Conner Herman - The Dream Sleeper: A Three-Part Plan for Getting Your Baby to Love Sleep

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This is the sleep book parents have been hoping to find! Sleep is one of the most important issues families face, and now youll know just what to doand feel good about it. The Dream Sleeper: A Three-Part Plan for Getting Your Baby to Love Sleep offers effective, comforting solutions to the question, How can I help my baby (and my family) to get good sleep?

Alan Greene, MD, FAAP author, Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green

No need for stacks of books on the subject with Kira and Conner on your team! The Dream Sleeper offers every parent the knowledge, reassurance, and confidence needed for you and your new baby to navigate the challenging terrain of sleep.

Dr. Ingrid Schweiger, psychotherapist and author, Self-Esteem for a Lifetime

Written in a supportive and engaging style, this book is brimming with sound advice and practical pointers. I would recommend this book to new parents as well as to those who are already bleary, teary, or weary eyed!

Andrew Adesman, MD, developmental pediatrician; author, BabyFacts: The Truth About Your Childs Health from Newborn Through Preschool

Our moms absolutely love Dream Teams sleep advice. Kira and Conner are caring, down-to-earth, and their approach works. Our own kids are a testament to that.

Risa Goldberg and Leslie Venokur, founders, Big City Moms

Copyright 2012 by Conner Herman and Kira Ryan. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Herman, Conner, date.

The dream sleeper : a three-part plan for getting your baby to love sleep / Conner Herman and Kira Ryan and the expert advisors of Dream Team Baby.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-01842-2 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-118-18144-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-18145-4 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-18146-1 (ebk)

1. InfantsSleep. 2. Parent and infant. 3. InfantsDevelopment. I. Ryan, Kira, date. II. Dream Team Baby (Firm). III. Title.

BF720.S53H47 2012

649'.122dc23

2011044982

To John, Emilia, Carter, and Charlotte. Im so lucky to have each of you in my life. Thank you for all that you give me and teach me every day. Your smiles and hugs were the sustenance that helped us get this book into the world. Without all of you, so much would not be possibleor fun. I love you with all of my heart.Kira Ryan

To my husband, Brad; our children, Wyatt, McCoy, and Everett; my father, Richard Wyatt, who basically moved into our home so we could finish this book; my mother, Marcia Wyatt, who let my father move in with us; and my in-laws, Sally and Steve Herman, who are always there when I need them. You are the most patient and selfless family I could ever ask for. Thank you for your understanding and belief in me. Without your confidence and support, this book, and our business, would not exist. I love all of you.Conner Herman