Getting Your Newborn to Sleep Without Cry It Out Method with Kim West, MSW

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Best-selling author and sleep expert, Kim West, also-known-as The
Sleep Lady, joins us with me today to share her advice
specifically for newborn sleep. Spoiler alert, we are talking
about alternatives to “cry-it-out”. In this episode and Kim walks
us through a more gentle approach. You’re going to hear us
reference her book, The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide.
 

In this episode, we talk about:


Why cry-it-out is NOT recommended for newborns

The four main factors of sleep: Feeding, Attachment,
Soothing, and Temperament

Best tips for soothing newborns and infants

How to transition from the hospital to those first few days
at home

How long do newborns typically sleep?

Should we wake our babies to feed?

How to recognize baby's hunger cues

How to not get "nap trapped"

How can moms lower the risk of SIDS

Taking care of mom's mental and physical health



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KIM WEST, MSW, is a mother of two daughters and a Clinical Social
Worker (which is a child and family therapist) for over 25 years.
Known as The Sleep Lady by her clients, she has personally helped
over 20,000 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, Today Show, NBC Nightly News,
Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has
been written about in a number of publications including The Wall
Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The
Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent
and the Washington Post.

Kim is the author of three books: The Sleep Lady’s Good Night,
Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep
Well and Wake Up Happy, The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook and
The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special
Needs. Her first book The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight is
in its third edition and has sold over 140,000 paperback
copies.

Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice
and coaching while knowing Kim could not help everyone herself,
she started the Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification
program in 2010—the first and most comprehensive training program
in the world. This program was the start to what is now a global
industry: Baby and Child Sleep Consultants. To date, the Gentle
Sleep Coach Training and Certification program is available in 2
languages.

You can find her free sleep guides and resources at
sleeplady.com.


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