Infant - parent co-sleeping in an evolutionary perspective: Implications for
understanding infant sleep development and the sudden infant death syndrome.
Often simply
understanding infant sleep can help a parent who is having a hard time.
Infant - parent co-sleeping in an evolutionary perspective: implications for
understanding infant sleep development and the sudden infant death syndrome
Not exact matches
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.»
Unfortunately, there is a dire lack of
understanding amongst public health officials about the true nature of
infant sleep patterns.
By focusing on why these practices exist biologically, I hope to help parents better
understand their
infant's
sleep and development and find ways to respect that when changes need to be made.
But this study of
infant sleep patterns — while seeking a broader
understanding of the mother - baby relationship — has many fallacies.
Infants don't inherently
understand that nighttime is for
sleeping, unless you teach them.
Understanding that some
infants do not
sleep well because they have difficult temperamental characteristics was successful in achieving both reductions in mothers» depression AND better
infant sleep.
Prompt reporting of adverse events can help the FDA and CPSC identify and better
understand the risks associated with
infant sleep positioners.
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.
«We want to make sure parents, health care professionals, and childcare providers
understand the potential risk of suffocation and stop using
infant sleep positioners.»
With the universal distribution of baby boxes in Ohio, including the perinatal education and access to community resources, Babies Need Boxes hopes to reduce the risk of
sleep - related
infant deaths, and help people
understand
A more natural, intuitive approach to settling your child,
Sleeping Like a Baby will help you
understand normal
infant sleep at each stage of development, from birth to three years.
As regards bedsharing, an expanded version of its function and effects on the
infant's biology helps us to
understand not only why the bedsharing debate refuses to go away, but why the overwhelming majority of parents in the United States (over 50 % according to the most recent national survey) now
sleep in bed for part or all of the night with their babies.
In sum, to
understand the likely causes of most
sleep - related deaths it is not enough to know simply where or with whom the
infant was
sleeping; but rather one must know how the
infant was
sleeping, and in this case, how the bedsharing was being practiced because especially bedsharing is not a simple, or singular behavior.
My first studies aimed to demonstrate that only by deriving
infant sleep measurements in the mother
infant cosleeping - breastfeeding context could we begin to
understand more accurately what constitutes human - wide, species - wide, normal, healthy
infant sleep.
By
understanding the basics of
infant sleep cycles, knowing the healthy
sleep options (crib, bassinet, co-sleeping),
understanding sleep safety, and using the best tool at your disposal, your instinct,
sleep will hopefully come easier for you and your child.
BCSC was developed to diagnose and treat
infants with crying,
sleeping, feeding and associated early behavior problems by helping parents
understand and adjust to the disruption caused by having an
infant that is difficult to manage in the first few months or years of life.
There are certain basic principles for safe
sleep sharing, and these are covered in scientific detail, and very highly referenced from leading journals in SIDS: A Parent's Guide to
Understanding and Preventing Sudden
Infant Death, by William Sears, M.D..
To
understand more about normal, human
infant sleep, please see here.
From my
understanding critics of
sleep training methods involving
infant distress do argue that these methods can indeed cause chronic stress as the baby has learnt not to signal when struggling during the night.
«Before you know it, your well - intentioned
sleep routine turns from transition time to playtime for your child,» says Mary Ann LoFrumento, a pediatrician and author of Simply Parenting:
Understanding Your Newborn &
Infant.
It is underpinned by current research and covers loads of important and relevant info to help
understand the developing
infant and their
sleep, while also offering highly practical and easy to implement suggestions to get through tricky times.
Ability to provide excellent postpartum care for the next six weeks including aid with after pains, recognition of a late postpartum hemorrhage,
understanding signs and symptoms of infection, recognizing problems with breastfeeding, hemorrhoids, stress, thromboemboletic disease, concerns from loss of
sleep and concerns with
infant bonding.
You'll get 7 emails that will help you
understand why your baby cries, what
infant sleep looks like, and more.
As a paediatrician who has spent the past 30 years trying to
understand both normal
sleep in
infants and children and problems that can arise during such
sleep, I was heartened to read this book, which builds effectively on what we know about
infant sleep and development.
I have been a doula since 2001, and now run a large group of doulas who help parents not only soothe their
infants, but also help them
understand and meet their baby's needs, including the need for
sleep.
Understanding how
infant sleep works can help you better distinguish normal
sleep issues from more serious ones.
By now, you should have a pretty good
understanding of co
sleeping with toddler and newborn or older
infants.
Reading research about
infant sleep and breastfeeding helped me to
understand why my baby woke during the night and why continuing to breastfeed him when he did so was a good thing.
Toddler co
sleeping, however, is quite a lot different than it is when your baby is a newborn or even a younger
infant, so it pays to
understand what you'll be getting yourself into before you ever get started.
The good news is that if you learn about
sleep, and
understand, respect, and protect your baby's
sleep needs, your
infant will
sleep as well as nature intended her to
sleep.
Mary Ann LoFrumento, author of Simply Parenting:
Understanding Your Newborn &
Infant, says that most babies aren't able to consistently soothe themselves to
sleep until age 6 months or older.
Previous pilot work has shown the DCIC approach to be easily
understood and applied by mothers who report many benefits including their own satisfaction with parenting and improved
sleep and feeding in the
infants.
While young
infants do not
understand day and night, your baby will come to recognize a series of events, giving time to prepare for
sleep.
Understanding the
sleeping environment is important to the health of
infants and adults, added Richard Corsi, chair of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.
«We need to better
understand the complex
sleep microenvironment to improve it and reduce the harmful effects of related pollutants on
infants,» Corsi said.
Certainly
infants sleeping separated from their caregivers at night (solitary room
sleeping),
infants sleeping on their stomachs (prone) to promote uninterrupted, early consolidation of adult - like
sleep, and bottle - feeding with formula or cows milk rather than breast milk were all novel, culturally - sanctioned but scientifically - untested (as safe or best)
infant care innovations.1 It is now known that each of these practices has contributed to or led to thousands of SIDS deaths.3 - 5 Many of these
infant lives, we can infer, could have been saved had we more carefully examined and come to
understand the biological validity of mother -
infant safe co-
sleeping, breastfeeding and
infants sleeping on their backs (supine).
NIGHTTIME PARENTING helps parents
understand why babies
sleep differently than adults, offers solutions to nighttime problems and even describes how certain styles of nighttime parenting can aid in child spacing and lower the risks of Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome.
Recent years have seen major advances in our
understanding of the sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS), including the discovery that the prone
sleep position more than triples the risk of SIDS.
No one is out to demonize parents, but what we keep hearing in our safe
infant sleep group from parents who used to bedshare is that once the safe
sleep message is adequately conveyed in detail and not just simply saying don't do this or that, but explaining the mechanism or risks behind
infant sleeping in swings or using crib bumpers or bedsharing is the kind of
understanding that in return results in family planning to be dedicated to safe
infant sleep practices.
Change Your Life, writes in praise of the technique designed by the scientist and mom: «Polly Moore
understands the intricacies of
infant sleep and is empathetic to the roller - coaster of parenthood.»
Now a single gene is providing some answers, which should lead to a better
understanding of sudden
infant death syndrome and
sleep apnoea, for example.
«We need to better
understand the complex
sleep microenvironment to improve it and reduce the harmful effects of related pollutants on
infants,» Corsi said.
Understanding the
sleeping environment is important to the health of
infants and adults, added Richard Corsi, chair of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.
«We have little
understanding of how many
infants in the U.S. are put into
sleeping environments where soft bedding or blankets may be used,» said Carrie Shapiro - Mendoza, the study's lead author and senior scientist in the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health in Atlanta.
We think that gaining a better
understanding of newborn
sleep may be incredibly meaningful for families who are impacted by significant illnesses in their
infants,» she says.
Second, strategies to manage
infant crying and distress through improved
understanding of their developmental needs for
sleep, soothing and stimulation and practice in establishing sustainable routines of daily care.
The collection of articles provides several excellent examples of studies that emphasize a family context for
understanding various aspects of
sleep in
infants, children, adolescents, and adults.