Title: Sleep patterns of co-sleeping and solitary sleeping infants and mothers: a longitudinal study: Sleeping arrangements and sleep quality of infants and mothers
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Objective: Controversies exist regarding the impact of co-sleeping on infant sleep quality. In this context, the current study examined: (a) the differences in objective and subjective sleep patterns between co-sleeping (mostly room-sharing) and solitary sleeping mother-infant dyads; (b) the predictive links between maternal sleep during pregnancy and postnatal sleeping arrangement; (c) the bi-directional prospective associations between sleeping arrangement and infant/maternal sleep quality at 3 and 6 months postpartum. Methods: The sample included 153 families recruited during pregnancy. Data were obtained in home settings during the third trimester of pregnancy and at 3 and 6 months postpartum. Mothers were asked to monitor their own sleep and their infants’ sleep for 5 nights using actigraphy and sleep diaries. Questionnaires were used to assess sleeping arrangements, feeding methods, sociodemographic characteristics and maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms. Results: Mothers of co-sleeping infants reported more infant night-wakings than mothers of solitary sleeping infants. However, none of the objective sleep measures was significantly different between co-sleeping and solitary sleeping infants, after controlling for feeding techniques. Co-sleeping mothers had significantly more objective and subjective sleep
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