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."
Just out of curiosity, from the pediatric providers on the list, how high
on the screening questionnaire, given the ubiquity of pinworm
transmission via siblings and daycare children, is a good old-fashioned
screening conducted in the (nearly)pitch dark before lights are turned
on, with a piece of scotch tape to the baby's rectal area, to identify
whether pinworm infestation is a problem. When one of my kids had
sleeping problems, I caught the actual little "wormies" in mid-wiggle
between her rectum and vagina. Got rid of the pinworms, and the sleep
interruptions vanished!
Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA
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