The science of mother-infant sleep : current findings on bedsharing, breastfeeding, sleep training and normal infant sleep / edited by Wendy Middlemiss & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.

Includes bibliographhical references.

Section I. Bed sharing, breast feeding and SIDS -- Section II. The impact of sleep training and Cry-It-Out techniques -- Section III. Working with parents around sleep issues -- --

Section I. Bed sharing, breast feeding and SIDS -- 1. "Don't sleep with big knives": interesting (and promising) developments in the mother-infant sleep debate / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett -- 2. Sleeping with the baby: summary of current research findings / Helen Ball -- 3. Mother-infant sleep locations and nighttime behaviour: U.S. data from the survey of mother's sleep and fatigue / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Zhen Cong, Thomas W. Hale -- 4. SIDS: risks and realities: a response to recent findings on bedsharing and SIDS risk / Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Wendy Middlemiss, Tracey Cassels, Helen Stevens, Darcia Narvaez -- 5. The effect of feeding method on sleep duration, maternal well-being and post-partum depression / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Zhen Cong, Thomas W. Hale -- Appendix: Possible interventions for very fatigued new mothers -- -- Section II. The impact of sleep training and Cry-It-Out techniques -- 6. Why Cry-It-Out and Sleep-Training techniques are bad for babies / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett -- 7. Dangers of "crying it out": damaging children and their relationships for the long term / Darcia Narvaez -- 8. Why not "crying it out", part I: the science that tells us that responsiveness is key / Patrice Marie Miller, Michael Lamport Commons -- 9. Why not "crying it out", part II: can certain infant care practices cause excessive stress / Patrice Marie Miller, Michael Lamport Commons -- 10. The ethics of early life care: the harms of sleep training / Darcia Narvaez -- -- Section III. Working with parents around sleep issues -- 11. Bringing the parent back into decisions about night time care / Wendy Middlemiss -- 12. Is your baby's sleep a problem? Or is it just normal / Tracey Cassels, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Wendy Middlemiss, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Helen Stevens, Darcia Narvaez -- 13. We go together like...breast feeding and co-sleeping / Tracey Cassels -- 14. Simple ways to calm a crying baby: and have a more peaceful nights sleep / Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Darcia Narvaez, Wendy Middlemiss, Helen Stevens, James McKenna, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Tracey Cassels.

"The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep is a compilation of recent articles that address these important questions. Our goal was to bring together recent evidence about the safety of sleep practices so that parents and professionals can make informed, evidence-based decisions."--Publisher's website.