Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Introduction xv
Part I Sleeping Better
Chapter 1 Quick Start: Ten Minutes to Better Sleep Tonight 3
Chapter 2 The Safe Sleep Seven 5
Part II Mothers and Babies Together
Chapter 3 Attached and Attuned 31
Chapter 4 Normal Sleep 45
Part III Sleep and Bedsharing Practicalities
Chapter 5 Naps 61
Chapter 6 Nights 81
Chapter 7 Sleep Personalities and Places 102
Chapter 8 Working 120
Chapter 9 Alternate Routes 131
Chapter 10 Your Own Sleep Needs 152
Chapter 11 Gentle Sleep Nudging Methods 178
Chapter 12 Sleep Gadgets 194
Part IV Sleep Ages and Stages
Chapter 13 The First Few Days 215
Chapter 14 The First Two Weeks 240
Chapter 15 Two Weeks to Four Months 259
Chapter 16 Four Months to Toddlerhood 276
Chapter 17 Toddlerhood and Beyond 291
Part V Safe-Sleep Science
Chapter 18 Sleep-Training Concerns 311
Chapter 19 Suffocation and SIDS; Reality and Risks 336
Chapter 20 Bedsharing Controversies and Common Sense 357
Part VI Help
Chapter 21 Defusing Criticism 383
Chapter 22 Your Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 397
Chapter 23 Getting Help, Giving Help 417
Appendix: Tearsheet Toolkit 425
Acknowledgments: With Our Thanks 443
Notes 447
Picture Credits 469
Index 471