Articles Tagged: sleep

Babies left to cry suffer stress even after they have quietened down

By Keith Kendrick, May 24, 2012

It’s a debate that has divided the parenting community for generations: should you leave a baby to cry until it settles itself or pick it up and comfort it?

Surviving Teenagers: Why teenagers are like cats

By Marianne Kavanagh, May 14, 2012

Teenagers are like cats, according to a new survey*, because:

Anxious mothers cause children to sleep badly, claims report

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 17, 2012

Mums who are anxious about their kids sleeping routines might actually be causing their children's poor sleeping habits, a new study claims.

Complaints you hear when you fly with a baby (and what you wish you could reply)

By Farah Ishaq, Apr 5, 2012

What is it about the general sight of an infant on a flight that makes people's blood boil (especially when she hasn't even cried)? With the holiday season kicking off, here are my personal top five phrases other passengers have said in my general direction.

Surviving Teenagers: What happens at family reunions

By Marianne Kavanagh, Apr 2, 2012

We have gone to stay with my parents for the weekend. It’s Sunday morning. My dad is outside in the April sunshine sorting out the recycling. My mum is on the phone. It’s 10 O’clock. "Do you think,’" I say to my husband, "we should wake them up?"

Children go to school so tired they fall asleep in the classroom

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 2, 2012

Children are turning up at school so tired from staying up late their teachers let them fall asleep in the classroom, a survey reveals.

Terrible Twos: Duracell bunny

By Pip Jones, Feb 15, 2012

For the life of me I cannot find it, but I am sure that somewhere on Ruby's body, there must be a little screw down flap where the batteries go. I say this because, but for the pink fur, pointy ears and little drum, she is almost exactly like the Duracell Bunny.

Your baby's second month

By Hilary Pereira, Feb 1, 2012

Now that the first month has passed and, hopefully, you and your baby have got to know each other better, it's a good time to think about starting to establish some sort of routine. i If you can get your baby used to certain things happening at certain times of day or night, it will not only make your life easier, it will instil a sense of security in your baby.