in their cribs to cry themselves to sleep. But there are alternatives to such an approach. Parents...
© 2021 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved Studies suggest that most babies begin to “sleep through the night” (at least 5-6 hours without parental intervention) by 3-6 months of age. But some infants take longer, and the road to progress can be bumpy. Even after babies experience their first,...
