Gentle sleep book: a guide for calm babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Sarah Ockwell-Smith. 2015.

In this book Sarah Occkwell-Smith, the founder of BabyCalm and ToddlerCalm, offers her gentle prescription for addressing the common sleep problems of newborns to five-year-olds. Treading a carefully balanced line between the needs of sleep-deprived parents and those of the child, Sarah offers reliable, evidence-based advice including: 

• What the evidence really tells us about how long we can expect our children to sleep at each stage of development.
• Why much of the widespread advice on sleep is inaccurate and counterproductive.
• What we can learn from the practices of families in other cultures.
• How to approach common issues including frequent waking, night terrors and night dryness.

Practical suggestions are given for each developmental stage and include creating the perfect sleep environment and bedtime routine, the effect of diet and how to use comfort objects effectively. And because all families are unique, you’ll find lots of in-depth case studies to demonstrate how parents have used the suggestions to address their child’s sleep problems.