Sleep Sense, the book

Sleep sense book

Sleep Sense:  Megan Faure & Ann Richardson:  Metz Press 2007; is written by the acclaimed authors of Baby Sense (Metz Press 2002) & Toddler Sense (Metz Press 2005). Sleep Sense offers the same, simple and sensible solutions to ensure you and your baby get a good nights sleep.  By establishing healthy sleep habits from the word go, as well as modifying any unhealthy sleep habits, parents of children from newborns to pre-schoolers will find a solution to any sleep problems their children may be experiencing.

 

Sleep Sense also offers age-related trouble shooting sections where desperate parents can find quick fixes.  The sleep sense approach to sleep coaching is gentle and based on the age-appropriate natural capacity children have for self calming or soothing, and for separation from their parents. The book is also available in Afrikaans (Slaap Kindjie slaap).

An Introduction

Are you suffering from sleep deprivation because your baby will just not sleep through the night? Have you tried everything and reached the end of your tether? Then this is the title you've been waiting for.

 

Written by the acclaimed authors of Baby sense, it offers the same simple, sensible solutions to ensure you and your baby will get a good night's sleep by establishing healthy sleeping habits.

 

The book will help you learn to set the stage for sleep with;

  • realistic expectations
  • appropriate sensory experiences during the day
  • the right sleep zone
  • the elimination of hunger or medical reasons for night wakings
  • healthy and sufficient day sleeps
  • good sleep associations to prime your baby for independent night soothing and teach him to re-settle by himself
  • solutions for separation issues.

In addition sleep sense offers an age-related trouble shooting section where desperate parents will find quick fixes.

 

The sleep sense approach to sleep coaching or training is gentle and based on the natural and age-appropriate capacity your baby has for self calming or soothing, and for separation from you.

 

Baby Sense

Baby Sense bookYour baby's sensory world.

 
 

Toddler Sense

Toddler sense bookYour toddler's sensory world.

 
 

Sleep Sense

Sleep Sense bookSimple steps to a full night's sleep.

 

 

See above for other books by Ann Richardson.