Professor Helen Ball h.l.ball@durham.ac.uk
Professor
This paper explores the manner in which bed-sharing is practised by breastfeeding infants in the UK, and examines how alternate definitions and interpretations of breastfeeding and bed-sharing can lead to confusion in understanding what bed-sharing entails. Longitudinal studies on parent-infant bed-sharing practices are scarce, but are vital to our understanding of normative bed-sharing behaviour. We present data from a longitudinal study of sleeping and feeding practices in England involving 97 initially breastfed infants from birth to 6 months of age whose behaviour was monitored weekly for a 6-month period. Results demonstrate that bed-sharing practices covary with breastfeeding practices, and that a single model of bed-sharing behaviour does not adequately reflect the experience of all infants. Our findings have ramifications for the way in which case-control studies attempt to measure bed-sharing, and our understanding and interpretation of bed-sharing risk factors.
Ball, H. L. (2007). Bed-sharing practices of initially breastfed infants in the first 6 months of life. Infant and Child Development, 16(4), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.519
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 1, 2007 |
Deposit Date | Sep 23, 2008 |
Journal | Infant and Child Development |
Print ISSN | 1522-7227 |
Electronic ISSN | 1522-7219 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 387-401 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.519 |
Keywords | Bed-sharing, Breastfeeding, Prevalence, Weaning. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1597557 |
Publisher URL | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/115807543/ABSTRACT |
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