Good Nights - The Happy Parents’ Guide to the Family Bed

Good Nights puts your concerns about the family bed to rest, with fun and easy-to use guidance on safety, copying with criticism, and even keeping the spark in your marriage (albeit outside the bedroom). With warmth and humor, Dr. Jay Gordon, who has endorsed the family bed for decades, and Maria Goodavage, a former USA Today staff writer with sleep training research, give you every thing you'll need in order to thrive-and, at times, simply survive-with the family bed. With its perfect blend of science and common sense, Good Nights is poised to become the new best friend and must-have accessory of all new parents.

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Review from Library Journal
Parents of babies and toddlers hope for a good night's rest after a demanding day, but they rarely get it. Books like Richard Ferber's Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems argue that if bedtime becomes a problem, parents should put children in their own beds and let them cry it out. Here, pediatrician Gordon (UCLA Medical School Assistant Clinical Professor) and former USA Today writer Goodavage offer a gentler approach: put kids in the "family bed" every night, they say. Children will feel secure and happy, Mom can nurse without getting out of bed, Dad will relax, and a good night's rest for all will follow. Covered in full are "beducation," the problems that may arise, how to childproof the bed, dealing with intimacy, and coping with "naysayers." The text also offers reassuring comments from current and past family bedders. Skeptical? So was this reviewer, but the authors conducted impressive research and present it convincingly. Though not for everyone, this book provides a good alternative to dealing with those difficult "night nights."

Recommended. Annette V. Janes, Hamilton, MA
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