How to Get Your Baby to Sleep : America's Foremost Baby and Childcare Experts Answer the Most Frequently Asked Questions

by William Sears, Martha Sears

How you and your child can both get the sleep you need. Dr. Bill and Martha Sears, the doctor and nurse husband and wife team who are today widely recognized as America's leading authorities on childcare, have spent decades answering parents' questions about nurturing newborns. In this book they share their expertise on: developing a nighttime routine, creating a safe sleep environment for your child, how to dress your baby for sleep, what to look for when you're choosing a crib or infant bed, how to avoid SIDS, helping your child unwind at bedtime, the benefits of sleep-sharing, choosing bedtime music for your baby, determining how much sleep your child needs, coping with a light sleeper or an early riser, nighttime feeding-what to avoid, tips for getting your toddler to stay in bed, and much more.

Genres: Parenting

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Dr. Sears, or Dr. Bill as his "little patients" call him, is the father of eight children as well as the author of over 30 books on childcare. Dr. Bill is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. Dr. Bill received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital in Boston and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto -- the largest children’s hospital in the world, where he served as associate ward chief of the newborn nursery and associate professor of pediatrics. Dr. Sears is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Pediatricians (RCP).Dr. Bill is also a medical and parenting consultant for BabyTalk and Parenting magazines and the pediatrician on the website Parenting.com.

Reviews

[Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty preachy, but it’s ok when you’re preaching to the choir. Minus one star because my baby’s still not sleeping.

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I'd read this book, or had TIME to read, in the earlier months of co-sleeping with my twins. This book has renewed my confidence in what I (and my husband) are doing during nighttime parenting, even during the many moments of strife. The alternative seems brighter on the other side of course, but I also think later on in my life when I'm bereft of children I'll appreciate how I got all those baby snuggles in when I could ! (later on they'll not want to cuddle I know it's inevitable so I remember that)

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book should be titled "Why Co-Sleeping is Awesome." Half of the questions were about co-sleeping, and of the remaining questions, the answer to half of them was related to co-sleeping. I get that co-sleeping is a legitimate option that people use, and that's fine, but it's not something I feel comfortable with personally and do not plan on using, so I didn't appreciate feeling like it was being shoved down my throat. I just wish they would have been more open from the get-go that this was their main focus so that I didn't waste my time.