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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sleep Training: A Review of Research
The following is a list of resources for research-based information on infant sleep, night time parenting, baby crying, need for nourishment and comfort at night, and physiological body and brain responses to 'controlled crying,' 'cry it out,' or 'sleep training' methods. Also see psychological conditioning studies on learned helplessness (which occurs to babies whose care-givers utilize these methods).
BOOKS:
*The No-Cry Sleep Solution
*The Baby Sleep Book
*Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
*The Baby Bond
*Natural Family Living
*The Baby Book
*The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost
*Baby Matters
*Attachment Parenting: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding & Nurturing Your Baby
*Primal Health: Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday
*The Attachment Connection: Parenting A Secure & Confident Child
*Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby & Young Child
*Mothering Magazine
ARTICLES:
Excessive Crying Harmful to Babies
Being Wise to Babywise [advocates for CIO, 'controlled crying' and 'sleep training']
The Dangers of Leaving Baby to Cry It Out (CIO)
Sleeping Like a Baby
Crying It Out Causes Brain Damage
Dangers of Your Baby 'Crying It Out'
Ask the Experts: Sleep Training
Healthy Infant Sleep
Should Baby Soothe Himself to Sleep?
Sleeping Through the Night
The No-Cry Sleep Solution
Biological Imperatives: Why Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone
Where Should Babies Sleep at Night? A Review of Evidence
The Con of Controlled Crying
10 Reasons to Sleep by Your Baby
Breastfeeding, Nightwaking: Protection from SIDS
Solitary or Shared Sleep: What is Safe?
Babies Not Designed to Sleep Alone
Baby Sleep: A Review of Research [with links to articles]
Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
Reason 742 to Share Sleep
Primal Love & Mothering
Night Time Parenting: A Practical Approach for the Reduction of Attachment Disorders and the Promotion of Emotionally Secure Children
WEBSITES:
Co-Sleeping vs. Crib Fact & Statistic Sheet
Baby Sleep Institute and McKenna Library of Research
To connect with other parents and get in on Sleep Forums:
SafeBedSharing.Org
