What affects the age of first sleeping through the night?

Sm, Adams; Dr, Jones; Esmail, Aneez; Mitchell, EA

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00317.x

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“…The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 1999, being one of many sources to recommend against co-sleeping, concluded that it was a risk factor for SIDS (Nakamura, Wind, & Danello, 1999); however, some researchers have argued that co-sleeping is actually protective against SIDS (Adams, Jones, Esmail, & Mitchell, 2004;Latz, Wolf, & Lozoff, 1999;McKenna, 1996;Mosko, Richard, McKenna, Drummond, & Mukai, 1997). For example, with the positive association between co-sleeping and the incidence of breastfeeding throughout infancy (e.g., Ball, 2003;Hayes, Roberts, & Stowe, 1996;Okami, Weisner, & Olmstead, 2002), co-sleeping may be protective against SIDS because breastfeeding alone has been shown to be correlated with a reduced risk of SIDS (McKenna & Mosko, 1994;McKenna et al, 1997).…”

Section: Review Of the Literature On Correlates Of Infant Co-sleepingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consistency in infant sleeping arrangements and mother–infant interaction

Taylor

Donovan

Leavitt

2008

Infant Mental Health Journal

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This study examined the association between infant sleeping arrangements (i.e., habitual co-sleeping, inconsistent co-sleeping, and non-co-sleeping) and quality of mother-infant interaction during play in a sample of mothers, each with a typically developing infant (N=70). Mother-infant dyads who experienced consistency in infant sleeping arrangements in a typical week at 6 months (i.e., habitual co-sleeping or non-co-sleeping) were characterized by more positive maternal and infant behavior and dyadic quality of interaction at 9 months compared with dyads who experienced inconsistency in sleeping arrangements. Additionally, a greater amount of co-sleeping per week was associated with an increased duration of breastfeeding, mothers working fewer hours, less infant temperamental intensity, and less maternal depression. This study underscores the advantages of empirically based studies that consider consistency in infant sleep experience as a factor that is associated with more positive mother-child interaction.

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Section: Review Of the Literature On Correlates Of Infant Co-sleepingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consistency in infant sleeping arrangements and mother–infant interaction

Taylor

Donovan

Leavitt

2008

Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…At about 10–12 weeks of age, the first signs of a circadian rhythm begin to develop, marked by an increased ease of sleeping through the night 2. The change in total sleep duration over 24 hours continues and decreases from 16 to 17 hours in newborns, to 14–15 hours at 16 weeks of age, and 13–14 hours by 6 months of age 3,4. While the need for day sleep decreases,5 night sleep duration increases through the first year of life,5–7 resulting in a shift towards more nocturnal patterns of sleep.…”

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confidence: 99%

Infant sleep and its relation with cognition and growth: a narrative review

Tham¹,

Schneider²,

Broekman³

2017

NSS

112

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ObjectiveInfant sleep development is a highly dynamic process occurring in parallel to and in interaction with cognitive and physical growth. This narrative review aims to summarize and discuss recent literature and provide an overview of the relation between infant sleep and cognitive development as well as physical growth.MethodsWe conducted online literature search using MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases. We considered original research on humans published in the English language from January 2005 to December 2015. Search terms included “sleep” AND “infant” AND “cognition” OR “memory” OR “executive functioning”, OR “growth” OR “obesity” OR “growth hormone” OR “stunting”, and combinations thereof.ResultsTen studies on infant sleep and cognition were included in this review. Overall, findings indicated a positive association between sleep, memory, language, executive function, and overall cognitive development in typically developing infants and young children. An additional 20 studies support the positive role of infant sleep in physical growth, with the current literature focusing largely on weight gain and obesity rather than healthy growth. Existing evidence in both the domains is mainly based on cross-sectional designs, on association studies, and on parental reports. In contrast, there were limited studies on longitudinal sleep trajectories and intervention effects, or studies have not used more objective sleep measures such as actigraphy and polysomnography.ConclusionThe reviewed studies support a critical and positive role of infant sleep in cognition and physical growth. Future studies should consider key environmental and parental confounders, include a combination of more objective (actigraphy) and subjective measures (sleep diaries and questionnaires), and move towards longitudinal trajectory designs of infant sleep and development.

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“…Co-sleeping was reported to postpone the age of the first infant's sleeping through the night (Adams, Jones, Esmail, & Mitchell, 2004). Regular bed-sharing with parents led to more disruptive sleep and an increased number of night awakenings in young children (Lozoff, Askew, & Wolf, 1996;Madansky & Edelbrock, 1990), as well as to enhanced arousals (McKenna, Mosko, Dungy, & McAninch, 1990).…”

Section: Sleeping In the Parental Bedmentioning

confidence: 96%