Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to SleepParenting is a full-time, twenty-four-hour-a-day job. Nighttime Parenting was written to make that job easier and to help the whole family -- mother, father, baby -- sleep better. It helps parents understand why babies sleep differently than adults, offers solutions to nighttime problems, and even describes how certain styles of nighttime parenting can aid in child spacing and lower the risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). |
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Nighttime Parenting (Revised): How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep William Sears Limited preview - 1999 |
Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep William Sears (M.D.) No preview available - 1999 |
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