Child Sleep - Your Guide to More Restful Nights - Motherly
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Child Sleep

Nurture healthy habits and help your child sleep with our expert-backed guides and resources.

7 guided meditations to help your child fall asleep

When doing these exercises always speak in a gentle soothing voice, use rhythm and repetition, and slow down as you speak. As your child seems more relaxed pause between some words, and elongate sounds.

Updated Aug. 11, 2023
mom reading a book to her daughter in bed - keeping a consistent bedtime routine

True life: Our bedtime routine is the same every. single. night

It is the perfect way to end even our most imperfect days.

Updated Dec. 02, 2022
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8 expert ways to help any child get better sleep

3. Set your child’s biological clock

Updated Oct. 29, 2024
child looking at a phone in bed screentime

Screen time before bed means less sleep and higher BMIs for kids, says study

The researchers call it a “loop pattern” and it’s concerning. 

Updated Sep. 15, 2022
mom watching baby fall asleep

It’s Science: Helping your child fall asleep may mean listening to your heart

Sometimes you just have to think about the night ahead—not years down the road.

Updated Sep. 19, 2022
a person lying down with their hand on their head

When my ‘good sleeper’ suddenly couldn’t fall asleep—I was the answer

Even as a certified sleep specialist, this realization took me by surprise.

Updated Oct. 29, 2024
a baby sleeping on a bed

The secret to helping your children to sleep is actually all about your mood

Children need to feel secure to fall asleep—but that often doesn’t happen when parents are frustrated and anxious.

Updated Oct. 29, 2024
toddler jumping on the bed

The bedtime battle plan that will make you all sleep easier

For kids, sleep represents a big separation from their caretakers—but you can help them overcome that discomfort.

Updated Mar. 23, 2023
kid playing in living room

How you can stop living for naptime

Find ways to say yes. Answer questions eagerly. Have fun.

Updated Apr. 12, 2022
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