Table of Contents
Baby Sleep: Essentials 6
Ten Things You Should Know at the Start 7
Are You Ruining Your Child? 9
Sleep Safety 9
Where Should Your Baby Sleep? 14
The Party That Is Newborn Sleep 20
Things to Expect in the First Three Months 22
Newborn Sleep: What Is Normal? 27
Helpful Newborn Sleep Guidelines 30
Bedtime Is the New Happy Hour 33
Demystifying Newborn Bedtime 34
Achieving Baby and Toddler Bedtime Victory 36
Common Bedtime Problems and How to Fix Them 41
How Babies Sleep 46
What's Going On under the Hood 47
How Baby Sleep Goes Off the Rails 55
Teaching Baby to Fall Asleep 59
Life after Independent Sleep 61
Baby Sleep Power Tools 63
What Is and Isn't a Good Sleep Power Tool 64
Power Tool #1: White Noise 67
Power Tool #2: Swaddling 69
Power Tool #3: The Pacifier 73
Power Tool #4: Sleep Schedule Management 76
Sleep Power Tools Summary: Putting It All Together 79
Teaching Baby to Sleep, Part 1:
SWAP (Sleep With Assistance Plan) 82
Teaching Baby to Sleep: The Fundamentals 84
Six Sleep With Assistance Plans (SWAPs) to Help Baby Learn to Sleep without You 86
Evaluating Your SWAP Progress 101
Teaching Baby to Sleep, Part 2:
SLIP (Sleep Learning Independence Plan) 106
Sleep Training Myths 108
Attachment and Sleep Training:
A Psychologist's Perspective -Dr. Rebecca Ruid 111
To SLIP or Not to SLIP 113
How to SLIP at Night 115 Beware the Extinction Burst 126 Common Issues 128
Handling Night Waking after SWAP or SLIP 133
Waking and Eating 134
Waking and Not Eating 139
Early-Morning Wakeups 140
The Three Conventions of Nap Nirvana 169
The Fourth Convention of Nap Nirvana 176
Stuck with Craptastic Naps? 182
When Your Child Drops a Nap 183
Bad Nap Days 187
Why, When, and How to Wean Off Your Sleep Power Tools 190
Weaning Off the Pacifier 191
Weaning Off the Swaddle 195
Weaning Off White Noise 198
Weaning Off Managing the Schedule 198
(Un)Common Sleep Setbacks 200
The Dreaded Sleep Regression 201
Baby Learns Cool New Stuff 203
Separation Anxiety 203
Travel 206
Daylight Saving Time 209
Chronic Sleep Deprivation 212
Your Child Doesn't Nap 213
Too Long in Bed 214
Night Gaps 215
Starting the Day at an Uncivilized Hour 216
Older Kids, Siblings, and Twins 222
Independent Sleepers 223
Bedtime, Boundaries, and Limit Testing 232
Moving to a Big-Kid Bed 237
Sleep and New Siblings 240
Sleep and Multiples 245
Room-Sharing 246
SLIP and Siblings 247
Nightmares and Night Terrors 248
The Last Word 256
Appendix: Potential Medical
Complications for Sleep 258
Infant Reflux 259
Food Allergy and Intolerance 264
Teething 266
Sleep Apnea 268
Restless Legs Syndrome 269
Premature Birth 269
Acknowledgments 271
Further Resources 273
References 275
Index 288
