Sentences with phrase «infant sleep researcher»

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of nearly one thousand new mothers, researchers found «a strong association between [infant sleep problems and depression symptoms].»

In a 1964 study, researchers found that there was little change in the number of hours spent sleeping over a 24 - hour period during infants» first 16 weeks of life.

, researchers found that there was little change in the number of hours spent sleeping over a 24 - hour period during infants» first 16 weeks of life.

It's also important to note that a frequently cited 2009 study published in the journal Pediatrics found that healthy newborns sitting in a car seat had significantly decreased blood oxygen levels compared to those laying flat and the researchers concluded that infant car seats should be used for car travel and not as a replacement for a flat sleeping surface.

Many researchers still suspect that whether light sleep is vital for the normal development of the brain in all young mammals and infants.

The researchers discovered that infants who routinely sleep with their mothers breast - feed twice as often and for three times longer than babies left in a separate room at night.

James McKenna, PhD., probably the foremost researcher on the topic of mother - infant cosleeping, has written Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Co-Sleeping.

These factors will better describe the circumstances surrounding SIDS and other sleep - related infant deaths and assist researchers in determining the similarities and differences between these deaths.

In one study comparing two groups of preterm infants, researchers found that children who'd received skin - to - skin contact in the first weeks postpartum had developed, by age 10, more healthy stress response systems, improved sleep patterns, and better cognitive control (Feldman et al 2014).

My wife and I were shocked when we read what pediatric sleep researchers had to say about normal sleep for human infants and the idea that infants must «self - soothe.»

And the assumption by pediatric sleep researchers that there is one ideal sleeping arrangement for all, or that cosleeping is harmful and detrimental or that infants need to «consolidate their sleep as soon in life as is possible» is not only fallacious but harmful and it explains why western parents are the most exhausted, disappointed least satisfied, (yet, most educated and well read), I am convinced, than any other parents on the planet, as regards their infant's sleep.

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.

Contrary to what many pediatric sleep researchers claim, or at least, lead parents to believe, the consolidation of human infant sleep is not what is important biologically for an infant especially in the first six months of life.

Some researchers link the lower risk to the fact that breast - fed infants do not sleep as deeply as bottle - fed infants.

API highlights this White Paper response to the Carpenter et al. analysis written by noted researchers in the areas of infant sleep, including researchers affiliated with API:

Yet sleep «experts» and some sleep researchers are so focused on the need for an infant to sleep through the night, they ignore the evidence that talks about the benefits of waking.

The researchers report that South Asian infant care practices were more likely to protect infants from the most important SIDS risks such as smoking, alcohol consumption, sofa - sharing and solitary sleep.

As a researcher in SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Professor McKenna explains that these small transient arousals may lessen a baby's susceptibility to some forms of SIDS which are thought to be caused by failure to arouse from deep sleep to re-establish breathing patterns.

She also instinctively bends her legs completing the protective space around the baby, making it impossible for another person to roll onto the baby without first coming into contact with her legs.15, 16 A breastfeeding mother who co-sleeps with her baby (and has not consumed alcohol, illegal or sleep - inducing drugs or extreme fatigue) also tends to be highly responsive to her baby's needs.17, 18 Studies show more frequent arousals in both mothers and babies when they co-sleep, and some researchers have suggested that this may be protective against sudden unexpected infant deaths.19 — 21 Babies are checked by their mother and breastfeed more frequently when co-sleeping than when room - sharing.22, 23

The biggest accolade pacifiers receive from researchers is that there is strong evidence to suggest that if a baby uses a pacifier while sleeping, then their chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is less than an infant who sleeps without a pacInfant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is less than an infant who sleeps without a pacinfant who sleeps without a pacifier.

The researchers measured the blood cortisol levels in both the infants and the mothers before and after the babies were put to sleep on the first and third nights.

In a recent experiment, researchers injected water into the diapers of sleeping infants to see if this would wake them up (Zotter et al 2007).

In this latest report, researchers from the CDC, FDA, and CPSC reviewed data on deaths related to infant sleep positioners from January 1997 to March 2011.

Penn State researcher Douglas Teti examined the role of emotional availability on infant sleep and found that regardless of a family's night - time routine, infants with parents who were responsive and warm had fewer night wakings and an easier time drifting off.

The conclusion that the researchers drew from this study was that sleeping with an infant in an adult bed is dangerous and should never be done.

Additionally, because infants inhale significantly higher air volume per body weight than adults and sleep a longer time, they experience about 10 times as much inhalation exposure as adults when exposed to the same level of VOCs, the researchers said.

Prone sleeping on soft bedding may cause the infant to be smothered or overheated, researchers say.

In a paper published recently in the journal Family Relations, lead researcher James McKenna, director of the Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab and Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and his colleagues suggest that the origin of both colic and SIDS may be related to the gradual emergence of an infant's ability to voluntarily control the release of air through the vocal track, learned skills that are required for the development of speech.

Additionally, because infants inhale significantly higher air volume per body weight than adults and sleep a longer time, they experience about 10 times as much inhalation exposure as adults when exposed to the same level of VOCs, the researchers said.

The researchers found that VOC levels were significantly higher in a sleeping infant's breathing zone when compared with bulk room air, exposing infants to about twice the VOC levels as people standing in the same room.

For the new study, the researchers used data on children younger than eight months, collected from 1993 to 2010 as part of the National Infant Sleep Position study.

Removing loose bedding from a baby's sleeping environment is one way to reduce their risk of suffocation and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), write the researchers, who are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

«We had expected to see a handful of contradictions in the safe sleeping category, as previous researchers had shown most pictures of sleeping infants in these magazines depicted unsafe positions, but we were surprised at the sheer number and breadth of categories where we found offenses,» said lead author Michael B. Pitt, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital.

Researchers from UBC and BC Children's Hospital asked parents of 5 - week - old babies to keep a diary of their infants» behavior (such as sleeping, fussing, crying or feeding) as well as the duration of caregiving that involved bodily contact.

While the successful public health campaign to improve infant sleep environments has long been associated with declines in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), an analysis of 30 years of data by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Dana - Farber Cancer Institute suggests that Back - to - Sleep is one of several trends that explain the reduced rates of sleep environments has long been associated with declines in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), an analysis of 30 years of data by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Dana - Farber Cancer Institute suggests that Back - to - Sleep is one of several trends that explain the reduced rates of Sleep is one of several trends that explain the reduced rates of SIDS.

Teaching parents bedtime techniques to encourage healthy sleep habits in their infants may help prevent obesity, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Researchers assessed infants» cortisol following a routine (but often distressing) bath at 5 weeks of age to determine whether sleeping arrangements affect how infants manage stress.

In one study comparing two groups of preterm infants, researchers found that children who'd received skin - to - skin contact in the first weeks postpartum had developed, by age 10, more healthy stress response systems, improved sleep patterns, and better cognitive control (Feldman et al 2014).

When studying our closest relative, the primate researchers found that «Separation is so traumatic for the infant monkey that their whole system rebels: They experience loss of body temperature, release of stress hormones (cortisol), cardiac arrhythmias, increased heart rate, agitation, sleep disturbances, and immunological compromises.