Recent research by Dr. Isabel Morales-Munoz and colleagues looked at a link between poor infant sleep and the development of certain mental health disorders in adolescence. It has online parent boards a-buzz with assumptions that this means sleep training is good for our babies to protect them against mental illness.

Let’s take a closer look at the research and see:

• What does the research actually show?

• What doesn’t it show?

• What does that mean for parents of “poor sleepers” who are worried? and, the key question I want to answer today:

• DOES THIS MEAN YOU SHOULD SLEEP TRAIN YOUR BABY?