So this research doesn't target key questions
about graduated extinction, and it's limited by small sample size and missing data.
One group of parents were taught
about graduated extinction, a cry it out method where parents put their baby to sleep, and then gradually extend the time they wait to go in and check on their child.
Not exact matches
Researchers in Australia did multiple studies
about sleep training children over six months, and found that
graduated extinction (or «Ferberizing») kept kids within normal cortisol ranges.
Most interventions have included parent education
about normal sleep and sleep cycles, advice to maximise environmental differences between day and night, and strategies to encourage infant self - settling.7 - 10 Strategies included range from the
graduated extinction method described above to encouraging parents to stretch night time feed intervals (in the hope that the infant will self - settle) and encouraging the use of parent - independent sleep cues.