Why Won't You Sleep?!

“Macall and Kim beautifully sum up the experiences of sleep struggles for a kiddo who just won’t sleep. If you want real strategies without being told you must be doing something ‘wrong, ’ then this is the book for you.” –Madeleine Cushman, LMHC, infant mental health counselor

“A book that acknowledges the crucial role of temperamental style in many sleepless babies … [the authors] take the reader step-by-step through the program … prioritizing the parent and child’s emotional bond.” –Sean C. McDevitt, PhD, child psychologist and founder of Behavioral-Developmental Initiatives

“I wish I’d had this book when my livewire young adult (who has two livewire parents) was young! Understanding our kid’s behaviors through the lens of the nervous system–including unique temperament–brings so much more compassion and patience for both them and ourselves! Macall and Kim generously offer the reader an attunement-focused, science-based, practical approach to helping our little ones get what they need so their brilliance can shine through.” –Robyn Gobbel, MSW, author of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors

Macall Gordon has a master’s degree in applied psychology from Antioch University in Seattle with a research-based specialization in infant mental health, sleep advice, and parenting culture. She also has a BS in human biology from Stanford University. She is a senior lecturer in the graduate counseling psychology program at Antioch University. She has conducted and presented her own research on temperament, sleep, and parenting advice at infant and child development conferences around the world. She has been a featured speaker at national sleep conferences and has led webinar-based advanced training for sleep coaches, mental health providers, and others on the impact of temperament on sleep. She is a certified Gentle Sleep Coach (trained by Kim West) and a featured provider on the women’s telehealth platform. She comes to this work because she had two sensitive, alert, intense children, and she didn’t sleep for 18 years.

Kim West, MSW, is a mom of two who has been a practicing child and family social worker for over 25 years. She has personally helped over twenty thousand families all over the world gently teach their children how to fall asleep–and fall back asleep without leaving them to cry it out alone. She started training Gentle Sleep Coaches internationally in 2010 and has appeared as a child sleep expert on numerous magazines, newspapers, and television programs including Dr. Phil, TODAY, and Good Morning America.