The Sensible Sleep Solution : A Guide to Sleep in Your Baby's First Year / Sarah Blunden and Angie Willcocks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blunden, Sarah, author.

Willcocks, Angie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants--Sleep.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Kent Town, South Australia : Wakefield Press, [2012]

Summary:

The Sensible Sleep Solution is a moderate approach, providing month-to-month advice to guide you through your baby's first year and establish good sleeping habits that can last a lifetime.

Contents:

The Sensible Sleep Solution; Title page; Imprint page; Acknowledgements; Contents page 1; Contents page 2; Introduction; Part One - Everything you need to know about your baby's sleep; Preamble; Definitions of active and quiet sleep; Circadian rhythms and the development of night sleep; Why a baby wakes; Sleep associations; Should sleep associations be avoided?; Tips for choosing a soothing sleep toy for your baby; Table 1: Sleep associations; How to swaddle or wrap; Where will my baby sleep?; Table 2: Where should my baby sleep?; What else about sleeping arrangements?; SIDS and safety

Reducing the risks of SIDSOther SIDS considerations; Temperament and sleep; What does this mean for sleep?; Table 3: Temperament and its effect on your baby's sleep; The challenges of certain temperaments; What else about temperaments?; Techniques to calm your baby; The crying baby; Myths about why babies cry; What you can do; Tips for staying calm; What to do if your baby won't stop crying; Why would your baby cry a lot?; What is colic?; Tips for handling colic; How to tell if your baby is unwell; Common medical issues and night waking; Part Two - The Sensible Sleep Solution; What is it?

Self-soothingThe Sensible Sleep Solution and controlled crying; Attachment; Tips for encouraging secure attachment; Brain development; Figure 1: Parts of the brain; Table 4: Learning throughout the first year (and what this means for sleep!); Learning, controlled crying and the Sensible Sleep Solution; Routines and rituals; Part Three - Taking care of yourself; Coping with less sl; Diet; Exercise; Rest and relaxation; Housework; Partnership/Relationship; Balancing your baby's needs with your own; How are you going?; Part Four - Age groups and routines; Birth to Four Weeks; Development; Sleep

What to expectParental challenges; Practical tips; Routine; The COTSS Method for the first three months; Table 5: Baby sleep at a glance: birth to four weeks; Tips for stopping your baby falling asleep while feeding; Four to Eight Weeks; Development; Sleep; What to expect; Practical tips; Routine; Table 6: Baby sleep at a glance: four to eight weeks; Flat head; Eight to Twelve Weeks; Development; Sleep; What to expect; Practical tips; Routine; Day sleeps (napping); Table 7: Baby sleep at a glance: eight to 12 weeks; Twelve to Sixteen Weeks; Development; Sleep; What to expect; Practical tips

RoutineTable 8: A possible daily routine at 12 to 16 weeks; What is a 'rollover' feed?; The COTSS Method for three to ten months; How do you know if your baby isdistressed?; Table 9: Baby sleep at a glance: 12 to 16 weeks; Four to Six Months; Development; Sleep; What to expect; Practical tips; Table 10: A possible daily routine at four to six months; Tips for developing a routine; Transitional objects; Table 11: Baby sleep at a glance: four to six months; Six to Eight Months; Development; Sleep; What to expect; Parental challenges; Head banging; Practical tips

Table 12: A possible daily routine at six to eight months

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781743052020

1743052022

OCLC:

872387219