Safe Infant Sleep

An amazing book by the world’s leading expert on mother-infant sleep. It beautifully describes how infant sleep practices can contribute to your baby’s safety and development. This book is a must-read for every new parent!–Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D, co-author of Breastfeeding Made Simple and The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep
Dr. McKenna has earned a kind of credibility that is rare, even unheard of, in the world of parenting advice. He lays out all the evidence and then lets families decide what is best for them. Read this book and become informed, and then pick up your baby, crawl in bed with them, or not, and sleep safely.–Meredith F. Small Ph.D, Professor Emerita at Cornell University
This is a very detailed and comprehensive narrative about everything to do with cosleeping, through the unique lens of a dedicated academic who has devoted most of his professional career to this topic. Parents who are keen to understand the historical controversies around cosleeping, and to know more about how SIDS epidemiology and sleep science are conducted, will find much to think about here.–Helen Ball Ph.D, Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre
This is the most important book you will ever buy or give as a gift to new parents.–Jay Gordon M.D., Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. McKenna’s research proves what mothers the world over have known for centuries–that something beautiful happens to mothers and babies when they share sleep. He helps parents feel empowered to choose the right sleeping arrangement for their family. Safe Infant Sleep is must-read for every expectant and new parent, and belongs in the required reading library of every babycare advisor.–William Sears, M.D., pediatrician, health consultant seen on television programs including 20⁄20, Good Morning America, Oprah, Today, The View, and Dr. Phil, co-author of The Baby Book, The Breastfeeding Book, and The Attachment Parenting Book.
Once you have read James McKenna’s satisfying and intuitive book, you will finally get a good night’s sleep: He will free you of worrying about ‘creating bad sleep habits’ and help you stop feeling unsure about breastfeeding your baby to sleep.–Jack Newman, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., I.B.C.L.C., and Andrea Polokova, M.A., M.Ed., co-authors of Breastfeeding: Empowering Parents

Dr. James J. McKenna directed the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame for 22 years. He pioneered the world’s first studies of the physiology and behavior of cosleeping mothers and infants, and has published over 140 scientific articles in medical and anthropological journals on the topics of cosleeping, breastfeeding, evolutionary medicine, and SIDS. He has also authored several books, including Ancestral Landscapes in Human Evolution, Evolutionary Medicine, Sleeping With Your Baby, and Researching the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: The Role of Ideology in Biomedical Science. A leading authority on breastfeeding in relationship to SIDS and bedsharing safety, Dr. McKenna is a sought-after speaker at medical, parenting, and policy conferences around the world. He lives in San Diego, California.

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