All About Baby Sleep

Hard to understand your baby’s sleep ? – – –  or lack of it? Confused about advice from the “experts”. Worried if your baby is normal or  . . . if you are a good parent? 

Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone:  http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12/21/cosleeping-and-biological-imperatives-why-human-babies-do-not-and-should-not-sleep-alone/

Myths and Facts About Night Wakings
http://evolutionaryparenting.com/myths-and-facts-about-night-wakings/

If your baby is waking more at night; read this excellent article by Jan Barger RN, IBCLC

Wakeful 4 month olds

http://www.phdinparenting.com/blog/2009/2/28/gentle-baby-and-toddler-sleep-tips.html

Sleeping with baby or let then cry it out?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M308jA_dDfY

Dr. Sears on Cry it out Technique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ZsW8_As_g

Does Sleep Training Work?

http://www.parenting-with-love.com/sleep-training-torturing-baby/

 

 

Sleep Concerns

Dr. Sears addresses recent co-sleeping concerns

http://www.askdrsears.com/news/latest-news/dr-sears-addresses-recent-co-sleeping-concerns

Uppity Scienc Chick–With an Attitude’s–Sleep page

Read this fact -filled page and see the video on how to sleep safely with your baby.

Mother-Baby Sleep Experts Offer Advice on Safe Bedsharing and Alternatives to Cry-In-Out for National Sleep Awareness Month

What Happened to Ethics in Pediatric Medicine?

Is Pediatric Medicine Failing Children?

Published on September 16, 2012 by Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. in Moral Landscapes

Article from SLATE magazine:  Go Ahead, Sleep With your baby

Researchers may have found a cause for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
http://fox2now.com/2014/01/23/researchers-may-have-found-a-cause-for-sudden-infant-death-syndrome/

INFANT SWADDLING DELAYS BREASTFEEDING AND MAY BE LINKED TO SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME http://birthofanewearth.blogspot.com/2011/11/infant-swaddling-delays-breastfeeding.html

Elizabeth Pantly and “The No-Cry Sleep Solution” books  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKE7bF9s-Lw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKE7bF9s-Lw

Co-Sleeping Safety Tips from Elizabeth Pantley – http://elizabethpantley.com/co-sleeping-safety-tips/

 Infant Bed-Sharing Death Cautions Misdirected
http://guardianlv.com/2014/02/infant-bed-sharing-death-cautions-misdirected/

Baby Sleep Research

New White Paper from Praeclarus Press Finds That Many Behaviors Labeled as “Infant Sleep Problems” Are Actually Normal Patterns of Infant and Child Sleep

Many new parents worry that their babies have “sleep problems” if they wake frequently, fall asleep while breastfeeding, stay up late, or only sleep while being held. A new white paper from Praeclarus Press finds that many of the behaviors labeled as problems are actually normal, which can reassure new parents.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11056827.htm

New recommendations in bedsharing debate

“Associate Professor Catherine Fetherston said Australian and overseas agencies’ warnings against bedsharing were not well supported by evidence and did not meet the needs of mothers and babies. “Current policies are focussed on risk elimination – ‘do not sleep with your baby, because they might die’ – when really there is no research that shows an inherent risk for bedsharing and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),” Professor Fetherston said. “What we should be focusing on is minimising the known risks associated with SIDS and bedsharing, such as parents who smoke or are affected by alcohol and drugs.”

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bedsharing-debate.html#jCp

Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone: http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12/21/cosleeping-and-biological-imperatives-why-human-babies-do-not-and-should-not-sleep-alone/

Researchers may have found a cause for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
http://fox2now.com/2014/01/23/researchers-may-have-found-a-cause-for-sudden-infant-death-syndrome/

Dr. James McKenna

Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at Notre Dame University
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/

A great sleeping with your baby resource!

Videos:   http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/videos.html

Articles and Essays:  http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/articles.html

Safe co-sleeping:  http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/safe.html

“Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone”— Very informative article. Did you know:  In Japan where co-sleeping and breastfeeding (in the absence of maternal smoking) is the cultural norm, rates of the sudden infant death syndrome are the lowest in the world. For breastfeeding mothers, bedsharing makes breastfeeding much easier to manage and practically doubles the amount of breastfeeding sessions while permitting both mothers and infants to spend more time asleep.

BUT–you must know how to practice SAFE co-sleeping

http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/12/21/cosleeping-and-biological-imperatives-why-human-babies-do-not-and-should-not-sleep-alone/

 

Baby Sleep Resources and Book