The No-cry Sleep Solution (80 page)

Unusual situations, 186–87

Solid feeding, 50

U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Soothing pats, 150

Commission, xvi

Sounds, newborns, 84–85

on co-sleeping, 37

Strollers, 31

U.S. Public Health Service, 29

Stuffed toys, 34, 117–19

Success and sleep plan, 181–82

Vanzant, Iyanla, 14

Sucking-to-sleep association, older

Verbally soothing baby, 150

babies, 126–29

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Waking for night feedings, 75–76

(SIDS), xvi, 29–33

Warm beds, 85

Swaddling, 31, 83

Warmth while sleeping, 33

Sweet Dreams
(Fleiss and

Windows and night sleeping, 120

Hodges), 6

Working parents

older babies, 104–5

Talking in sleep, 202

Worrying about sleep, 228

Teething, 187–89

Ten-day nap log, 174

Yesterday, I Cried
(Vanzant), 14

About the Author

Parenting educator Elizabeth Pantley is president of Better Beginnings, Inc., a family resource and education company.

Elizabeth frequently speaks to parents in schools, hospitals, and parent groups, and her presentations are received with enthusiasm and praise.

She is a regular radio show guest and frequently quoted as a parenting expert in magazines such as
Parents
,
Parenting
,
Working Mother
,
Woman’s Day
,
Good Housekeeping
,
McCalls
, and
Redbook
and on more than fifty parent-directed websites. She publishes a newsletter,
Parent Tips
, that is distributed in schools nationwide, and she is the author of three previous parenting books:

•
Hidden Messages: What Our Words and Actions Are
Really Telling Our Children

•
Perfect Parenting: The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips

•
Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Plead-ing & Get Kids to Cooperate

Her most recent credits include
The Successful Child: What
Parents Can Do to Help Kids Turn Out Well
(Little, Brown and Company), a joint effort with Dr. William and Martha Sears.

She and her husband, Robert, live in the state of Washing-ton with their four children, Grama (Elizabeth’s mother), and assorted family pets. She is an involved participant in her children’s school and sports activities and has served in positions as varied as softball coach and school PTA president.

All four of her children sleep through the night.

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• Copyright
  
• Contents
  
• Foreword
  
  • A Note from Author Elizabeth Pantley
    
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction
  
  • How This Book Will Help You
    
  • Cry It Out
    
  • Renewed Resolve, but Tired Nonetheless
    
  • I Know Because I’ve Been There
    
  • Success, Day by Day
    
  • Use This Book However It Is Helpful to You
    
  • My Test Mommies
    
  • How Long Will It Take for Your Baby to Sleep?
    
  • The Test Mommies’ Experiences
    
  • You Can Sleep, Too
    
• Part I Ten Steps to Helping Your Baby Sleep All Night
  
  • Chapter 1 Do a Safety Check
    
    • Safety First
      
    • The Foremost Safety Worry: SIDS
      
    • General Sleeping Safety Precautions for All Families
      
    • General Safety Precautions for Cradles and Cribs
      
    • General Safety Precautions for Co-Sleeping
      
  • Chapter 2 Learn Basic Sleep Facts
    
    • How Do We Sleep?
      
    • How Do Babies Sleep?
      
    • What Is a Sleep Problem?
      
    • How Much Sleep Do Babies Need?
      
    • What About Nighttime Feedings?
      
    • What Are Realistic Expectations?
      
    • What Is the Right Way to Teach a Baby to Sleep?
      
  • Chapter 3 Create Your Sleep Logs
    
    • Let’s Get Started!
      
  • Chapter 4 Review and Choose Sleep Solutions
    
    • Part One: Solutions for Newborn Babies—Birth to Four Months
      
    • Part Two: Solutions for Older Babies—Four Months to Two Years
      
  • Chapter 5 Create Your Personal Sleep Plan
    
  • Chapter 6 Follow Your Plan for Ten Days
    
    • What If You Can’t Do It All?
      
    • The Road to Success Is Really More Like a Dance
      
  • Chapter 7 Do a Ten-Day Log
    
  • Chapter 8 Analyze Your Success
    
    • Evaluate Your Sleep Plan
      
    • If Your Baby Is Now Sleeping Through the Night (Five or More Consecutive Hours)
      
    • If You Have Seen Some Success
      
    • If You Haven’t Seen Any Positive Changes
      
    • Moving Forward with Your Sleep Plan
      
  • Chapter 9 Follow Your Plan for Ten More Days
    
    • Every Baby Is Different; Every Family Is Different
      
    • How Long Is This Going to Take?
      
    • “I’ve Tried Everything! Nothing Works! Help!”
      
  • Chapter 10 Complete a Log, Analyze Your Success, and Revise Your Plan as Necessary Every Ten Days
    
    • Keep This Book Handy
      
• Part II Let’s Talk About You
  
  • Chapter 11 Baby’s Sleeping (Finally!) but Mommy ’s Not
    
    • What’s Happening?
      
    • How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
      
  • Chapter 12 Final Thoughts: Mom-to-Mom
    
    • We Ar e Alike
      
    • If You’ve Just Begun
      
    • Living for the Moment?
      
    • Baseball Babies
      
    • Patience, Patience, and Just a Little More Patience
      
• For More Information
  
• Index
  
• About the Author