ABCs Annotated Bib
ABCs Annotated Bib
ABCs Annotated Bib
Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally
prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication
Research demonstrates that a sleep-deprived brain mimics an intoxicated brain.
Infant sleep and its relation with cognition and growth: a narrative review
This research demonstrates that infant sleep is vital in both learning and physical growth.
Mothers’ postpartum sleep disturbance is associated with the ability to sustain sensitivity toward infants
This research shows that mothers who don’t sleep well aren’t as emotionally available to their babies.
Getting an Infant to Sleep: Graduated Extinction and Sleep Fading Are Effective
This research shows that attachment between parents and babies was not negatively impacted by sleep training.
Additionally, mothers’ and infants’ stress decreased following sleep training.
Sleep confers a benefit for retention of statistical language learning in 6.5 month old infants
This research demonstrates that sleep helps babies remember and process language.
Relationship between sleep/wake patterns, temperament and overall development in term infants over the first
year of life
This research shows that babies that sleep well at night are more approachable, flexible and have an easier temperament.
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Coexistence of Sleep and Feeding Disturbances in Young Children
This study shows that eating struggles in babies are often connected to poor sleep.
The relationship between the development of social competence and sleep in infants: a longitudinal study
This research shows that babies who sleep better have better social development.
Reducing postnatal depression, anxiety and stress using an infant sleep intervention
This research shows that better infant sleep can improve a mother’s stress, anxiety, and depression.
Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotional regulation matters
This study shows that even 14 nights of poor sleep for parents (or even just one parent) can increase conflict, negatively
impact mood, and decrease empathy in a marriage.
Behavioral Treatment of Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Infants and Young Children
This research demonstrates that (in 52 studies) sleep training resulted in better sleep for babies and also improved both the
baby and family’s well-being.
SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant
Sleeping Environment
This article shows the latest recommendations for safe sleep published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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White noise and sleep induction.
This study demonstrates that white noise helps babies fall asleep.
Bedtime Routines for Young Children: A Dose-Dependent Association with Sleep Outcomes
The results of this study show that babies with a consistent bedtime routine slept better.
Defining and distinguishing infant behavioral states using acoustic cry analysis
This study shows that caregivers struggle to distinguish between cries of distress and need or cries without distress because
of their own mental state.
Acoustic Correlates and Adult Perceptions of Distress in Infant Speech-Like Vocalizations and Cries
This research shows that babies cry for many reasons including a range from distress to non-distress. Non-distress sounds
and cries are the beginnings of speech.
New perspectives on the role of melatonin in human sleep, circadian rhythms and their regulation
This research shows that melatonin is low during the day and surges in the early part of the night. It also shows how light can
block melatonin, making sleep more difficult.
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Infant Sleep and Night Feeding Patterns During Later Infancy: Association with Breastfeeding Frequency,
Daytime Complementary Food Intake, and Infant Weight
This research shows that baby sleep is not different between breastfeeding or formula feeding. It also shows that offering
more calories during the day reduced the need for night feedings.
An Evidentiary Review Regarding the Use of Chronological and Adjusted Age in the Assessment of
Preterm Infants
This research discusses how and why using adjusted age is appropriate for babies born prior to 37 weeks.
Fourteen- Through 18-month-old Infants Differentially Imitate Intentional And Accidental Actions
This research demonstrates that at an average age of 13-14 months infants can understand and initiate cause and effect.
Cumulative contextual risk, maternal responsivity, and social cognition at 18 months | Development
and Psychopathology
This research discusses the development of 18 month old children in understanding that they are distinct individuals with
their own motivation, and that they are able to start acting with intentionality.