The Happy Sleeper: the science-backed guide to helping your baby get a good night’s sleep ― newborn to school age

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Other side note - sleep aids - you'll notice in the pictures that we didn't cut out sleep aids, as most sleep training methods recommend. This audio version is everything an audio version should be BUT IT DOESN’T PROVIDE YOU WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS! Even if you're looking for the answer to a specific problem, don't skip over this section'these habits strongly influence the quality of your child's sleep. Infants learn language better after a nap, and preschool children's spatial learning is boosted by a midday nap.

During sleep, memories are consolidated and your child processes information learned during the day. Don't try to explain something with scientific theory if you're going to immediately follow up with the disclaimer that "this may not work for you as all babies are different". Tonight he went to sleep after only 10 minutes and although he's woken up a few more times he's self settled within 2 mins each time. In The Happy Sleeper, child-sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright show parents how to avoid and undo cumbersome sleep habits.These are important issues to address; good sleep isn't just about hitting the numbers, it's about setting up habits and routines in your house that feel good for everyone. Around 9 months, separation anxiety hit and she cried a lot so we had quickly fallen back into a habit of nursing to sleep. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Julie Wright, MFT, is one of Los Angeles's best known parenting group leaders and has taught thousands of moms in her popular Wright Mommy and Me program. Her health and psychology articles have appeared in Salon, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Beast.

For the first month I was a crazy person and actually made us track her exact timing (when she was put down, when she would cry, when she would wake up, how many times we would go in).If you're conflicted about imposing a structured and harsh program to improve your child's sleep, you can stop worrying. We recommend purchasing the 4-24 month class if your baby is 4 months old (we don’t want you to waste your money on the younger class when your baby is so close to being ready for the next stage). Before trying the method in this book, I had already worked on not feeding to sleep anymore - we rocked/held instead - so that it wasn't just me who could put her down.