The Happy Sleeper: the science-backed guide to helping your baby get a good night's sleep newborn to school age

The Happy Sleeper: the science-backed guide to helping your baby get a good night's sleep is a research-based guide for parents who want to support natural sleep from newborn to school age. It addresses the pressure many families feel to “train” babies and young children, and the time often spent rocking, singing, and coaxing at bedtime.

Child-sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright explain that children are built to sleep, and that well-meaning night-time overhelping can sometimes work against this biological ability. The book sets out ways to avoid and undo sleep habits that become difficult to maintain, offering an approach that aims to be both sensitive and nurturing, while also providing structure.

Key details

• Research-based guide to children’s sleep
• By child-sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright
• Covers newborn to school age
• Focuses on avoiding and reversing unhelpful sleep habits
• Guidance designed to be nurturing as well as structured

Synopsis

The book explores how night-time routines can unintentionally interfere with a child’s natural ability to sleep well. It outlines methods intended to help babies and young children fall asleep independently, sleep through the night, and take healthy naps, with the aim of supporting optimal sleep patterns across day and night.