Sleep and sleeping for parents and children aged 2-4

This project examines the understudied area of very young children’s sleep (children aged 2-5 years) from their own and their parents’ perspectives. Its main aim is to contribute to developing qualitative, sociological resources on very young children’s sleep; a field so far that has been tipped toward health and
policy agendas. The project undertakes three core activities. First: a 'netnography' analysing posts in the Facebook group The Beyond Sleep Training Project. Comprised of 50,000 members posting on the topic of infants’ sleep, I will recruit participants from the group, interview them and ask them to take photographs of everyday experiences of their young children's sleep, involving their children where possible. Second: to review literature offered through organisations such as NCT (National Childbirth Trust), the NHS, and Lullaby Trust (a safe sleep charity), and best-selling parenting/sleep books. Third: to create an exhibition and workshop of the images, to disseminate findings.