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Should Babies Be Put on a Sleep Schedule? (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - We had only one house rule when my daughter was born - sleep when the baby sleeps. After watching countless sleep-deprived new parents, we figured that the only way to manage the unpredictability of an infant's sleep pattern was to follow her lead. This meant we napped a lot during the day, and woke up several times a night, but in the end we all seemed to get enough sleep. And we managed to avoid the glazed over eyes of the sleep deprived most of the time. As one friend commented on our parenting style, "You just don't look tired enough. ...