A video about sleep training and one of the earliest systematic reviews showing it doesn't decrease frequency of night waking
This article is part of a collection inside The Possums Sleep Program called Deeper Dive, which explores the more complex scientific, historical and social contexts in which families and their babies or toddlers live and sleep. You don't need to read Deeper Dive articles to be helped by The Possums Sleep Program.
This 20 minute video, recorded in 2014, addresses baby sleep in the first six months of life. It discusses
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What sleep training (or first wave behavioural approaches to baby sleep) are
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Problems that arise in researching this topic and interpreting the data (Associate Professor Peter Hill)
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The findings of the systematic review that Associate Professor Peter Hill and myself published in 2013, investigating the use of sleep training approaches in this age group.
You can find out about sleep training and the latest research here.
Selected references
Douglas P, Hill PS. Behavioural sleep interventions in the first six months of life do not improve outcomes for mothers or infants: a systematic review. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2013;34:497–507.