Consultant for Pediatricians Vol 8 No 3

As a result of misinformation or a lack of knowledge about healthy infant sleep, many parents and their babies suffer needlessly-and no one gets enough sleep. A baby’s sleepwake cycles are likely to appear unpredictable to new parents. This, coupled with conflicting advice about infant sleep, can lead to parents simply letting the baby sleep “whenever.” In such a situation, the baby often ends up with chronically insufficient sleep, which, if left unchecked, can spiral into persistent night awakenings and bedtime resistance.