Not exact matches
Laboratory studies reveal that the average duration of infant and maternal awakenings in the cosleeping environment are shorter
on average than the awakenings mothers and
babies experience when
baby awakens in another room, and requires
intervention before going back to
sleep (see Mosko et al 1997).
Infants in these societies are typically breastfed
on demand, held close to a parent nearly all the time, are responded to immediately when they cry, birth is a natural event free of
interventions (and
babies are immediately given to mom post-birth), and infants
sleep close to their caregivers.
The latest research
on baby sleep training
intervention shows that it has both short - term (
baby and parents getting some
sleep) and long - term (reduced maternal depression) benefits, but no long - term harms.