As a parent of a child who slept so well as an infant and now is almost 6 and doesn’t sleep well at all I know trying to find a good method and plan to help them sleep. Olivia never used to wake up as often as she does now for no apparent reason. She’ll just wake up and come in and tell me she can’t sleep or it’s time to get up the sun is shining and it’s only 3:30am. Not my cup of tea and not the way I want to wake up. Well I received this book from FSB Media called “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to help your child Sleep Well and Wake up Happy” by Kim West, LCSW-C with Joanne Kenen to read and review. I found this book very helpful in many ways honestly. I found that not only was I doing the wrong thing to help calm Olivia down but I was stressing her and me out too causing it harder for her to sleep and stay asleep. West offers in this book a practical, easy-to-follow, and flexible approach to sleep that is gently on both you the parent and the child. And doesn’t require leaving your child alone to cry it out.
Now that I have read the book and understand what I was doing wrong and what needed to change it’s been a world of difference. Olivia now doesn’t fight to go to bed (except on weekends) and stays for the most part asleep in her room all night long. She wakes up a happy camper too in the morning causing her to have a good stress-free morning when getting ready for school. I’m so glad that I was able to read this book and I hope that you all will find this book helpful to keep your little ones asleep and happy in the mornings!
I am not sure there is actually one way that works for all babies/kids or for all parents. It’s good to be reading various books but in the end, it’s up to the parent and baby to find what works best for them. For us, it was co-sleeping.