Evidence-Based Research

All our Sleep Programs and methods are very carefully researched, analysed and endorsed according to the most up-to-date information, which has been proven with over 200,000 babies and toddlers worldwide.

 Little Ones is a Platinum Training Provider for our extensive internationally registered training programme.

 

Little Ones is accredited by the IACSC (International Association of Child Sleep Consultants) and we are endorsed and recommended by Dr Kate Johnson, Ph.D. in neurophysiology and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Stanford Research International. 

 

Our references are: 


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Gradisar M, Jackson K, Spurrier N, Gibson J, Whitham J, Williams A.S, Dolby R, Kennaway DJ. Behavioral Interventions for Infant Sleep Problems: A Randomized Controlled Trial  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/05/21/peds.2015-1486

Hall WA, Moynihan M, Bhagat R, Wooldridge J. Relationships between parental sleep quality, fatigue, cognitions about infant sleep, and parental depression pre and post-intervention for infant behavioral sleep problems. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Apr 4;17(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1284-x. PubMed PMID: 28376726; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5379718.

Iwata S, Fujita F, Kinoshita M, Unno M, Horinouchi T, Morokuma S, Iwata O. Dependence of nighttime sleep duration in one-month-old infants on alterations in natural and artificial photoperiod. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 17;7:44749. doi: 10.1038/srep44749. PubMed PMID: 28303945; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5355994.
 
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Paul IM, Savage JS, Anzman-Frasca S, Marini ME, Mindell JA, Birch LL. INSIGHT Responsive Parenting Intervention and Infant Sleep. Pediatrics. 2016 Jul;138(1). pii: e20160762. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-0762. PubMed PMID: 27354460; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4925087.
 
Sharkey KM, Iko IN, Machan JT, Thompson-Westra J, Pearlstein TB. Infant sleep and feeding patterns are associated with maternal sleep, stress, and depressed mood in women with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD). Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Apr;19(2):209-18. doi: 10.1007/s00737-015-0557-5. Epub 2015 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 26228760; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4781668
 
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Shonkoff, J.P. and A.S. Garner. The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatrics. 129(1): p. e232-46. 2012.


de Weerth, C., R.H. Zijl, and J.K. Buitelaar. Development of cortisol circadian rhythm in infancy. Early Hum Dev. 73(1-2): p. 39-52. 2003.


Gunnar, M.R. and B. Donzella. Social regulation of the cortisol levels in early human development. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 27(1-2): p. 199-220. 2002.


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