Sweet dreams – all our sleep articles in one place

Your ‘Discover more’ section has a range of articles linked to the skills your child is developing now – so you can always find the information you need. You’ve told us sometimes you’d like to understand what's coming next so we’re going to be sharing themed articles all in one place. 

This time we’ve put together all our articles about sleep, from newborn night waking, through dropping naps, to nightmares and sweet dreams.  

You want to know that everything you read is written by experts and backed by research. Our content is written by our child development team, who are experienced early years teachers and researchers.  

We also have specialists who drop in to cover the topics they’re experts in, and share tips about tricky parts of the parenting journey.  

One of these is Lauren from Little Sleep Stars who has written these articles about sleep: 

• Settling your baby to sleep 
• Have baby, will travel – the experts take on holiday sleep 
• Lauren from Little Sleep Stars shares her tips for helping your toddler sleep well 
• Toddlers and naps – Lauren from Little Sleep Stars tells us about developing sleep patterns 
• Nightmares and night terrors – what’s the difference and how can you help?

We also have sleep content from BASIS (Baby Sleep Information Source) at Durham University: 

• The biology behind your baby’s sleep – from Durham University’s Infancy and Sleep Centre 
• What is normal sleep for a baby? Find out more from Durham University's Infancy and Sleep centre 

And all our other articles about sleep are here: 

• Is it ok if your baby falls asleep as you feed and bond?
• Are they sleeping through yet? Why this question is unhelpful, and what sleeping through really means 
• Just eight minutes more sleep? The research on sleep training isn't always showing the extra rest you expect 
• Your toddler’s sleep and physical activity – recommendations and research 
• Forty winks? How brain development influences your toddler’s nap time 
• Parents report disturbed sleep for six years after their baby is born – but don’t worry, we’re here to help! 
• Sleeping in the heat 

Don’t forget to check your ‘Discover more...’ section, at the bottom of your Today screen, where you’ll find loads of articles on important topics linked to your child’s individual development.

These change as you master skills, always showing you articles linked to your child's active skills so you know what you're seeing is relevant to what they (and you) are learning now.

Check out our podcast episode on sleep, with Lauren from Little Sleep Stars. Listen here.

We’d love to hear if having everything about one topic together is helpful – and if it is let us know which subject you’d like us to do next!

Drop our child development team a message at askusanything@mffy.com to let us know what you think, and what you’d like to see on your today screen next 😊