The 10 best sleep books for infants for 2022
Finding the best sleep books for infants suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
Best sleep books for infants
1. The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
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Learn the secrets for making babies happy.Dr. Karp found there IS a remedy for colic.
A innovative and thought-provoking reevaluation of early infancy.
Blends modern science and ancient wisdom.
Developed 4 basic principles to understand babies
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NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU HAVE TO STAND BY HELPLESSLY WHILE YOUR LITTLE BABY CRIES AND CRIES. THERE IS A WAY TO CALM MOST CRYING BABIES . . . USUALLY IN MINUTES!Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark bookfully revised and updated with the latest insights into infant sleep, bedsharing, breastfeeding, swaddling, and SIDS riskcan teach you too! Dr. Karps highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts:
1. The Fourth Trimester: Why babies still yearn for a womblike atmosphere . . . even after birth
2. The Calming Reflex: An off switch all babies are born with
3. The 5 Ss: Five easy steps to turn on your babys amazing calming reflex
4. The Cuddle Cure: How to combine the 5 Ss to calm even colicky babies
With Dr. Karps sensible advice, parents and grandparents, nurses and nannies, will be able to transform even the fussiest infant into the happiest baby on the block!
Praise for The Happiest Baby on the Block
Dr. Karps book is fascinating and will guide new parents for years to come.Julius Richmond, M.D., Harvard Medical School, former Surgeon General of the United States
The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun and convincing. I highly recommend it.Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International
Will fascinate anyone who wants to know how babies experience the world, and wants to answer their cries lovingly and effectively.The San Diego Union-Tribune
2. Precious Little Sleep: The Complete Baby Sleep Guide for Modern Parents
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The Expert, Hilarious, and Tactically Comprehensive Baby Sleep Book!
Parenting a baby or toddler is the grandest adventure of all when youre not miserably exhausted. Sleep expert Alexis Dubief, of the wildly popular website Precious Little Sleep, imparts effective, accessible, and flexible strategies based on years of research that will dramatically improve your childs sleep, detailing 7 methods to teach your baby to sleep so that you can find what works best for your family
This book will help you tackle the thorniest sleep snags, including:
- Navigating the tricky newborn phase like a pro
- Getting your child to truly sleep through the night
- Weaning off the all night buffet
- Mastering the precarious tango that is healthy napping
- Solving toddler and preschooler sleep struggles
If youre looking for practical solutions to improve your childs sleep in a book that wont put you to sleep, this is for you!
3. On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
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#1 Bestselling Book on Infant SleepGiving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
On Becoming Babywise is more than an infant-management concept. It is a mindset for successful parenthood.
Help for any parent to develop a plan that meets both the needs of a new baby and of the entire family
Dr Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo are two of the world's leading experts on infant management concepts
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Distinguished pediatrician Dr Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo are two of the world's leading experts on infant management concepts. In this revised 5th edition, they have updated their groundbreaking approach which has found favor with over six million parents in all 50 states and has been translated into 20 languages around the world.For over 25 years, On Becoming Babywise has been the de facto newborn parenting manual for naturally synchronizing your baby's feeding time, waketime and nighttime sleep cycles, so the whole family can sleep through the night.
In his 28th year as a licensed Pediatrician, Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D. along with co-author Gary Ezzo, demonstrate how order and stability are mutual allies of every newborn's metabolism and how parents can take advantage of these biological propensities. In particular, they note how an infant's body responds to the influences of parental routine or the lack thereof.
Early chapters start with explorations of everyday aspects of infant management such as the three basic elements of daytime activities for newborns: feeding time, waketime, and naptime.
Practical discussions then focus on broad and niche topics including feeding philosophies, baby sleep problems, baby scheduling challenges, nap routines, sleep training multiples, baby sleeping props, Colic and Reflux and many other dimensions which impact breast feeding schedules, bottle feeding tips and baby sleep training.
Five resource Appendixes provide additional reference material:
1) Taking care of baby and mom
2) A timeline of what to expect and when
3) Baby Sleep Training Problems and Solutions
4) Monitoring Your Baby's Growth
5) Healthy Baby Growth Charts
On Becoming Babywise is more than an infant-management concept. It is a mindset for successful parenthood. It can help any parent develop a plan that meets both the needs of a new baby and of the entire family. These principles have worked for millions of parents and, when applied with common sense to your unique situation, can work wonderfully for you too! Recommended by doctors across the country.
"As a mom, I parented both ways. As a certified lactation educator, I know how discouraging it is to feed a baby around the clock with no apparent advantage and how fatigue will affect her milk supply. I also know how discouraging the first eighteen months of parenting can be without a plan. I know, because with my first child, I did everything the opposite of what is taught in this book. Before my second baby was born, I was introduced to the Babywise concepts. Applying these principles revolutionized my thinking. Instead of being in baby bondage, I was liberated to be the mother God wanted me to be. I have consistently used this series with the women I counsel. These mothers have met with tremendous success, whether bottle or breastfeeding."
-- Barbara Philips, R.N., C.L.E. Los Angeles, California
4. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep
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Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child 4th Edition A Step by Step Program for a Good Night s SleepDescription
The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with easenow in a completely revised and expanded fourth edition!In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the countrys leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your childrens sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your childs natural sleep cycles. Rewritten and reorganized to deliver information even more efficiently, this valuable sourcebook contains the latest research on
the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment
common mistakes parents make trying to get their children to sleep
different sleep needs for different temperaments
stopping the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more
ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to her internal clocknaturally
handling nap-resistant kids and when to start sleep-training
why both night sleep and day sleep are important
obstacles for working moms and children with sleep issues
the fathers role in comforting children
how early sleep troubles can lead to later problems
the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed
Rest is vital to your childs health, growth, and development. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.
Praise for Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
I put these principles into practicewith instant results. Dr. Weissbluth is a trusted resource and adviser.Cindy Crawford
5. The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5
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Two experts who are helping Hollywood's A-list babies get their zzz's share the no-fail, family-friendly method that has helped thousands of sleep-deprived moms and dads.
Even Hollywood's biggest stars face the same dilemma as other parents do: "How do I get my child to sleep?" As parents in the know are finding, whether they're on the red carpet or the soccer field, the answer is the same: The Sleepeasy Solution.
Psychotherapists and sleep specialists Jennifer and Jill, the dynamic "girlfriends" all of Hollywood calls on to solve Junior's sleep problems, have perfected their sleep technique that will get any child snoozing in no timemost often in fewer than three nights. The key to their method? It addresses the emotional needs of both the parent and child (yes, how to handle the crying!)a critical component of why most other sleep methods fail.
In this much-needed, family-friendly guide, weary parents will learn to define their own individual sleep goals, those that work for their family's schedule and style. They'll create a customized "sleep planner" to ensure consistency with both parents as well as extended caregivers. (As an added bonus, they'll even improve the readers' relationships with their spouses with the "marriage-saver" section.) With comprehensive sections devoted to each stage of Baby's and Toddler's development, plus solutions to special circumstances like traveling, daylight saving's time, moving to a "big kid bed" and multiples, The Sleepeasy Solution is a dream come true!
"This approach was truly amazing in helping our family to thrive. . . . We are eternally grateful!"
Ben Stiller and wife, Christine Taylor, actors
"With their gentle approach, Sleepeasy gave us the tools we needed to solve our daughter's sleep problems."
Conan O'Brien, host of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Sleepeasy gave us all the tools we needed to get our baby sleeping through the night. Now when we say good night to our daughter, we know it really will be a good night."
Greg Kinnear, actor
6. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
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Great product!Description
One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problemsHere Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook contains brand new research that...
- Pinpoints the way daytime sleep differs from night sleep and why both are important to your child
- Helps you cope with and stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more
- Analyzes ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to his internal clock--naturally
- Reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep--including the inclination to rock and feed
- Explores the different sleep cycle needs for different temperaments--from quiet babies to hyperactive toddlers
- Emphasizes the significance of a nap schedule
Rest is vital to your child's health growth and development. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age. Advises parents dealing with teenagers and their unique sleep problems
7. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
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Solve Your Child s Sleep ProblemsDescription
The completely revised and updated edition of the all-time bestselling book on childrens sleep problems, with important new insights and solutions from Dr. Richard Ferber, the nations leading authority on childrens sleep problems.Does your child have difficulty falling asleep? Wake in the middle of the night? Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears? Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class? Snore, wet the bed, or head bang?
In the first major revision of his bestselling, groundbreaking classic since it was published, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nations foremost authority on childrens sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day.
Incorporating new research, Dr. Ferber provides important basic information that all parents should know regarding the nature of sleep and the development of normal sleep and body rhythms throughout childhood. He discusses the causes of most sleep problems from birth to adolescence and recommends an array of proven solutions for each so that parents can choose the strategy that works best for them. Topics covered in detail include: Bedtime difficulties and nighttime wakings, effective strategies for naps, sleep schedule abnormalities, a balanced look at co-sleeping, new insights into the nature of sleep terrors and sleepwalking, problems in setting limits, and sleep apnea, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and head banging.
Solve Your Childs Sleep Problems offers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.
8. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child / Your Fussy Baby
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Peace of mind for parents from renowned pediatrician Marc Weissbluth, M.D. This must-have boxed set contains the trade paperback editions of Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child, a step-by-step program for a good night's sleep, and Your Fussy Baby, how to soothe your newborn.Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child
One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems. Dr. Weissbluth outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age. This distinguished pediatrician and father of four explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles.
Your Fussy Baby
If your new baby cries inconsolably for many hours a day, take heart. The soothing help you need is here.
Renowned pediatrician Dr. Marc Weissbluth knows firsthand how stressful life can be for a sensitive, fussy newbornnot to mention the childs frantic, exhausted parents. With this reassuring, down-to-earth guidance, you can help your fretful, fussy newborn to become the sweet, happy baby he or she was meant to be.
9. The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy
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Effective approach to helping children learn to gently put themselves to sleepEssential reading for any tired parent, or any expectant parent .
What you can do to improve your baby's sleep habits before 6 months.
New information on breastfeeding & preparing a sibling for the birth of a baby.
How to read your baby's cries.
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Kim West, LCSW-C, known to her clients as The Sleep Lady, has developed an alternative and effective approach to helping children learn to gently put themselves to sleep without letting them cry it outan option that is not comfortable for many parents.
Essential reading for any tired parent, or any expectant parent who wants to avoid the pitfalls of sleeplessness, Good Night, Sleep Tight offers a practical, easy-to-follow remedy that will work for all families in need of nights of peaceful slumber!
New material and updates include:
New research on pacifiers and SIDS, the impact of sleep deprivation on postpartum depression
Additional guidance on feeding your baby and toddler and how feeding relates to sleep
What you can do to improve your babys sleep habits before 6 months
New information on breastfeeding
Preparing a sibling for the birth of a baby
Creating a secure attachment with your baby while instilling healthy sleep habits for the family
How to read your babys cries
10. The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One For Baby and You
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"Yet again, Elizabeth Pantley spins her baby magic! She towers above her competitors by showing us what babies really need, and how best to give it to them. She teaches us to take advantage of our infant's innate capacities to sleep and reminds us to be open to the messages our babies whisper to us."
~ James J. McKenna, Ph.D.
Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame
Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame
"Expectant and new parents, take heed! This is the one sleep book you need to read. It will set a pattern not only for better sleep, but also for a healthy, nurturing relationship with your children for a lifetime to come."
~Nancy Peplinsky, Ph.D.
Founder, Holistic Moms Network
Expert advice on getting the best possible sleep during the newborn months
You have a newborn, so sleep is impossible, right? Wrong! In the womb, babies sleep up to twenty hours per day. Clearly newborns don't need to be "trained" how to sleep - they know how, and they've had plenty of practice. So why do most parents have trouble getting their newborns to sleep?
Elizabeth Pantley, a world-renowned expert on children's sleep, created this guide to explain the ways we unintentionally prevent an infant's natural sleep to occur, and to teach us the simple but powerful ways to maximize our newborn's naps and nighttime sleep. Once you've learned the 15 Keys to Amazing Newborn Sleep you'll easily make adjustments to how you treat your baby's sleep. You don't have to keep logs nor follow schedules or rules. Just by being aware of this information you will do things to improve sleep that you wouldn't have known to do otherwise.
With The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns, you will learn:
the things that trick us into disrupting a baby's sleep
how to identify the perfect moment for a nap
ways to create a sleep-inducing environment
tips to reduce the number of night wakings
how to set the stage for great sleep throughout babyhood
The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns was field-tested by 122 test families with newborns. Their input refined the ideas to make them easy to understand and follow - by even the most sleep-deprived parent. When you apply these Keys you can help your baby sleep well and peacefully. And guess what? When your baby sleeps - you will, too!
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