Helping Baby Sleep

Zusatztext an excellent attachment-parenting guide to regulating little ones' sleep without making them 'cry it out.' Mothering Magazine Too often parenting books! especially those on infant sleep! give advice incongruent with child and parent's needs. Helping Baby Sleep stands out with its positive approach to infant sleep. ...The informal writing style makes even the scientific information easy to read. Journal of Human Lactation! International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) Informationen zum Autor ANNI GETHIN, PhD, is a health social scientist who runs a research and planning consultancy, lectures in public health and social science, and is a mother of three boys. BETH MACGREGOR is a psychologist who trains health and welfare workers in infant mental health, child development, and child protection. She has two sons. Both authors live in Sydney, Australia. THE AUTHOR SCOOP Have any good pet stories? >What's been sitting in the back of your fridge for more than a year? >Favorite childhood book? >Name the most horrifying dish that your mother used to make. >What did you want to be when you grew up? >THE AUTHOR SCOOPWhat is your favorite thing about being an author? >Favorite dessert? >Favorite childhood book? >How do you cheer yourself up when you're feeling down? >What's the best way to spend a rainy Saturday morning? >If you had to boil the message of Helping Your Baby to Sleep down to one sentence, what would it be? Your baby needs you. Klappentext In HELPING BABY SLEEP! Anni Gethin and Beth McGregor challenge the wisdom of the cry it out philosophy and instead encourage parents to incorporate gentle sleep methods that honor the babys particular developmental needs. Unique among books espousing attachment-style approaches! the authors mine the latest scientific research to make their case. The voices of other parents and child development experts are also examined in order to help readers gain well-rounded perspective! feel supported! trust their instincts! and create a comfortable plan that works for all members of the family. Introduction: Hear the Babies Crying This book is about responsive parenting. It is about how babies thrive when parents are sensitive to their needs--during the day and the night. It looks at baby sleep and shows that babies wake up at night and need help to settle for many good reasons, as frustrating as this may be to their parents. Sleep training, which aims to teach children to fall asleep independently by leaving them to cry without comfort, is the opposite of our approach. It is hugely popular among parents and widely recommended by health professionals. Sleep training takes many forms and is known by different names, including cry it out, Ferberizing, progressive waiting, crying down, the extinction method, graduated extinction, partial ignoring, cold turkey, controlled comforting, and controlled crying . However, an explosion of new research in early childhood development in recent years has led many to ask: is sleep training really something we should be doing to our children? This book is in two parts. In part 1: Science--Research Supports Responsive Parenting, we examine baby sleep, showing why babies wake at night and why they need help to settle. This is followed by a discussion of love and bonding--how responsive parenting sets up babies for life (and makes them less likely to cause trouble when they are teenagers!). Then we journey into the baby brain and find out how the neurological structures that let us feel emotions and cope with stress are built in the first years of life. Next we have a good look at sleep training--what it is and why it is so distressing for babies and their parents. In part 2: Practice--Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby (and You), we offer guidance on how to gently settle your baby, providing ...

ldquo;an excellent attachment-parenting guide to regulating little ones’ sleep without making them ‘cry it out.’”
—Mothering Magazine
 
“Too often parenting books, especially those on infant sleep, give advice incongruent with child and parent’s needs. Helping Baby Sleep stands out with its positive approach to infant sleep. ...The informal writing style makes even the scientific information easy to read.”
—Journal of Human Lactation, International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)

Auteur

ANNI GETHIN, PhD, is a health social scientist who runs a research and planning consultancy, lectures in public health and social science, and is a mother of three boys. BETH MACGREGOR is a psychologist who trains health and welfare workers in infant mental health, child development, and child protection. She has two sons. Both authors live in Sydney, Australia. THE AUTHOR SCOOP Have any good pet stories?
>What's been sitting in the back of your fridge for more than a year?
>Favorite childhood book?
>Name the most horrifying dish that your mother used to make.
>What did you want to be when you grew up?
>THE AUTHOR SCOOPWhat is your favorite thing about being an author?
>Favorite dessert?
>Favorite childhood book?
>How do you cheer yourself up when you're feeling down?
>What's the best way to spend a rainy Saturday morning?
>If you had to boil the message of Helping Your Baby to Sleep down to one sentence, what would it be?
Your baby needs you.

Texte du rabat
In HELPING BABY SLEEP, Anni Gethin and Beth McGregor challenge the wisdom of the cry it out philosophy and instead encourage parents to incorporate gentle sleep methods that honor the babys particular developmental needs. Unique among books espousing attachment-style approaches, the authors mine the latest scientific research to make their case. The voices of other parents and child development experts are also examined in order to help readers gain well-rounded perspective, feel supported, trust their instincts, and create a comfortable plan that works for all members of the family.

Résumé
Child development specialists (and mothers) Anni Gethin, PhD, and Beth Macgregor challenge the wisdom of the popular “cry it out” philosophy and instead advocate a responsive parenting approach during the day and at night. Mining the latest scientific research, the authors show parents how to practice gentle bedtime techniques that respect a baby’s neurological and emotional development. With this supportive, empowering guide, readers will:

*• Learn why babies wake at night and need help to settle
• Understand how early parenting choices affect a baby’s growing brain
• Examine why “sleep training” is risky, both in the short and long terms
• Discover how to create an effective sleep routine and safe sleeping environment
• Explore common baby sleep problems and how to cope with them
• Find out how tired moms and dads can build a support system (and stay sane)*

Sensitive, responsive parenting establishes a powerful bond between baby and parent--a connection that lays the foundation for healthy emotional and psychological development. Filled with scientific evidence, stories from parents, and testaments from infant mental health authorities, Helping Baby Sleep gives conscientious moms and dads the insight and practical tools to help their babies thrive.

• *“Helping Baby Sleep offers tired parents fresh ideas about how to deeply connect with their infant or toddler to support the transition from wakefulness to sleep. The book is filled with beautifully translated, science-based concepts that are made accessible to parents of all backgrounds. The authors have done a masterful job of elucidating the importance of relationships in shaping the brain. Enjoy and sleep well!”
  --Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, and coauthor of *Parenting f…