On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:18:05 -0400, Kermaline J. Cotterman
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>Here is one that's sure to be interpreted the way the particular
>practitioner or parent wants to interpret it:
>
>A review in the June 1005 issue of American Journal of Nursing, page 21,
>by Fran Mennick, gives an overview of:
>
>Touchette E, et al Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 12005;159(3):242-9
>
>It begins describing the population interviewed, parents of children,
>some 5 months old, some 17 months old and some 29 months old. ". . .
>several factors were found to be associated with poor sleeping patterns,
>including staying with the children while they fell asleep; responding to
>nighttime awakening of their children by feeding, holding, or rocking
>them; and bringing the children to their beds rather than comforting them
>in their cribs when they had trouble sleeping. . . . . .The authors
>recommend addressing sleep problems by changing the behaviors of parents
>and children simultaneously, in directions that promote children's
>autonomy."


The question is, does the parents' behavior cause the children's behavior,
or does the children's behavior cause the parents' behavior?
<http://skepdic.com/posthoc.html>

Personally, if my little ones were restless I stayed with them, if they
settled in and looked like they were going to drift off easily I left them
alone.

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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