When it comes to sleeping better, rocking or swaying could be of great help. This seems to be a great way for babies to sleep, especially when they are in swayable cribs but based on a study, adults can too with the help of some rocking items like perhaps a hammock.
Thanks to some researchers, rocking motion was found to help soothe people to getting better sleep. Through studying brainwaves, the scientists were able to finally understand how babies were able to sleep better wit
Here is an issue that should be a bit controversial. While parents are being advised to have their kids lie on their back to avoid cot death, it seems that the same has become the prime reason why some toddlers are getting flat heads.
As per US researchers, the number of babies with flat heads have increased between 1999 to 2007 which is something similar that UK people have reported. And while the flat head issue does seem harmless, experts do say that it could lead to parents anxiety an
We all know how passive smoking or third hand smoke can affect non-smokers but apparently it doesn’t stop there. Babies who find themselves sleeping in smoker’s rooms are at risk of collecting level of nicotine which may eventually stick to their hair.
This was proven through a Spanish study where hair samples from 252 babies younger than 18 months who slept at their smoking parents room were collected. Based on the collected hair samples, nicotine levels were found on 83% of the folks who bared tha
For the parents dealing with growing pains as far as lulling their babies to sleep, here is a new device you may want to try out. It is called the Easidream, a gadget that intends to calm a baby down by lulling him or her into peaceful slumber through a mimicking womb motion, sounds and lights.
The Easidream ships with a rocking platform located under the crib mattress. The device will give the infant the same feeling as if he were in his mother’s womb. As for the control unit, that will be linked
Kids need the proper clothing to sleep well and perhaps here is something that parents may find interesting. The new clothing line called AHAlife 37° makes use of smart fabric similar to that being used by astronauts in NASA.
The outfit helps regulate the body heat automatically, providing babies with a more comfortable and manageable temperature level that should help them sleep better. With overheating being a potentially dangerous and fatal threat to infants, the value of this kind of technol
A new app made for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad has been released by Marshiware with the intention of helping babies (and parents) get better sleep. The app is called Night Bliss, a new app which should help parents put their babies to sleep easier.
The Night Bliss App helps by associating sights and sounds with going to sleep, it can aid in helping a baby fall asleep if the sights and sounds are consistent at bedtime. The app does this by using a slow moving animation of a sheep
A white casket on a black hearse. This is the image that an in-your-face billboard is carrying in the hopes of reminding parents that babies can die in their sleep. This comes in the light of 20 infant-related deaths in Allegheny County this year, the highest in at least 10 years.
The campaign targets poor black communities. Federal awareness campaigns in recent decades helped reduce infant deaths but haven’t reached those groups. About 1 of every 1,000 babies born annually in the Unite
Mothers were believed to be suffering from sleepless nights, especially the one’s who have just given birth due to their breastfeeding itineraries. However it seems that this claim is not true. A study was able to prove this, negating the belief that by breastfeeding causes less sleep.
This should be a relief for babies in particular since we breastfeeding has always been known to be the best milk for babies. However, due to health (sleep concerns) issues, some mothers have fended off breas
The Baby Sleep Site has launched a new toddler sleep book called “The Tired Parent’s 5-Step System to Better Toddler Sleep,”. The book was written by Nicole Johnson and is the newest addition to the site’s collection of sleep books for babies, toddlers and of course parents.
The Baby Sleep Book comes with features that include:
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a recall order for the PBteen Sleep and Study Loft Beds, products imported by Williams-Sonoma Inc. The side rails of the bed apparently cracks down thus leading to the mattress support to collapse.
Kids or even babies may eventually be injured and there have already been reports of bed cracking or splitting. There was even a child who sustained lacerations to the head when the side rail split when he climbed down the ladder.
