- babies who have reflux, and who sleep on an angled mattress - babies who are rolling frequently and whose sleep is disrupted because
of it - young
toddlers who are climbing
out of the crib but are too young for a
toddler bed - older children who frequently
fall out of bed or who are afraid
of falling out of bed
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
2) Get new «big girl
bed» for child # 2 as she transitions
out of toddler bed and gets ready to begin school in the
fall (yes, my almost five year old is STILL in a
toddler bed!)