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crying
Management:
- infants, night time
- behavioral sleep intervention
- modified extinction (used by 50% of parents)
- parents left room & returned, usually at intervals of 5-25 minutes, then stayed to reassure infant for ~ 1 minute
- unmodified extinction (used by 35% of parents)
- parents left the room &let the infant 'cry it out'
- parental presence with support (used by 10% of parents)
- parents stayed in the room & interacted with infant
- parental presence (used by 5% of parents)
- parents stayed in the room without providing support
All forms of behavioral sleep intervention equally effective [1]
Specific
excessive crying
General
emotion
References
- Honaker SM, Schwichtenberg AJ, Kreps TA, Mindell JA.
Real-world implementation of infant behavioral sleep
interventions: Results of a parental survey.
J Pediatr 2018 May 9
PMID: 29753539