Professor Helen Ball h.l.ball@durham.ac.uk
Professor
The effects on infants of sleeping with their parents is currently the subject of much debate. One concern regarding infants who sleep in their parents’ bed involves the possibility of overheating. Previous research reported a significantly greater core temperature of 0.1°C among a cohort of bed-sharing infants compared with a matched cohort of infants sleeping alone. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the overnight rectal temperature of 12 of the 20 infants who were monitored sleeping alone and with their parents on separate nights at the University of Durham Parent-Infant Sleep Lab. No significant differences were found in all night rectal temperature, or temperature from 2 h after sleep onset between bed-sharing and cot sleeping nights. These preliminary analyses suggest a night-time difference in rectal temperature between routine bed-sharers and routine cot sleepers, however, these findings will be further explored in the full analyses for this study.
Ball, H. (2002). Triadic bed-sharing and infant temperature. Child: Care, Health and Development, 28(Supplement s1), 55-58. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00015.x
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2002-09 |
Journal | Child: Care, Health and Development |
Print ISSN | 0305-1862 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2214 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | Supplement s1 |
Pages | 55-58 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00015.x |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1600787 |
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