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Many parents feel pressured to train babies and young children to sleep but kids dont need to be trained to sleep, theyre built to sleep. Sleep issues arise when parents with the best of intentions over-help or helicopter parent at nightovershadowing their babys 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 young children develop the self-soothing skills they need to Fall asleep independently Sleep through the night Take healthy naps Grow into natural, optimal sleep patterns for day and nightThe Happy Sleeper is a research-based guide to helping children do what comes naturallysleep through the night.
About the Author
Julie Wright, MFT is the co-author of The Happy Sleeper (thehappysleeper.com) , a science-backed guide to helping your baby get a good night's sleep - newborn to school age.Julie and Heather also wrote, Now Say This, The Right Words to Solve Every Parenting Dilemma.She is the creator of one of Los Angeles's best known parenting programs, The Wright Mommy and Me, Mommy, Daddy and Me classes, www.wrightmommy.com, now accessible online to families everywhere. Julie is a psychotherapist whose work focuses on empathic, mindful parenting, attachment, and of course, sleep! She has specialized training and experience in the 0-3 years, training at Cedars Sinai Early Childhood Center and LA Child Guidance Clinic. Julie is dedicated to helping parents avoid feeling torn between choosing good sleep OR secure attachment. Her goal is to help them understand that the two are natural partners. They can have BOTH!Her ideas about sleep and parenting involve giving babies and children the relationship security they need to feel safe, while also giving them space to grow into their innate capacities and develop a sense of competence, autonomy and self confidence.Julie lives in New York City, has an adult son and visits LA often.
