Behavior of Newborns and Infants - Free Parenting Resources

Includes a discussion of night time parenting decisions, conditioning baby to fall asleep, transitioning techniques, and stay asleep techniques.

A description of the basics in taking care of a newborn.

Parenting help with information on bedtime activities, foods for sleep, sleep patterns, problems, schedules, and important information on SIDS.

How to encourage positive behavior, tips for using "time out" and stopping misbehavior.

Advice for parents on coping with sleep deprivation and dealing with sleepless nights with your new baby.

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Discipline tips by age.

HandInHand.org offers free parenting podcasts on topics such as bonding with your new baby, support for new dads, recovering from a difficult birth, and helping your baby with colic.  The site also has a number of parenting articles that focus on developing a stronger emotional connection with you child and developing a better family life as a result.

Developed by the US Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services, these twelve booklets walk you through baby’s first year of life.  They include feeding tips, checkup information, stages of development, ways you can keep baby safe, and much more.  Also available in Spanish.

Up to the age of four, it is common for children, especially boys, to bang their heads on the floor or other stationary objects during temper tantrums, or rhythmically when they’re hurt, frustrated, or even overtired.

How a newborn sleeps, why they cry, their reflexes, and how they breathe, see, and hear.

The differences in behavior between newborns, what to expect in the first hours and days, facts about newborns, how a newborn protects him/herself, a newborn’s senses, and how to deal with a sick or crying newborn.

This article includes a description of newborn sleep patterns and sleep states, a description of alert phases, how to help your baby fall asleep and sleep well, and recommendations for sleep positions and bedding to avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).  Also available in Spanish.

Parenting and Child Development Fact Sheets & Bulletins with titles such as “Parenting the First Year,” and “Tackling the Bullying Issue.” All sheets are also available in Spanish.

Suggestions from the American Academy of Pediatrics to ease separation anxiety.

Why kids have tantrums, tactics for avoiding and coping with them, and when you should seek medical advice.

Learn how to deal with a child's breath holding spells.  Also available in Spanish.

This article discusses when and how toddler socialization develops, what comes next, and when to be concerned.

“The Nation’s Leading Resource on the First Years of Life.”  Follow the “Parents” link to a “Parent’s A-Z” with articles on hundreds of topics, a tip of the week, FAQs, Brain Wonders (a section of the site devoted to brain development), and the national education campaign “The Magic of Everyday Moments.” It “is designed to help you and other caregivers understand and gain ideas for how to use simple, everyday moments to promote your child's social, emotional, and intellectual development.”