The Sleep Lady®'s Good Night, Sleep Tight Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy

by West, Kim; Kenen, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9781593155582
• ISBN10: 1593155581
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-22
• Publisher: Vanguard Press

Summary

West has developed an alternative and effective approach to helping children learn to gently put themselves to sleep. This new and revised edition features information on pacifiers and SIDS, the impact of sleep deprivation on postpartum depression, and more.

Author Biography

Kim West, LCSW-C, is the mother of two and a licensed practicing child and family therapist for more than sixteen years. Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, she has helped thousands of tired parents all over the world over the past twelve years to learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child’s important cues and behaviors, and gently create changes that promote and preserve his or her healthy sleep habits.

She has appeared on Dr. Phil, TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning, America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby, and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Baby Talk, Parenting, the Baltimore Sun, USA Today, and the Washington Post. West hosts the sleep section of The Newborn Channel, played in maternity wards in hospitals across the country. She has traveled the country, giving lectures on the importance of sleep for children.

She lives with her family in Annapolis, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Foreword to the First Edition	p. xvii
Introduction: Meet the Sleep Lady	p. 3
The Sleep Lady System	p. 15
Getting Started and Tips for Success	p. 27
Lessons from Itsy Bitsy Yoga	p. 43
Sleep Basics	p. 49
The Right Start for Newborns and Infants	p. 55
Newborn to Five Months	p. 79
Six to Eight Months	p. 111
Nine to Twelve Months	p. 145
Thirteen to Eighteen Months	p. 174
One and a Half to Two and a Half Years Old	p. 203
Two and a Half to Five Years Old	p. 244
Whose Bed Is It Anyway? Making Choices About Bedsharing and Roomsharing	p. 291
Helping Twins and Siblings Sleep	p. 316
Nightmares, Night Terrors, and Sleepwalking	p. 331
Medical Problems	p. 339
Routine Busters: Dealing with Travel, Illness, and Life's Other Disruptions	p. 357
Problem Solving and Taking Care of Moms and Dads	p. 376
Appendix: Safe Sleeping Recommendations for Babies	p. 397
Resource Directory	p. 400
Photo Credits	p. 408
Index	p. 409
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