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Table 2.

Overview of measurement in questionnaires

Measurements in questionnaires	Validated instruments used	Pregnancy (weeks)				Birth	First year of life (months)
Measurements in questionnaires	Validated instruments used	12	18–20	28	32	Birth	1	2	3	4	5	6	9	10	11	12
Mother
Work stress influence on home-situation and vice versa	SWING [24]	✕												✕
Food preferences preference or aversion towards foods, physical activity and experiences, avoiding foods		✕			✕
Reproductive health—pre-pregnancy menstrual cycle, birth control, reproductive organs, STDs, fertility, pregnancy history, environmental factors (e.g. smoking), oral health			✕
Socioeconomic status work, education, salary			✕											✕
Social adherence family, friends, colleagues, neighbors and level of satisfaction	MSPSS, SSL [25, 26]			✕							✕
Mood/depression depression, disinterestedness and its effects on functioning	MINI [27]			✕							✕
Relation mother/partner fights and satisfaction with relationship				✕											✕
Care tasks division between partners				✕							✕
Bonding mother-to-infant thoughts and feelings	MAAS, MPAS [28, 29]			✕							✕
Medication dosage, duration, over the counter and prescribed					✕		✕							✕
Housing condition—dust house, ventilation, pets					✕					✕
Life events difficulties and stress associated to life events	LDI, LTE [30, 31]						✕							✕
Reproductive health during pregnancy and birth health, pregnancy disorders, environmental factors(e.g. smoking), birth (including place of birth, interventions and mother’s experiences)	CEQ [32]						✕
Food intake	FFQ [33]							✕
Reproductive health—postpartum recovery									✕
Parenting style handling the child and family life situations										✕
Child
Crying Intensity, duration, week average							✕	✕	✕			✕	✕			✕
Gastrointestinal symptoms regurgitation, throwing up, defecation pattern and gut complaints	Rome III [34]						✕	✕	✕			✕	✕			✕
Food intake	FFQ [33]						✕	✕	✕			✕	✕			✕
Medication dosage, duration, over the counter and prescribed							✕	✕	✕			✕	✕			✕
Child health health, house, smoking, pets										✕						✕
Eczema^a	SCORAD [20]									✕						✕
Social condition home^a	HOME [35]									✕
Lung function^a	WHISTLER [21, 22]									✕
Child care parent, paid babysitter, grandparents												✕
Child development communication, gross and fine motor skills, problem solving, social	ASQ [36]											✕				✕
Child development child’s behavior	IBQ [37]												✕
Eating behavior															✕
Social and emotional skills feelings and behaviors	BITSEA [38]															✕
Growth and vaccination																✕
Father^b
Demographics, work, family		✕
Health presence of diseases and disorders	SCL-90 SOM [39]	✕
Physical activity	SQUASH [40]	✕
Medication dosage, duration, over the counter and prescribed		✕
Life events difficulties and stress associated to life events	LDI, LTE [30, 31]	✕
Diet	FFQ [41]	✕	✕
Gastrointestinal symptoms regurgitation, defecation pattern and gut complaints	Rome III [34]			✕
Respiratory health	ECRHS [42]			✕
Allergies, intoxications				✕
Visual function	NEI VFQ-25 [43]			✕
Pain	WPI [44]			✕
Fatigue	CIS [45]			✕

^aAssessed by research nurse

^bOnly for non-Lifelines participants. Items according to the baseline questionnaires from Lifelines, divided in three questionnaires with an interval of 10 weeks, starting at moment of inclusion of the father