The Happy Sleeper

The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep: Newborn to School Age

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The Happy Sleeper

Written by: Heather Turgeon MFT, Julie Wright MFT, Daniel J. Siegel M.D. -foreword

Narrated by: Heather Turgeon MFT, Julie Wright MFT

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UPDATED IN 2024

Many parents feel pressured to "train" babies and young children to sleep. But kids don't need to be trained to sleep—they're built to sleep. Sleep issues arise when parents (with the best of intentions) over-help or "helicopter parent" at night, overshadowing their baby's innate biological ability to sleep well.

In The Happy Sleeper, child sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright show parents how to be sensitive and nurturing, but also clear and structured so that babies and little kids develop the self-soothing skills they need to:

fall asleep independently
establish a full, 11-12 hour night of sleep
take regular, healthy naps
grow into natural, optimal sleep patterns for day and night.

The Happy Sleeper is a research-based guide to helping children do what comes naturally—sleep through the night.

The Happy Sleeper features a foreword by neuropsychiatrist and popular parenting expert Dr. Daniel Siegel, author of Parenting from the Inside Out and the New York Times bestseller Brainstorm.

*Includes a Bonus PDF with worksheets and charts

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Infants & Toddlers

Parenting & Families

Physical Illness & Disease

Relationships

School-Age Children

Sleep Disorders

Health

Toddler

Infant

Happiness

Helping Baby Sleep

What the critics say

"The Happy Sleeper makes happier parents by unleashing their child’s natural ability to sleep with a sensitive, structured approach based on the authors' combined twenty years of clinical experience." (Dr. Mehmet Oz)

"Clear a space on your bookshelf! You'll be consulting this friendly, research-based guide to the blessings of sleep for you and your little ones for many years to come." (Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk)

“Compassionate, courageous, and creative.... Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright have written a user-friendly, scientifically-informed, practical guide that provides the information and intention you need to cultivate healthy sleeping habits not only for your child, but for yourself as well! Give your children the relationship security they need while also providing them the structure they require to sleep well and thrive.” (From the foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times best-selling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain)

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The book did a fair job of covering the sleep wave. I left with many unanswered questions due though. I think the authors glossed over how children typically react and didn't spend time painting a detailed picture of normalcy. What should I expect? What signals that the methods doesn't work? Or perhaps the method is infallible?