However quickly your child grasped the essentials of potty training, it is perfectly normal for night-time dryness to take longer.There are ways to help it along, but patience on your part is essential.The vast majority of mums start potty training
MIDWIFE NIKKI SAYS: A large study in 2004 in Denmark showed that pregnant women who regularly work nights have an increased risk of late miscarriage or stillbirth, although other factors such as age, smoking habits and the physical demands
Midwife Nikki replies: This is common in the middle months and often gets worse as your pregnancy progresses, due to the extra weight you're carrying. The cramps tend to occur more at night and may be aggravated by the pressure your growing uterus
to sleep. Then we tried controlled crying. The first night we went to him after five minutes, then 10, then 20. And 45 minutes after he'd stopped crying, he was asleep. The second night it took 20 minutes. The third he went straight to sleep. We nearly fell
My son Oscar slept soundly until he was 18 months old, when we moved house for the third time since his birth and I started a new job. For six months afterwards, he woke every night at around 2am, and usually screamed for anything between one
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this and have a successful bedtime routine where your baby can settle herself, then by the time she's 4 to 6 months, she could be sleeping for up to 10 or 11 hours a night.Restoring the peaceSometimes a sleep routine can go wrong, and this is when a sleep plan
't wriggle under. Don't sleep with your baby in bed or on a sofa. Babies shouldn't get too hot or cold - an ideal room temperature is 16˚C-20˚C. To buy a room thermometer, call FSID on 020 7222 8001 or visit www.mothercare.co.uk. For more info, call
upheavals-no visitors and no late nights, so you can focus all your energy on him.2. Stay low-keyStart your wind-down from the time your toddler has tea. Make sure there's no rough and tumble when Dad gets home, and switch off the TV. Aim to make this time
bed in the spare room.He wakes around 5am and is hysterical for about 10 to 15 minutes before we can get him to sleep again - in our bed. Sometimes he goes into hysterics at night and nothing will comfort him. We have wondered whether it could be bad
