Here is a list of websites relating to sleeping practices and young
children. It is often difficult for parents to access useful
information relating to safe co-sleeping or the potential dangers
associated with practices such as controlled crying.
Sleeping/Crying
http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/faq.html
On this website Dr James McKenna, Director of the Mother-Baby
Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, provides
comprehensive information relating to the practice of safe co-sleeping
with babies and young children. Dr McKenna strongly believes that
babies need to sleep beside their mother and explains why in this
article HERE. This website provides a link to a pamphlet relating to safe infant co-sleeping practices as well as a FAQ’s page.
http://www.naturalchild.org/tine_thevenin/rediscovery.html
This is a link to an excerpt of Chapter 1 from Tine Thevenin’s book
“The Family Bed: An Age Old Concept in Child Rearing”. In this excerpt
Thevenin touches briefly on recent history surrounding cultural
attitudes towards co-sleeping.
http://www.pinky-mychild.com/features/baby/thecons.html
This is a link to an article titled “The Con of Controlled Crying”
written by Australian author and mother, Pinky McKay. In this article
Pinky aims to dispel some of the myths surrounding the safety and
effectiveness of using the technique often termed “controlled crying”
or “controlled comforting” on young children.
http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/babycries.html
This is a link to an article titled “A Baby Cries: How Should Parents
Respond?” written by Jan Hunt. In this article Jan writes about the
importance of responding appropriately to the cries of an infant.
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