Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters

Parenting at night is as important as parenting during daylight hours, and yet when our children wake up at night we often label this a sleep 'problem'.



Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters is a comprehensive discussion of night-time nurturing, dispelling common myths surrounding how infant and child sleep 'should' be in a gentle and informative way.

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Research shows that ‘normal’ infant sleep is not what most experts claim it to be. In fact, many of today’s sleep ‘problems’ with young babies and children predominantly occur in the developed world. In Why Your Baby’s Sleep Matters, renowned gentle parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith demonstrates how nurturing babies at night helps their brain development, and covers the topics every parent of a new baby will need to know about, including naps, SIDS, night weaning, coping with your own exhaustion – and even dealing with advice and criticism from others.