Sleeping with a partner feels comforting but causes small disturbances that affect sleep quality and patterns.

Caroline Chirichella vowed to be a “textbook mom” when she found out she was pregnant, but now admits she has a “softer” parenting approach — and not everyone agrees with it. Chirichella, 34, and her ...

Sharing a bed with your partner is often seen as an important milestone in any budding romance. But, when it comes to long-term couples, roughly one in six American adults say that they would prefer ...

Should you share your bed with your baby? This is one of the most controversial issues related to infant sleep. Some experts are completely against bed-sharing, while others suggest it can be ...

Pets are cute, but they can seriously disrupt your sleep. Our experts share their tips to make sharing a bed with your pet a breeze. Taylor Leamey Former Senior Writer Taylor Leamey wrote about all ...

Some of the most common questions posed to parents of newborns, particularly by other parents, relate to sleeping patterns. Choices around sleep can be personal and sometimes controversial. In western ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Before her son was born in 2020, Candace St. John had no plans to bed-share with her baby. As a public ...

When Emily Little gave birth to her first child, sleeping together with her baby in bed was a given — despite all the public health messages telling her not to. "I knew it was something that I wanted ...