Normal sleep patterns - The research

[onthefly]

Here's links to abstracts on a selection of research articles about baby and toddler sleep patterns (sourced via kellymom)

Sleep patterns of New Zealand infants during the first 12 months of life.

Psychomotor and social development of breast-fed and bottle-fed babies during their first year of life.

A longitudinal study of night waking in the first year.

The sleep patterns of normal children.

Attachment and sleep: a study of night waking in 12-month-old infants.

Night waking, sleep-wake organization, and self-soothing in the first year of life.

The relationship between daytime exposure to light and night-time sleep in 6-12-week-old infants.

[Maruschke]

Thanks

[HotI]

Did the article on attachment find that when babies woke more often the attachment to parent was weaker than when there was less waking?

[onthefly]

It looks like it's much the same either way.

[Honeybee]

Is it normal for your 16 month old to lie across your body all night sucking on you and refusing to let you go

[onthefly]

In my experience, yes.

[HotI]

It is if you are happy for it to happen. It is also ok for you to begin putting boundaries in if that is what you want.