by Dr. Catherine Darley | Feb 16, 2010 | bedroom, behavioral treatment, insomnia
Sleep is interesting in that it is a physiological process, which is strongly influenced by habit. When we work to have positive sleep associations with our bedroom, we can sleep better. Remember Pavlov’s dogs? Whenever Pavlov fed the dogs, he would ring a bell....
by Dr. Catherine Darley | Feb 10, 2010 | Children's sleep, fall asleep, parenting
Once your baby starts to have more sleep at night (about 7 weeks old), you can start to teach them to sleep well. At this point, you can observe when your child is sleepy, and put them down to sleep at that time. The first signs of sleepiness are that your child will...
by Dr. Catherine Darley | Feb 7, 2010 | Children's sleep, optimal sleep, parenting, sleep
When infants are 6-8 weeks old they will start to have more sleep at night, and less during the day. Their circadian system is starting to become entrained by the environmental light / dark cues. By 6 months of age, 70-80% of babies are capable of sleeping 5-6 hours...
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