Newborns sleep for about 16 hours out of every 24, split into periods of 2-4 hours and divided equally between day and night.Most can distinguish night from day by 10 weeks. By the end of the third month, the frequency of daytime naps drops from

New parents are obsessed by how much sleep their baby needs. (Nearly as obsessed as by how much sleep they get themselves.) Most newborns sleep 16 to 22 hours a day in the early weeks. ‘Nobody's sure why babies need so much sleep,' says Dr Louise

you used to get done during naptimes begin piling up and you have an active baby on your hands all day who needs entertaining.‘A wakeful baby lives a much fuller life than one who sleeps for several hours a day. He'll need your help constantly, too

From the age of six months your baby should be pretty well settled into his own routine.Hopefully, you'll be getting a better night's sleep by this stage but even so, many mums still find it a shock when baby drops his usual morning and afternoon

hard. I was so used to going to bed and getting up when I wanted that I struggled to get my head around the fact I was no longer in control of how much sleep I was getting - my baby was.' Other new mums talk of their tiredness making them feel

There is much talk about this subject; "What is a dream feed? Why wake your baby when he is fast asleep? I’ve started a dream feed and my baby still wakes in the early hours!" Baby sleep expert and founder of Baby Secrets, Jo Tantum answers your

in milk, which results in a gut spasm, causing discomfort.”But there are other theories that indicate rapid feeding, wind, food intolerance, or even too much air getting into a baby’s feed, could be to blame. What can you do?An inconsolable baby who cries

or at bedtime, but it's not so much fun looking for lost dummies at 2am.At around 4 months your baby will start responding to the patterns you have established and his sleep habits will become fixed. At around 6 months it's time to move him out of your bedroom

Moores University, babies who sleep well at night are exposed to twice as much light between 12pm and 4pm as poor sleepers.Dr Yvonne Harrison from the University's School of Psychology explains: ‘Higher light levels encourage the early development of your

"It's hard and plays on your emotions hearing your little one crying, but you have to be strong. My daughter is really good now but went through a stage of crying before bedtime and cried even more as I tried to put her down. I found in order