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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.

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The Happy Sleeper makes happier parents by unleashing their child's natural ability to sleep with a sensitive, structured approach based on the author's 20 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, co-author of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Compassionate, courageous and creative, The Happy Sleeper is a book for every parent of a young child to savor in its magnificent exploration of effective strategies for helping children get to bed smoothly and sleep well through the night. 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! --from the foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times -bestselling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain An important resource for parents seeking to give their children a lifetime of quality sleep. Good sleep habits are vital to child development and overall health, and The Happy Sleeper offers real-world strategies for getting children the sleep they need. -- David M. Cloud, CEO, National Sleep Foundation

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, co-author 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 -bestselling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain An important resource for parents seeking to give their children a lifetime of quality sleep. Good sleep habits are vital to child development and overall health, and The Happy Sleeper offers real-world strategies for getting children the sleep they need. -- David M. Cloud, CEO, National Sleep Foundation Solid information on children's brain development and physiology supports a clear and systematic attunement philosophy that strikes a happy balance between cry it out and over-helping. Turgeon and Wright's compassionate but firm system reminds parents that even the smallest infants are already learners, and to be cognizant of what they want to teach. --Publishers Weekly

Compassionate, courageous and creative, The Happy Sleeper is a book for every parent of a young child to savor in its magnificent exploration of effective strategies for helping children get to bed smoothly and sleep well through the night. 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! --from the foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times -bestselling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

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, co-author 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-bestselling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain An important resource for parents seeking to give their children a lifetime of quality sleep. Good sleep habits are vital to child development and overall health, and The Happy Sleeper offers real-world strategies for getting children the sleep they need. -David M. Cloud, CEO, National Sleep Foundation Solid information on children's brain development and physiology supports a clear and systematic attunement philosophy that strikes a happy balance between cry it out and over-helping. Turgeon and Wright's compassionate but firm system reminds parents that even the smallest infants are already learners, and to be cognizant of what they want to teach. -Publishers Weekly

The Happy Sleeper makes happier parents by unleashing their child's natural ability to sleep with a sensitive, structured approach based on the author's 20 years of clinical experience. --Dr. Mehmet Oz Compassionate, courageous and creative, The Happy Sleeper is a book for every parent of a young child to savor in its magnificent exploration of effective strategies for helping children get to bed smoothly and sleep well through the night. 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! --from the foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times -bestselling author of Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

<i><b>The Happy Sleeper</b></i> 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. <b> Dr. Mehmet Oz</b> 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. <b> Adele Faber, co-author of </b><i><b>How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk </b></i> 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. <b> from the foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain</i></b> An important resource for parents seeking to give their children a lifetime of quality sleep. Good sleep habits are vital to child development and overall health, and<i>The Happy Sleeper</i>offers real-world strategies for getting children the sleep they need. <b><i><b>David M. Cloud, CEO, National Sleep Foundation</b></i></b> Solid information on children s brain development and physiology supports a clear and systematic attunement philosophy that strikes a happy balance between cry it out and over-helping. Turgeon and Wright s compassionate but firm system reminds parents that even the smallest infants are already learners, and to be cognizant of what they want to teach. <b> Publishers Weekly</b>

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Heather Turgeon, MFT, is a psychotherapist, a science columnist for the popular online parenting magazine, Babble.com, and a writer for the National Sleep Foundation. Her health and psychology articles have appeared in Salon, The Huffington Post, and The Daily Beast. She is also the mother of two little ones, both of whom sleep happily through the night.   Julie Wright, MFT, is one of Los Angeles's best known parenting group leaders and has taught thousands of moms in her popular ""Wright Mommy and Me"" groups at The Pump Station & Nurtury. She trained at Cedars Sinai Early Childhood Center and co-founded a program for parents and babies, ages 0-3, at the LA Child Guidance Clinic. Julie specializes in attachment theory, infant sleep, and mindful parenting. She also works in a private practice with infants, children, and parents, and is the mother of a well-rested teen.

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