Staying dry at night is a major milestone in a child’s physical and social development. Bedwetting is children is very common, but it can be embarrassing for your child and frustrating for you. Bedwetting should not be considered abnormal until a child has reached 5 or 6 years of age. It is important...

As summer vacation draws to an end, it’s important to help children re-establish a healthy back-to-school sleep schedule. Children need more sleep than adults. Children ages 5 to 12 require 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night, while teens should have at least nine hours. Chronic sleep deprivation has...

Sleep – we all need it, especially our children. Two-thirds of children age 10 and younger have sleep problems. Lack of sleep has been linked to poor school performance in adolescents and irritability and overall fussiness in infants and toddlers. Here are tips to help your child sleep: Infants (newborn...