Bedtiming The Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep at Just the Right Age

by Granic, Isabela; Lewis, Marc D.

• ISBN13: 9781615190157
• ISBN10: 1615190155
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: The Experiment

Summary

When it comes to getting your baby or toddler to sleep through the night, discover why when matters more than how Are you tired of endless hours spent rocking your baby to sleep? Have you #xE2;#xAC;Shit the wall#xE2;#xAC; when it comes to sleepless nights? Teaching your baby or toddler to sleep through the night can be a bewildering and frustrating experience. Developmental psychologists Marc D. Lewis and Isabela Granic reveal that the key to your child#xE2;#xAC;"s sleep habits is not which method you choose to help your child sleep, but when you use it. Timing is everything, and Bedtiming walks you through the stages of child development, offering helpful advice on such topics as: time windows when sleep-training will be most effective and when it will stand the least chance of success the pros and cons of several popular sleep-training techniques#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;including the #xE2;#xAC;Scry-it-out,#xE2;#xAC; #xE2;#xAC;Sno-cry,#xE2;#xAC; and Ferber methods common sleep setbacks and how to handle them how to successfully transition your child from your bed to his or her own crib or bed. Bedtiming is a simple, sensible, and reassuring guide that will help children#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;and parents#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;get a good night#xE2;#xAC;"s sleep.

Author Biography

Dr. Marc D. Lewis and Dr. Isabela Granic are developmental psychologists as well as parents of twin boys. Dr. Lewis is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Granic is a research scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children. Together, they have given educational seminars and workshops to parents and clinicians around the world. Drs. Lewis and Granic live with their children in Toronto.

Table of Contents

Timing Is Everything	p. 1
How Your Child Thinks Cognitive Development in the First 4 Years	p. 15
How Your Child Feels Emotional Development in the First 4 Years	p. 49
Windows of Opportunity When to Sleep Train and When to Wait	p. 127
The Pros and Cons of Popular Sleep-Training Methods	p. 185
Sleep Setbacks and How to Handle Them	p. 211
Acknowledgments	p. 222
Bibliography	p. 224
Index	p. 226
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