/newsroom/taxonomy/term/5580/all en /newsroom/channels/news/parents-shouldnt-worry-about-their-babys-inconsistent-sleep-patterns-326612 <p>New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night around the time they reach six months of age. But according to a new <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.005">study</a> led by Professor Marie-Hélène Pennestri, parents should view sleep consolidation as a process, instead of a milestone to be achieved at a specific age. Tracking 44 infants over a period of two weeks, she found that sleeping patterns vary greatly – not only for different babies, but also night to night for the same baby.</p> Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 251664 at /newsroom