The dream sleeper: a three-part plan for getting your baby to love sleep

Dream Team's new way to a good night's sleep for babies and parents With a simple and easy-to-follow plan for today's fast-moving (and often sleep-deprived) parents, this book offers a new, modern approach to teaching babies how to sleep independently. The authors' proven methods, prepared with a team of esteemed pediatric advisors, show anyone how to coach their baby to sleep through the night on his or her own. The importance of preparation, consistency, and patience is explained in a down-to-earth style. A primer on the science of sleepInstructions for setting up the sleeping environment and creating sleeping and eating schedules Advice on identifying sleep associations and creating a support system Checklists and strategies to implement the three-part plan With respect for many styles of parenting, this step-by-step program includes methodsfor helping baby get a good night's sleep. INDICE : Foreword (Amy DeMattia) Meet Our Dream Team! Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Perfect Little WorldUntil Sleep Deprivation Knocks at YourDoor PART ONE Get Ready! Great sleep teaching begins with choice, change, andflexibility, not a quick fix. 1 What You Should Know Before You Start The benefits of getting good sleep and a look at different philosophies on sleep. Howto know whether your baby is ready for sleep teachingand whether you are too.2 Sleep Science 101 How sleep develops in children and the truth about night wakings. The science behind the reasons sleep is a learned skilland the reasonthat going with your child's natural sleep tendencies doesn't work for a lot of babies. Also includes an overview of safe sleeping practices. An important chapter for all parents struggling with their childs sleep issues. PART TWO Get Set! The six critical steps in guiding your baby toward sleep success 3 Setting the Stage Setting up your baby's room to encourage better sleep and how todeal with unique or challenging sleep situations such as sharing a room. 4 Identifying Your Child's Sleep Associations Sleep associations are one of the biggest barriers to sleep. What sleep associations are, the negative associations common in young children, and the more positive associations parents should try to incorporate into their baby's sleep time. 5 Creating a Daytime Sleepingand Eating Schedule A guide to setting up the ideal eating and sleeping schedule, broken down by ages (birth to two months, two to four months, four to sixmonths, six to fifteen months, fifteen months to three years). 6 Fixing Potential Feeding Issues Examining and then maximizing your child's feedings to quell fears of nighttime hunger and make sleep easier and more straightforward. 7Setting Up a Support System Reasons that parents should be equal participantsin the sleep teaching process and ideas for getting aligned. 8 Keeping Emotional Issues in Check Tips for managing your expectations of your child's sleep,being the best sleep teacher you can be, and handling the guilt associated with hearing your child cry. PART THREE Get Sleep! Where the real work of sleep teaching beginsand continues 9 Creating Your Lesson Plan Picking the best day to begin, choosing a bedtime, deciding which room or place will work best to sleep-teach, teaching multiples, and emotionally preparing toddlers. 10 Sleep Teaching: The First Twenty-Four Hours The meat of our proven approach for putting a baby down for the night, interpreting different types of cries, determining how to respond to your child while he or she learns, and what to expect throughout the first night. 11 The Next Two Weeks (Including Naps) The challengesassociated with napping, what to do when a schedule isn't working, and how tomake modifications to your overall sleep plan. 12 Keeping It Going Various issues that affect sleep even in children who love sleep: dropping a nap, dealing with sickness or teething, travel disruption

• ISBN: 978-1-118-01842-2
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 21/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés