Response-based sleep intervention: Helping infants sleep without making them cry

It is common for parents to raise questions about infant sleep patterns when attending infant well-visits during the first year of life [1,2]. In seeking answers to their questions from health practitioners, parents have access to a myriad of resources, including family, friends, web-based sites, social media, as well as parenting books. However, these sources of information often present contradictory best practice recommendations [3]. These contradictions are particularly notable in the areas of Infant Total Sleep time (TST) and parental response and presence when infants transition to sleep [4,5].

Source: Early Human Development - April 18, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Wendy Middlemiss, Helen Stevens, Lael Ridgway, Susan McDonald, Michelle Koussa Source Type: research