Parenting Articles Archive related to Nursery

Nursery

A nursery is a place where children of preterm births are kept until their health sufficiently improves. A proper nursery is usually enclosed and has systems that regulate the temperature to match the environment in the mother’s womb. Children with low birth weight or fragile health are typically placed in nurseries. The length of time a child spends in a nursery can vary from a few hours to a few weeks, depending on the health of the baby. A nursery can be accessed by the mother for feeding and cleaning the baby. The main goal of a nursery is to give babies time to fully develop so they can survive in an outside climate. To a large extent, nurseries help prevent cases of sudden infant death because they keep the baby in a womblike environment.

May 26, 2018May 10, 2023

Sleep Training

Independent Sleeping versus Co-sleeping: Where’s the Best Place for My Baby to Sleep?

One of the inevitable debates related to infant sleep is whether the baby should sleep in the parents’ bed or in a crib either in the parents’ room or in a nursery. Thus, positive parenting solutions to help babies rest and develop in a reassuring environment need to be identified. A little