Where will the baby sleep? Attitudes and practices of new and experienced parents regarding cosleeping with their newborn infants
Where will the baby sleep? Attitudes and practices of new and experienced parents regarding cosleeping with their newborn infants
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DOI：
10.1525/aa.1999.101.1.143
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发表时间：
1999-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Kelly, PJ
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作者：
Ball, HL;Hooker, E;Kelly, PJ
人类婴儿睡眠生理学的进化观点表明，在安全条件下进行的父母-婴儿共睡可能对母亲和婴儿都有益。然而，在美国或英国，共睡并不是主流育儿意识形态的一部分，几乎没有证据表明父母是否以及在什么情况下与新生儿一起睡觉。我们目前的数据从人类学调查的做法和态度的新生儿的父母和有经验的父母在英格兰东北部的一个社区关于父母-婴儿的睡眠安排。尽管在孩子出生前没有考虑过同睡，但我们样本中的新父母发现这是一种方便的夜间睡眠策略，并且经常练习。婴儿与父母一起睡觉，有些是习惯性的整夜陪睡者，但通常在婴儿床上开始睡觉，并在清晨喂食后与父母一起睡几个小时。
An evolutionary perspective on human infant sleep physiology suggests that parent-infant cosleeping, practiced under safe conditions, might be beneficial to both mothers and infants. However, cosleeping is not part of mainstream parenting ideology in the United States or the United Kingdom, and little evidence is available to indicate whether, and under what circumstances, parents sleep with their newborn infants. We present data from an anthropological investigation into the practices and attitudes of new and experienced parents of newborn infants regarding parent-infant sleeping arrangements in a community in the northeast of England. Despite not having contemplated cosleeping prior to the birth, new parents in our sample found it to be a convenient nighttime caregiving strategy, and one which was practiced regularly. Infants slept with both their parents, some being habitual all-night cosleepers, but commonly beginning the night in a crib and sleeping with their parents for several hours following the early morning feed.