[tri-med] FYI - Night Waking, Sleep-Wake Organization, and Self-Soothing in the First Year of Life

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Night Waking, Sleep-Wake Organization, and Self-Soothing in the First Year of 
Life

BETH L. GOODLIN-JONES, Ph.D.; MELISSA M. BURNHAM, M.S.; ERIKA E. GAYLOR, M.S.; 
THOMAS F. ANDERS, M.D.

Infant-Family Development Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of 
California, Davis
Infant-Family Development Laboratory, Department of Human and Community 
Development, University of California, Davis
Infant-Family Development Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of 
California, Davis, California

JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS 2001;22:226-233


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ABSTRACT. Few objective data are available regarding infants' night waking 
behaviors and the development of self-soothing during the
first year of life. This cross-sectional study examined 80 infants in one of 
four age groups (3, 6, 9, or 12 mo) for four nights by
using videosomnography to code nighttime awakenings and parent-child 
interactions. A large degree of variability was observed in
parents' putting the infant to bed awake or asleep and in responding to 
vocalizations after nighttime awakenings. Most infants woke
during the night at all ages observed. Younger infants tended to require 
parental intervention at night to return to sleep, whereas
older infants exhibited a greater proportion of self-soothing after nighttime 
awakenings. However, even in the 12-month-old group,
50% of infants typically required parental intervention to get back to sleep 
after waking. Results emphasize the individual and
contextual factors that effect the development of self-soothing behavior during 
the first year of life.

Index terms: infant sleep; nighttime awakenings; self-soothing behavior



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