Sleeping like a baby? Infant sleep: impact on caregivers and current controversies

Harriet Hiscock; Jane Fisher

doi:10.1111/jpc.12752

Sleeping like a baby? Infant sleep: impact on caregivers and current controversies

J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Apr;51(4):361-4. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12752. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

Authors

Harriet Hiscock¹, Jane Fisher

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 25293637
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12752

Abstract

This annotation discusses definitions of 'sleep problems', the impacts of infant sleep on maternal and paternal well-being, and the evidence behind two areas of current controversy - the role of attachment versus behaviourally based parenting in infant sleep and management strategies for sleep problems in infants aged less than 6 months.

Keywords: cry; infant; mental health; parent; sleep.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Infant
Infant Behavior*
Infant Care / methods*
Male
Parent-Child Relations*
Parenting / psychology*
Parents / psychology*
Sleep Wake Disorders* / diagnosis
Sleep Wake Disorders* / etiology
Sleep Wake Disorders* / psychology
Sleep Wake Disorders* / therapy