Baby /channels/taxonomy/term/1134/all en Parents shouldn’t worry about their baby’s inconsistent sleep patterns /channels/channels/news/parents-shouldnt-worry-about-their-babys-inconsistent-sleep-patterns-326612 <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> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:58:52 +0000 webfull 165756 at /channels Creating babies from the DNA of three people /channels/news/creating-babies-dna-three-people-241494 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:37:54 +0000 webfull 107931 at /channels Baby talk: babies prefer listening to their own kind /channels/news/baby-talk-babies-prefer-listening-their-own-kind-250280 <p style="text-align:left" align="center">Everyone likes to look at young babies. But who wants to listen? Well…it turns out that other <b><i>babies</i> </b>do.</p> <p style="text-align:left" align="center"> Tue, 12 May 2015 14:05:57 +0000 webfull 109984 at /channels Mom’s prenatal hardship turns baby’s genes on and off /channels/news/mom%E2%80%99s-prenatal-hardship-turns-baby%E2%80%99s-genes-and-239833 <p> Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:07:06 +0000 webfull 106236 at /channels