Also, misconceptions abound as the field of
infant sleep research is limited and the research is primarily focused on one area: behavioral changes.
As an added note, I am pleased to acknowledge the statement of appreciation of my SIDS and
infant sleep research and advocacy for good sciecne, as expressed below by Dr. Brad Gessner, a well respected SIDS researcher from the state of Alaska.
Unfortunately when
infant sleep research was begun in western countries neither breastfeeding nor infants sleeping in the presence of their caregivers was thought to be appropriate, healthy, or beneficial while solitary, bottle fed babies, and all the measurements derived from solitary sleeping, bottle fed babies was thought to be normal and healthy.
Not exact matches
Her primary
research interests and areas of specialization involve cross cultural parenting practices, especially those concerning pregnancy, birth,
infant feeding,
sleeping, and early education and play.
Mindell wonders, adding that understanding how some
infants thrive on less
sleep is the next step in
research: «to figure out why that is, and what's the consequence.»
Her
research has included work in parenting styles and children's competencies, parent education, and
infant and toddler
sleep habits and their impact on family and children's development.
Many babies
sleep better on their belly, but
research is quite clear on the increased risk for Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome by doing that.
Documenting how many
infants are born with high palates would be a great
research project - because a high palate is a risk factor for
sleep apnea and possibly SIDS.
There is NO
research about cortisol measurements in
sleep - trained
infants, or whether this causes any damage.
In hopes of eradicating this unthinkable tragedy and help desperate parents everywhere; he began his
research on
infant sleep and colicky babies.
Co -
Sleeping / Bedsharing: The
Research Speaks for Itself The practice of putting an
infant in his own room, in his own crib, is a relatively new practice.
Where appropriate, I will refute mainstream parenting myths (e.g. that you must teach a baby to
sleep or they will never learn to
sleep) or demonstrate where some mainstream approaches could be dangerous (e.g. my recent post highlighting Macall Gordon's work comparing CIO recommendations in
infant sleep books with actual
research on CIO).
We have maintained a long - time partnership with First Candle, the leading national non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education, advocacy and
research of Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), to educate parents and caregivers on the importance of safe
sleep practices for
infants.
Medical
research has proven that this old practice of stomach -
sleeping young
infants can cause cot death.
In a soothing yet sassy voice, the authors present compelling
research on topics like birth, holding your baby, breastfeeding,
infant sleep, pottying babies (yes, really!)
He won the prestigious Shannon Award (with Dr. Sarah Mosko) from the National Institutes of Child Health and Development for his SIDS
research and is the nation's foremost authority and spokesperson to the national press on issues pertaining to
infant and childhood
sleep problems,
sleep development, and breastfeeding.
Significant Evidence - Based
Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier di
Research Findings of
Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier disc
Infant Massage: • Supports parent -
infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier disc
infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm
infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves
sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age •
Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier disc
Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm
infants • Recent
research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier di
research shows there are significant benefits to
infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier disc
infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2
Its goal was to reduce Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and
research showed that one of the biggest risk factors for SIDS was babies
sleeping on their stomachs.
Research has shown that these higher rates are related primarily to
infant care practices such as a preference for bed sharing or placing
infants on their stomach to
sleep.
Infant arousals during mother - infant bed sharing: implications for infant sleep and sudden infant death syndrome re
Infant arousals during mother -
infant bed sharing: implications for infant sleep and sudden infant death syndrome re
infant bed sharing: implications for
infant sleep and sudden infant death syndrome re
infant sleep and sudden
infant death syndrome re
infant death syndrome
research
This is why
research has often reported a connection between these temperamental characteristics and
infants»
sleep.
Why she loves it there: «Young
infants understand the world in a very sensory fashion, which is why they find the warmth and softness of your arms so soothing,» says Polly Moore, Ph.D., director of
sleep research at PAREXEL Early Phase in Glendale, California, and author of The 90 - Minute Baby Sleep Pro
sleep research at PAREXEL Early Phase in Glendale, California, and author of The 90 - Minute Baby
Sleep Pro
Sleep Program.
«SIDS and Other
Sleep - Related
Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe
Infant Sleeping Environment,» draws on new
research and serves as the first update to Academy policy since 2011.
One study by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) found that, although parents may claim that
sleep aids work well for their
infants, the
research actually points to the fact that babies tend to use a lot of different objects for falling asleep, instead of just one favorite object.
As for those who believe that
sleep - training harms
infants, we have no
research evidence that babies who are
sleep - trained are at higher risk of behavioral and psychiatric disorders later in life.
Consistent with previous
research, Mindell found that co-
sleeping —
sleeping in the same bed or bedroom — led to more disturbed
sleep in
infants.
It is also important to know that bed - sharing means not putting a newborn in a bed with an adult other than the mother, who is biologically hardwired for sharing
sleep with an
infant (
research indicates that most dads will change their
sleep patterns over the course of a few months to become more aware as well).
This has left me digging through reams of
research, trying to put
sleep training in perspective among other sources of
infant stress.
Unfortunately this implies that the pediatric
sleep research community (in general) accepts uncritically the mistaken assumption that solitary, bottle - fed
infants represent the «normal» and / or «optimal» human
infant sleep and feeding arrangement, and the context from which measurements of «normal,
infant sleep» can be derived.
According to the
sleep - lab
research, co-sleeping is biologically appropriate for
infants who are breastfed.
Want to read more about my
research on
infant sleep?
For more than 14 years API has expressed its concerns about the direction of
research related to basic
infant sleep safety information and data collection, the media's response, and resulting guidelines and policy.
But the December 2006 issue of the British Medical Journal reports
research that shows that
infants should not be left to
sleep in car seats due to the possibility that their heads may bend forward, resulting in potential difficulty in breathing.
API supports
infant sleep policies and guidelines that are based in
research results sufficiently supported by the data.
At the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Neurology his
research team pioneered the first studies of the physiology and behavior of mothers and
infant sleeping together and apart, using physiological and behavioral recording devices.
REFLEXES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BEHAVIOURAL STATE IN THE NEWBORN Neonatal startles, smiles, erections, and reflex sucks as related to state, sex, and individuality Spontaneous Arousals in Supine
Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet
Sleep Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep res
Sleep Distinguishing
infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep re
infant prolonged crying from
sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep res
sleep - waking problems
Infant crying and sleep re
Infant crying and
sleep res
sleep research
Just like the new
research saying parents shouldn't spank, new insight on
infant sleep and development is warning us away from swaddling babies.
That said, there is
research that suggests a heightened risk of negative maternal mood associated with «poor»
infant sleep which serves as a risk factor for maternal depression and family stress [6].
asked me to answer a few questions on the topic of
infant sleep, SIDS, and bed - sharing as part of
research for the
sleep chapter of a parenting book she's writing (which I can't wait to read by the...
Research has found that putting
infants to
sleep on their backs or sides can reduce cot deaths by up to 50 %.
Ray, Funny you should mention that as the Normal
Infant Sleep post Part 2 I just posted this week cites that very
research
You should allocate as much time as possible to
researching on the best
sleep surface for your
infant long before you give birth because it is one of the main things that determine their safety.
Although placing babies on their backs to
sleep has been advised for several years, new
research funded by the charity River's Gift is showing that some babies may be especially vulnerable if placed on their tummies to
sleep: international
research involving the University of Adelaide has uncovered a developmental abnormality in babies — especially in premature babies and in boys — that for the first time has been directly linked to cases of sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS).
This is why API — in consultation with Dr. James McKenna, Dr. William Sears, and members of API's
Research Group — created the
Infant Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure to help parents create a safe sleep environment for their baby's first 6 mo
Sleep Safety Guidelines brochure to help parents create a safe
sleep environment for their baby's first 6 mo
sleep environment for their baby's first 6 months.
It is also worthy of note that
research (including the New Zealand and Australia studies cited by GFI) has shown one particular practice reduces Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome by 30 - 50 %: placing a baby to
sleep on his or her back, rather than tummy.
-LSB-...] Helen Ball BSC, MA, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, where she is Director of the Parent -
Infant Sleep Lab and a Fellow of the Wolfson
Research Institute.
Research on co-
sleeping, which is defined as
sleeping in close proximity to one's
infant, though not necessarily in the same bed, has shown that the practice limits babies to lighter
sleep patterns.
Helen Ball BSC, MA, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, where she is Director of the Parent -
Infant Sleep Lab and a Fellow of the Wolfson
Research Institute.
She has been
researching infant sleep for the past 20 years, concentrating on the
sleep ecology of
infants, young children and their parents.
Now there is a plethora of
research about
infant sleep and I find it fascinating to compare this to my own experience: read — have my childrearing choices conveyed lasting benefits?