SummaryTorrens House provides a short residential programme for families with a baby (8–12 months of age) identified by parents as having a sleep problem such as waking frequently at night and being difficult to settle. The programme involves the promotion of infant self‐settling by the use of a controlled crying technique, together with wrapping, cessation of night feeds and establishment of a day‐time routine.Twenty families (with 23 babies) were followed through the programme and for 3 months afterwards. There were significant decreases in the number of times the babies woke, the number of night‐feeds and the length of time awake at night at 1 month follow‐up, with a reduction in depressive symptomatology of the parents and a perceived improvement in their infants' behaviour. Twenty of the 23 babies were sleeping well at 3 month
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