Good Night, Tight: The Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to , Stay A and Wake Up Happy

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Getting a young child to go to and stay a is one of the most challenging aspects of parenting. Yet many parents resign themselves to enduring years of exhaustion. Practical help is not easy to find, and much of the available advice stresses letting even very young babies "cry it out," an option that is not comfortable for many parents. Kim West, known to her clients as The Lady®, has developed an alternative and effective approach that is gentler on both parent and child. West emphasizes that is a learned skill and explains how parents can teach children to , even at an early age. She starts with newborns, showing parents how to avoid problems from the beginning. And she has solutions for older babies and children who have developed poor bedtime, nighttime, or nap time habits. The Lady method—including a gentle, practical, step-by-step program called The Lady Shuffle—has proven effective for hundreds of families. West has spent more than a decade successfully teaching parents how to help their children soundly and independently through the night. She provides specific, achievable guidelines that work, while also taking into account the values, lifestyles, and parenting styles unique to each family. Most parents who adopt The Lady Shuffle see dramatic improvements in a few weeks, if not days. Good Night, Tight contains age-specific chapters from birth through five years old, in which West succinctly outlines what action to take; discusses important developmental changes; provides sample waking, feeding, and napping schedules; advises how to use The Lady Shuffle; and lays out common problems and solutions. Included throughout are real-life testimonies and anecdotes from parents West has assisted. Good Night, Tight also discusses co-ing, bedtime strategies for twins and siblings, and dealing with nightmares and illnesses. West even offers tips on how to minimize disruption when families travel or experience other breaks in routine. Essential reading for any tired parent, or any expectant parent who wants to avoid the pitfalls of lessness, Good Night, Tight offers a practical, gentle, easy-to-follow remedy that will work for all families in need of nights of peaceful slumber.