Infants who cry a lot, or are awake and fussy at night are a source of concern for many parents. This section of the website on infant sleeping has two main components to help parents with infant sleeping problems and questions. The first component involves looking at the scientific evidence about the nature of infant sleeping problems and distinguishing these problems from crying problems. Infant crying is more fully described here. Secondly, to explain this evidence so parents have some helpful guidelines for preventing infant sleeping problems and dealing with them if they already are occurring.

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