This week's British Medical Journal contains an article on controlled crying
techniques and infant sleep patterns.  The study was done at the Royal
Childrens' Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
Are there any of you in Melbourne, or in Australia, who know something about
this trial or the one preceding it (which showed that about 46% of mothers
of babies attending a routine hearing test at age 7-9 months, stated their
babies had a sleep problem) and could comment?
The article is on line at:
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7345/1062
(Randomised controlled trial of behavioural infant sleep intervention to
improve infant sleep and maternal mood)
It is worth remembering when reading this article that the study was
conducted on families who themselves defined their infant's sleep pattern as
problematic.  There may well have been families whose infants slept the same
way as the study infants, but who didn't define it as problematic, and the
findings can not be assumed to apply to them.
Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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