Measures.
infant illness
PND
A number of factors may relate to both the independent variable (provision of sling and support vs. no sling and support provision) and the outcomes measured (e.g. PND, parenting, etc.), including: maternal attachment style, infant temperament, infant illness or discomfort and participant demographics. To potentially control for these variables, each was measured and it was planned that they would be included as covariates in effectiveness analyses should scores for each differ between conditions.In addition to the measures listed in 