You and your baby, with or without your partner, share an adult bed and sleep together on the same sleeping surface. Bed-sharing with parents is the most common sleeping arrangement worldwide and families may choose to bed-share because of cultural, parenting, or family beliefs. Some experts advocate bed-sharing if done in a ‘safe way’ for [...]

Although some babies can settle on their own, even as newborns, other need to be nurtured to sleep. For the first few months of life, you should help your infant to fall asleep by rocking, cuddling, nursing, and bottle-feeding, or any other soothing, nurturing technique. You cannot ‘spoil’ your baby by providing this comfort, despite [...]

A number of factors put children at risk for sleep apnea. These include:

Tonsils and adenoids. As mentioned earlier, most children with sleep apnea have enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids. Once the muscles in the neck relax during sleep, the big tonsils or adenoids block the airway and impede breathing.
Illness. Children with frequent ear infections, [...]

The most common cause of obstructive sleep apnea in children is enlargement of the adenoids and tonsils. During sleep there is a considerable drop in muscle tone, which affects the airway and breathing. Many of these children have little difficulty breathing when awake; however, with decreased muscle tone during sleep, the airway becomes smaller, making [...]

What Is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea, also known as obstructive sleep apnea, is a serious disorder in which there are pauses in breathing during sleep. Sleep apnea is generally thought of as a disorder that occurs in adults, but children often experience it. For some children, like Stevie, apnea is serious, and the parents, while aware [...]