Advocates of
graduated extinction out that parents who are sleep - deprived are at higher risk for depression and marital conflict (Mindell et al 2006).
Not exact matches
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.
Recent studies
out of Australia shows the
graduated extinction method to be both safe and effective.
Only 7
out of 13 (54 %) of families in the
graduated extinction group had babies that were scored as securely attached to their parents.
What are the mythical assumptions behind using cry - it -
out (total
extinction, unmodified
extinction) or even controlled crying (
graduated extinction) sleep training to get babies (0 - 2 years old or so) to sleep on their own?
Considered a little gentler than full - blown «cry - it -
out,»
graduated extinction calls for parents to ignore their child's cries for two minutes, gradually increasing the response time for up to six minutes in the first night, according to Forbes.
Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that teaching parents to use
graduated extinction (i.e., parent checks on and comforts their infant at increasing time intervals but leaves the room before the infant falls asleep) or adult fading (i.e., a parent places a camp bed or chair next to their infant's cot, pats their infant to sleep for the first few nights, then gradually moves their camp bed or chair
out of the infant's bedroom over a period of weeks) reduces both infant sleep problems and maternal depression symptoms.5 In toddlers, provision of a bedtime routine by parents has also been shown to reduce sleep problems.6
Only 7
out of 13 (54 %) of families in the
graduated extinction group had babies that were scored as securely attached to their parents.