Reducing postnatal depression, anxiety and stress using an infant sleep intervention.

Objective: To examine the psychological well-being of mothers following participation in a behavioural modification programme previously shown to improve infant sleep.

Design, Setting And Participants: A 45 min consultation with either a general practitioner (GP) or trained nurse providing verbal and written information describing sleep physiology in infants and strategies to improve infant sleep. Eighty mothers of infants 6-12 months of age with established infant sleep problems at a single general practice, Adelaide, South Australia.

Feeding in the first year of life - emerging benefits of introducing complementary solids from 4 months.

Background: Current World Health Organization guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life. Breastfeeding conveys clear benefits to both mother and child. These benefits are likely to be amplified by prolonged feeding.