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

Sleep - it's something you take for granted before you have a baby, and something you can only dream about once they've arrived.With newborn babies waking frequently at night, it's no surprise new mums report spending their first weeks and months

Everyone knows having a baby turns your world upside down. The first few months are challenging as you adjust to your new way of life. But it's made harder when you're doing it on less sleep. Tiredness is one of the key stress factors facing new

're teaching your baby how to go to sleep on her own, which is new for her. She won't know what's happening at first and may cry longer and harder than before to see if you'll change your mind.If you can follow the plan, she will realise it's not worth crying

Everyone expects sleepless nights in the early weeks with a new baby. But what happens when those exhausting, bleary-eyed weeks turn into months or drag on for even a year or more? Mums say how they tackled their older babies' sleep problems

Colic refers to routine bouts of crying, during which your baby seems inconsolable, but with no obvious cause.Although the wailing can seem sudden, intense, and be heartbreaking to witness, it’s harmless, with a fifth of all UK newborns experiencing

Do you dread the hours between 6pm and 10pm? Perhaps it's because you're spending all your time running up and down stairs desperately trying to calm your fractious baby and get her to sleep. Nearly every new mum has been there, but there are ways

little boys age he really doesn't need a milk feed at night now. However, he will wake at regular intervals as part of his sleep cycle and may well regularly look for a milk "prop" in order to get back to sleep. Likewise if he falls asleep sucking a dummy