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Your baby’s safety is a full-time job. It's a daily responsibility, a constant worry and the reason you second-guess almost everything. Baby Safety Month is celebrated every September, and it exists ...

A world of “experts” and journalists tell parents about the safety of “controlled crying” or “cry it out” techniques to make babies sleep. The advice has multiple mistaken premises and conclusions ...

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Sleep experts and others routinely say that parents have to start early to establish “good sleep habits” to prevent big, scary problems later. Feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, and holding to sleep ...