Rachel, you wrote, "How can someone be unaware of whether they are using a  
specific set of
techniques, or not?  Is the control group using bogus  comforting techniques,
and if so, how on earth did they get that one past the  ethical review
process?"


I can imagine that one group might be solely the use of   swaddling and 
holding the baby who has begun to cry,  or holding and  just shushing, or holding 
the baby and swaying for example, as opposed to the  application of the 5 Ss in 
order recommended.  I don't think it would be  unethical to do what many 
parents might do by picking up a crying baby and  holding them and swaying with 
them for instance or walking around the room with  the swaddled baby.  
 
Or if the parents are involved, they might be instructed to respond and  
comfort the baby in the manner they usually use. And perhaps the experimental  
group would be taught the sequence of calming techniques.  Or taught to the  
parents of the same baby after the parents had used their customary ones. 
 
The babies could be videoed and the time it takes for them to stop crying  
measured.  But as it's not be delineated in the original e-mail, it does  make 
you wonder exactly what the protocols will be.
 
Mardrey Swenson
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