Introduction:\"Parental interactive bed time behavior” refers to behaviors that parents use for settling children to sleep at bedtime. Since new born babies are unable to distinguish between day and night, parents often use different ways for their nocturnal sleep. Parents may continue to use these methods for a long time or change them after a while. Objectives: The present study examines the results of various studies in relation to infant sleep and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"parental interactive bedtime behavior\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Method: A library study and review of the literature was conducted. Results: Results showed that the relationship between the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"parents’ interactive bedtime behavior\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and infant sleep, is direct and immediate although a causal direction has not been established in most previous studies. Little research has been done to study the underlying factors of severe involvement of some parents or limited involvement of some other parents in the children\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s nightly sleep process. In general, however, it can be stated that the formation of sleep habits is influenced by the hereditary conditions, physical, psychological, environmental, cultural and family. Conclusion: Basic foundations of sleeping habits are formed in childhood and may continue over the life span. Childhood is a good time for training children to develop good sleep habits. Therefore, detection and prevention of improper sleep habits is important.

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