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Nanit Lab Research Abstracts

Changes in sleep associated with infant teething from 4-18 months of age

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between tooth eruption and changes in sleep. Based on parental report, we characterized symptom duration and how sleep was affected. Lastly, we investigated whether parental confidence in managing infant sleep was associated with likelihood of reporting changes in sleep.

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Stress around infant sleep is associated with stress around returning to work after paternity leave

This study aimed to asses levels of stress relative to return to work after parental leave among fathers and explore whether they are associated with stress relative to baby’s sleep, job flexibility (work from home vs no work from home) and age of the baby when father returns to work. 

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“My Child sleeps poorly, but I just can’t do it”: Parental barriers to behavioral sleep interventions and links to auto-videosomnography.

This study aimed to identify the main barriers of BSI implementation as perceived by parents, as well as possible solutions to reduce the impact of these barriers. We further aimed to compare parents of infants with sleep problems who are willing to implement BSIs compared to those not prepared to use these interventions in their objective sleep, parent-reported sleep, parental cry tolerance, and parental depressive symptoms. 

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Parents’ Values Shape Parenting Practices and Beliefs that Impact Infant Sleep

This study asked whether parents’ values impacted parenting expectations related to infant sleep. 

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Using Auto-Videosomnography to Study the Relation between Sleep and Nightwaking in Infancy

The aim of this study was to test whether auto-videosomnography, which has been shown to be as accurate as actigraphy for documenting infants’ sleep characteristics (Horger, et al., 2021), could efficiently capture the relation between infants’ sleep and motor development.

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Nocturnal parental involvement in infant sleep is associated with worse parental sleep, but only among fathers

This study investigated the associations between parent nocturnal interventions in infant sleep and parental sleep duration and subjective quality, accounting for infant’s age, infant nocturnal sleep duration and number of awakenings, and parental perceived stress. We also investigated whether these associations differed in mothers vs fathers. 

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Partner involvement in infant care at night is associated with better maternal sleep postpartum

This study aimed to quantify the associations between maternal sleep duration and partner involvement in infant care at night.

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Determinants of infant sleep health: bedtime behavioral factors, socioeconomic status, and parental perceived stress but not infant race/ethnicity are associated with infant sleep.

In this study, we aim to examine racial/ethnic differences in sleep in a sample of non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Hispanic infants between 6-12 months of age, accounting for socioeconomic status, parental stress, and parent-infant bedtime behavioral factors.

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Links between parental education, infant nighttime sleep duration, and parental confidence in managing infant sleep

This study aimed to examine the associations between parental confidence and sleep among parents of infants who use a commercially available video sleep monitor and an associated mobile sleep health application. 

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Peer-Reviewed Published Studies

Parental Values Are Associated With How Parents Feel About Their Infants' Sleep, but Not the Quality of Infants' Sleep

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Does your baby have a sleep problem? Auto-videosomnography and parent-reported correlates of perceived infant sleep problems

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Differences in Infant and Parental Sleep and Sleeping Location in a Multi-National Study

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About Nanit Lab

We've put together a cutting-edge think tank of scientists, engineers, physicians, academic experts, and thought leaders to develop best-in-class research among three primary pillars: Sleep Health, Postpartum Anxiety & Depression, and Pediatric Health and Wellness.

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