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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2022 Jul 1;150(1):e2021055244. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055244

Table 2.

Bedtime routines, sleep location and behaviors among secondborn infants of mothers enrolled in the INSIGHT RCT

3 weeks 16 weeks 52 weeks p-value
RP
(n=51)
Control
(n=56)
RP
(n=53)
Control
(n=55)
RP
(n=53)
Control
(n=55)
Group Time point Group × time point
Bedtime routine, %
Duration >15–≤45 min --a -- 45 41b 52c 48b 0.58 0.26 0.92
Components
Read book -- -- 32 18 74 45 0.01 <0.001 0.36
Rocking -- -- 62 55 38 62 0.27 0.19 0.01
Bath -- -- 53 45 77 73 0.49 <0.001 0.67
Music -- -- 13 15 13 22 0.37 0.35 0.35
Watch television -- -- 0 4 2 13 0.04 0.05 NA
Bottle feed/breastfeed -- -- 94 95 89 87 0.93 0.08 0.86
Fed as last activity -- -- 21 31 23c 29 0.26 0.88 0.63
Sleep Locations and Behaviors (%)
Bedtime 8PM or earlier 29 13d 55 22 65c 63b 0.008 <0.001 0.01
Sleeps in own room 16 7d 53 49 76 76 0.32 <0.001 0.42
Falls asleep swaddled 59 59 43 22 0 5 0.31 <0.001 NA
Falls asleep with pacifier 25 36 25 31 26 33 0.22 0.90 0.91
Falls asleep with white noise 29 16 38 31 40 31 0.12 0.05 0.70
Falls asleep being held 69 77 34 53 17 33 0.02 <0.001 0.60
Falls asleep alone in room, in crib (self-soothes) 22 13 49 25 68 58 0.02 <0.001 0.42
Falls asleep in ≤15 min -- -- 75 56 83 71 0.02 0.06 0.77
Night waking, %
≥ 2 per night 94e 95 40 42 21c 20b 0.90 <0.001 0.96
≥ 2 night feedings -- -- 36 38f 19c 11f 0.48 <0.001 0.30
Parenting strategies when child wakes at night
Give a few minutes to fall back asleep 41 43 53 45 55 64 0.81 0.02 0.37
Pick up and hold/rock back to sleep 25 52 26 42 21 44 <0.001 0.60 0.69
Rub/pat but do not pick up 12 13 21 20 32 20 0.51 0.046 0.51
Feed back to sleep 47 71 55 76 30 38 0.01 <0.001 0.38
Give pacifier 22 41 36 45 28 40 0.05 0.10 0.50
Change diaper 92 80 51 67 25 38 0.75 <0.001 0.02

P-values are from generalized linear mixed model. NA = interaction could not be tested due to zero count in one or more cells; RP=Responsive parenting;

a-- =

Item not asked at this age;

b

n=54;

c

n=52;

d

n=55;

e

n=50;

f

n=53