The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Without Leaving Them to Cry it Out

Written by Kim West and Joanne Kenen

Narrated by Chloe Cannon

The go-to guide to getting infants and toddlers to fall and stay asleep, completely revised and updated

Kim West, LCSW-C, known to her clients as The Sleep Lady®, has developed an alternative and effective approach to helping children learn to gently put themselves to sleep without letting them "cry it out" -- an option that is not comfortable for many parents.

Essential reading for any tired parent, or any expectant parent who wants to avoid the pitfalls of sleeplessness, Good Night, Sleep Tight offers a practical, easy-to-follow remedy that will work for all families in need of nights of peaceful slumber! New material and updates include:

• New yoga recommendations
• Updated information for parents of young infants
• Expanded information on nighttime potty training
• Ending co-sleeping
• Sleep training for twins and multiples

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: Mar 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781549123917

Kim West

KIM WEST is a mother of two and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been a practicing child and family therapist for 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady by her clients, over the past 20 years she has helped tens of thousands of tired parents all over the world get a good night's sleep without letting their children cry it out alone. Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil Show, Today, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, and CNN. Kim is also the author of The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight, The Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook, and 52 Sleep Secrets for Babies. Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching, she started training Gentle Sleep Coaches all over the world in 2010.

Reviews for The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight

[sirk.bronstad · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Almost nauseatingly repetitive, as all train-your-kids books tend to be. But it made a lot of sense and worked for us.

[pam8enser · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book will improve life. It's already been a couple of days an I already see an improvement in her sleeping. We've already given up middle of the night feedings. The only issue with the book is the lack of problem solving advice for napping. Otherwise I've been really happywith this. I couldn't handle CIO because she would be screaming but this is much less stressful on both of us.

[donnerlibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight, Kim West provides a lot of information on the science of sleep as well as a program to teach children from newborn to age five how to sleep better on their own. The first four chapters provide a great foundation for understanding how children sleep and why it is so important to help teach them to self-soothe and to not rely on their parents to help them get to sleep in the middle of the night. Although I read the majority of the book for the purpose of doing this review, most people could then skip to the chapter that corresponds to the age of their child as much of that information is repetitive, simply adapted slightly for different age groups. The last section of the book also has some chapters that everyone should probably read on medical issues that can cause sleep difficulty, dealing with breaks in the normal routine, and taking care of mom and dad. The chapters about co-sleeping and twins and siblings will also be helpful for many families.

One thing I loved about this book was all the stories from parents about how the Sleep Lady method has worked for them. It helped me know that I was not alone in not starting out quite right and showing me that we can still work with Elizabeth to develop better sleep habits. The stories also show how easily the Sleep Lady Method can be adapted for different parenting styles.

West places a heavy emphasis on having a schedule and routines to help the child know when it is time to eat, sleep, and play. This gives the child a sense of security in knowing what is coming and what is expected of them West also acknowledges the need for some flexibility in these schedules and often directs parents to follow their instincts about what will work best for their child.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book for new parents or for parents who need help with their child's sleeping. Obviously, the earlier you start working on a child's sleep the easier it will be but West demonstrates success with her method with preschoolers as well. She packs a lot of information and advice into the book and it may be hard to remember it all for a sleep deprived parent but West breaks it down and makes it sound manageable.

[justy_7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I got a lot of good ideas from this book. It helped me to move out of my son's room and to the end of the hallway while he is falling asleep. Soon I hope to be able to say goodnight and walk away. I will refer to this book as I walk the "sleep modifying" path.