What you look up at two in the morning

Reference on sleep, feeding, health and development, written to be checked quickly and come back to. Every guide says where each fact comes from, and none of them replaces your paediatrician.

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Sleep Babies and early childhood

Your baby has one more wake window than naps

Almost every sleep chart gives one number per age. But the same baby, on the same day, lasts differently depending on where…

Sleep Babies and early childhood

They wake up screaming and don't recognise you

It isn't a nightmare — which is why nothing you do seems to work. Telling the two apart completely changes what that night calls…

Feeding Babies and early childhood

The ten allergens, and when each one comes in

For years the advice was to delay them. The evidence turned all the way around: introducing them early and consistently lowers…

Sleep Babies and early childhood

Of all the sleep regressions, this is the one that doesn't pass

It isn't a step backwards: it's maturation. Your baby's brain changes how it sleeps and doesn't go back — which is why this one…

Sleep Babies and early childhood

It says they slept 11 hours. They woke up three times.

Almost every sleep log counts the night as one block. But the time spent awake at three in the morning wasn't sleep — and it…

Health Babies and early childhood

Under 3 months, 38 °C means a doctor

The same number means different things depending on age. It's the distinction most often ignored, and the one that matters most…

Growth Babies and early childhood

The 50th percentile isn't the target. It's simply the middle.

Being in the 25th percentile doesn't mean your baby is lacking anything. It means one thing only, and it isn't what most people…

Development Babies and early childhood

Milestones are a range, not a date

«At 6 months» means around 6. Two healthy babies can be weeks apart on the same milestone, and both be doing…

Safety Babies and early childhood

They don't move yet. There are still eight things.

The stage when the baby isn't going anywhere is the one almost nobody checks — and it's when they depend most on the house being…

Safety Babies and early childhood

They pulled up on their own. Your house has changed.

Crawling gives no warning. One day they're where you left them, the next they're across the room — and the house that was safe…