Babies and Their Sleep Environment

Thomas F. Anders
Teresa R. Taylor
Infant Sleep Laboratory
University of California at Davis

Citation: Anders, Thomas F. and Teresa R. Taylor (1994). "Babies and Their Sleep Environment." Children's Environments 11 (2): 66-84. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

What factors influence the choice of babies' sleep environments? What options do parents have in choosing unique sleep environments for their infants? Is there a relation between babies' sleep environments and subsequent sleep problems? Although these questions are not answered completely in this paper, a review of sleep-wake state physiology in human infants is combined with historical, cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives that provide some direction in understanding current practices and making informed recommendations for constructing optimal sleep environments for human infants.

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