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Sleeping with your baby has been the norm for almost all cultures for almost all ages. Yet, in our modern world, the practice is fraught with questions and guilt. With organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stating that a child should never sleep in an adult bed, parents who cherish the closeness, security, and warmth of cosleeping are finding their hearts at odds with their brains.

This book educates, informs, reassures, and defends the potential benefits of cosleeping and how to do it safely. This book is available in several languages: Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Coming soon in Turkish, Slovenian and Russian! See below for more
details.

The book ($14.95) is available in English, Spanish and Dutch, and there is a further abridged version ($5.95), The Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby, available in English.

Coming Soon in Turkish!

Bebeğinizle
Birlikte
Uyumak

ISBN 10: 1-
930775-64-4

Coming Soon in Slovenian!

Spanje z
dojenčkom

ISBN 10: 1-
930775-65-2

Coming Soon in Russian!

 

ISBN-10: 1-
930775-68-7

Coming Soon in Spanish!

Una Guía Breve
para Dormir con
Su Bebé Sin
Peligro

ISBN:1-930775-
53-9

In this abridged version of our award-winning book, Sleeping with Your Baby, a world-wide recognized infant sleep authority provides the latest information on the potential scientific benefits of cosleeping. The booklet instructs parents on how to create safe sleep environments. Complete with safety sleep checklists and sections on minimizing hazards and risks, this booklet explains why and how to sleep with your baby. The Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby contains all the key facts from Sleeping with Your Baby in an accessible and attractive format.

This booklet is also available in Spanish. See below for more details.

James J. McKenna
Author, of Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping
Professor James J. McKenna, Ph.D. is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce CSC Chair in Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. He also directs the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University. He has published extensively on infant sleep, breastfeeding, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and the evolution of human behavior with special emphasis on the differences between the behavior and physiology of solitary and co-sleeping-breastfeeding mother-baby pairs. His interests include how cultural factors influence infant and childcare practices, which in turn, affect maternal-infant health and well-being. The National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development fund his research. Currently, he is involved in a multi-site USA national prospective project examining first-time teen moms throughout their pregnancies and throughout the first three years of their infants' lives. His articles have appeared in refereed periodicals and academic journals around the world, and he is considered one of the leading authorities on scientific studies of infant-parent co-sleeping and breastfeeding, especially bed-sharing, having been the first to study the practice.

"Cosleeping is one of the most delicious experiences in parenting, and Dr. McKenna's carefully research and thoughtful advice separates the myths from the marvelous reality." - Harvey Karp, M.D. "Should be required reading for everyone who cares for mothers and infants!" - Peter J. Fleming, M.D., Ph.D. He can be reached at Jim@PlatypusMedia.com.

“Thank you, Dr. McKenna, for providing every parent with food for thought ... and for offering recommendations for every safe sleeping setting.”

— Miriam H Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Dr. McKenna clearly differentiates cultural bias from science in a very balanced and readable way, so that parents are empowered to make the correct choices for themselves regarding safe bedsharing and cosleeping.”

— Nancy E. Wight, MD, IBCLC,
Medical Director,
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women