/channels/news_feeds/all/term/sleep%20consolidation/rss en /channels/channels/news/parents-shouldnt-worry-about-their-babys-inconsistent-sleep-patterns-326612 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night around the time they reach six months of age. But according to a new <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.005">study</a> led by Professor Marie-Hélène Pennestri, parents should view sleep consolidation as a process, instead of a milestone to be achieved at a specific age. Tracking 44 infants over a period of two weeks, she found that sleeping patterns vary greatly – not only for different babies, but also night to night for the same baby.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/father-and-baby.jpg?itok=7uquvTqJ" width="160" height="89" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:58:52 +0000 webfull 165756 at /channels