OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a prevention program for infant sleep and cry problems and postnatal depression. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial with 781 infants born at 32 weeks or later in 42 well-child centers, Melbourne, Australia. Follow-up occurred at infant age 4 and 6 months. The intervention including supplying information about normal infant sleep and cry patterns, settling techniques, me...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a prevention program for infant sleep and cry problems and postnatal depression. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial with 781 infants born at 32 weeks or later in 42 well-child centers, Melbourne, Australia. Follow-up occurred at infant age 4 and 6 months. The intervention including supplying information about normal infant sleep and cry patterns, settling techniques, me...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate (using subjective and objective methods) a brief infant sleep questionnaire (BISQ) that would be appropriate for screening in pediatric settings. DESIGN Two studies were performed to assess the properties of the BISQ. Study I compared BISQ measures with sleep diary measures and objective actigraphic sleep measures for clinical (N = 43) and control (N = 57) gr...

OBJECTIVE To examine the psychological well-being of mothers following participation in a behavioural modification programme previously shown to improve infant sleep. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A 45 min consultation with either a general practitioner (GP) or trained nurse providing verbal and written information describing sleep physiology in infants and strategies to improve infant sle...

It is known beneficial effect of essential tryptophan on nocturnal sleep. Its application in the field of infant nutrition is utilized to improve the rest of children with sleep problems. The development of infants’ cereals enriched with essential amino acid tryptophan this mainly for making dinner, have shown satisfactory results in tests with such children. We cannot forget that besides the a...

It is known beneficial effect of essential tryptophan on nocturnal sleep. Its application in the field of infant nutrition is utilized to improve the rest of children with sleep problems. The development of infants’ cereals enriched with essential amino acid tryptophan this mainly for making dinner, have shown satisfactory results in tests with such children. We cannot forget that besides the a...

Background: Sleep disturbances among child patients are a commonly reported problem. We aimed to review the effectiveness of aromatherapy on sleep disorders of children and infants. Materials and Methods:  This review was conducted with a systematic ...

ED FROM Hiscock H, Bayer JK, Hampton A, et al. Long-term mother and child mental health effects of a population-based infant sleep intervention: Cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics 2008;122:E621–7. Correspondence to: Dr Harriet Hiscock, Royal Children’s Hospital, Centre for Community Child Health, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia; [email protected] Sour...

BACKGROUND Few studies in Brazil have been published about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and none has addressed the mother's orientation about placing the infant to sleep in the supine position. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect on mothers of an individual educational intervention in the maternity ward about infant sleep position. METHODS A randomized clinical trial was ...

Despite the predominance of sleep during the perinatal period in mammals, most investigations of the mechanisms and functions of sleep continue to focus on adults. This chapter reviews recent progress in our understanding of infant sleep and its development, including developmental transitions in the temporal expression of ultradian and circadian rhythms, the developmental emergence of sleep co...