In a study conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the University of Helsinki, parents assessed different types of sleep problems in infants: problems associated with total sleep, the number of night awakenings, problems falling asleep and sleep-association disturbances, which refer to difficulties in resettling and falling asleep without parental help after waking up. Prior research on the link between parent–child bond and sleep is scarce, and non-existent in the case of fathers.
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