This is a study looking at the Happiest Baby on the Block technique. The investigators hypothesized that infants of mothers given a 30 minute videotape demonstrating the Happiest Baby on the Block technique would fuss/cry less and sleep longer than infants of mothers given a 30 minute videotape on general newborn care. The investigators also hypothesized that mothers given the Happiest Baby on the Block videotape would have lower levels of stress.
Mothers recorded their babies fussing, crying and sleeping on paper diaries when their infants were 1, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks old.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
51
a videotape demonstrating the Happiest Baby on the Block technique for calming crying infants
a videotape with general newborn care instructions
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hours Per Day of Fuss/Cry
total hours per day of fuss, cry, and unsoothable crying.
Time frame: week 8
Hours Per Day of Sleep
mean sleep time is the mean of 3 daily sleep times reported in a time period.
Time frame: week 8
Parenting Stress Index
a continuous scale measuring stress with a range of 131 (low) to 320 (high); the average person's stress scores are between 188 and 252.
Time frame: week 6
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