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Help! My toddler won't go to sleep!

Help! My toddler won't go to sleep!

Are you putting your toddler to bed at the wrong time? Research out of the University of Colorado suggests you're doing it all wrong.

Jennifer Pinarski

Expert sleep tips

Expert sleep tips

Sleep expert Alanna McGinn answers your questions on how to overcome sleep challenges.

Today's Parent

How to get your preschooler to sleep through the night

How to get your preschooler to sleep through the night

Has your formerly sound sleeper started paying you visits in the night?

Erin Phelan

SIDS: New study highlights brain abnormalities

SIDS: New study highlights brain abnormalities

What does the new study showing correlations between SIDS and abnormal circuits in the brain mean for your family?

Tracy Chappell

Your Guide to Newborn Sleeping Habits

Your Guide to Newborn Sleeping Habits

Safe sleep guidelines can be overwhelming for new parents. From co-sleeping to SIDS, here's how to make sure your baby sleeps soundly and safely.

Cathie Kryczka and Susan Spicer

Kids fall asleep in the darndest positions

Kids fall asleep in the darndest positions

We asked readers to submit photos of their kids’ strangest sleep positions. Check out the hilarious pics!

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Help! My daughter is having night terrors

Help! My daughter is having night terrors

Just when Jennifer Pinarski thought her daughter was past the sleepless baby stage, night terrors are keeping everyone awake at night.

Jennifer Pinarski

Join our live sleep chat October 23

Join our live sleep chat October 23

Join our Twitter chat with sleep expert Alanna McGinn on October 23 at 1 p.m. EST to get tips and tricks for tackling the time change.

Today's Parent

How to manage your kids' different sleep schedules

How to manage your kids' different sleep schedules

How to manage the nightly routine when your family includes both a preschooler and a baby.

Alanna McGinn

Reader tips on how to cure momsomnia

Reader tips on how to cure momsomnia

Today's Parent readers offer tips on how to get some sleep during baby's first year.

Today's Parent

Why I can't wait for my kids to go back to school

Why I can't wait for my kids to go back to school

As summer comes to a close, Susan Goldberg wonders how her sons will adjust to their new back-to-school routine.

Susan Goldberg

How the heck do parents co-sleep?

How the heck do parents co-sleep?

Wondering if co-sleep is for you? After sharing her bed with her daughter, this parent is in desperate need of more coffee.

Kristy Woudstra

A bittersweet milestone

A bittersweet milestone

Susan Goldberg is both thrilled and saddened by her eldest son's recent independence when it comes to bedtime.

Susan Goldberg

Am I cheating my kid out of sleep?

Am I cheating my kid out of sleep?

Writer Tara-Michelle Ziniuk responds to the latest study on sleep schedules for kids — and wonders how her daughter may be affected.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Lyrics to Hush Little Baby

Lyrics to Hush Little Baby

Rock your babe to sleep while singing this classic children's lullaby, Hush Little Baby

Today's Parent

Kids' room decor: 7 cute night lights

Kids' room decor: 7 cute night lights

Set the mood for sweet slumber with these whimsical finds.

Sadiya Dendar

How to handle kids' nightmares

How to handle kids' nightmares

Sleep expert Joseph De Koninck answers all your questions about nightmares and night terrors.

Today's Parent staff

Everyday Baby - June 14, 2013

Everyday Baby - June 14, 2013

Wakey-wakey sleepy baby!

Kerianne Brown

The Honest Toddler on Sleep

The Honest Toddler on Sleep

Everything you need to know about sleep, from a child's perspective. An excerpt from The Honest Toddler: A Child's Guide to Parenting.

Honest Toddler, written under the supervision of Bunmi Laditan

How to handle nighttime fears

How to handle nighttime fears

Nighttime fears — like being afraid of the dark or of bad guys — are typical at this age.

Wendy Haaf