Cynthia MacGregor - The Everything Get Your Baby To Sleep Book: Solve Common Problems So You Can Rest, Too

THE EVERYTHING GET YOUR BABY TO SLEEP BOOK

Solve common problems so you can rest, too

Cynthia MacGregor

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

MacGregor, Cynthia.

The everything get your baby to sleep book / Cynthia Macgregor.

p. cm. (An everything series book)

ISBN 1-59337-356-2

1. Infants Sleep. 2. Infants Care. 3. Sleep disorders in children. I. Title. II. Series: Everything series.

RJ506.S55M33 2005

649.122 dc22

2005011006

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Dear Reader,

My daughter, Laurel, was an easy baby to get to sleep at night, a baby who gave me only a few bad nights of floor-pacing (me), screaming (her), and crying (both of us). As I talked to other parents, though, I learned that many others had a much tougher time of it. The parents who told me these stories were often at their wits' end. Not only were they concerned about their babies not getting enough sleep, but they were also concerned about themselves. It's tough to parent well or work well on three hours' sleep.

In the years since then, I've become an author and getting your baby to sleep is clearly a topic of wide interest. You don't have to be a researcher to figure that out just a mom who's exchanged horror stories with other moms.

So for all parents out there whose babies won't go to sleep, or stay asleep, or have other sleep-related problems, I've written a book that I hope will help.

From now on, when you say Good night to your little one, you can mean it. It will be a good night!

Cynthia MacGregor