Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family

La Leche League International · Diane Wiessinger · Diana West · Linda J. Smith · Teresa Pitman

Jul 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Pam Ward

About this audiobook

Full of mother-wisdom, reassurance, and support, Sweet Sleep is the first book on nights and naps for breastfeeding families. It is a comprehensive how-to guide for making sane and safe decisions on how and where your family sleeps, backed by the latest research in pediatric care. This invaluable resource will help you: ● Sleep better tonight in under ten minutes with the Quick Start guide-and sleep safer every night with the Safe Sleep Seven checklist ● Sort out the facts and fictions of bedsharing and SIDS ● Learn about normal sleep at every age and stage, from newborn to new parent ● Direct your baby toward longer sleep when he's ready ● Tailor your approach to your baby's temperament ● Uncover the hidden costs of sleep training and "cry it out" techniques

About the author

La Leche League International is the most trusted name in breastfeeding information, support, and advocacy. Founded in 1956 by seven intrepid women, La Leche League now has more than 7,000 accredited leaders in sixty-eight countries, and offers phone, online, and in-person consultation to breastfeeding mothers.

Diane Wiessinger is an American breastfeeding advocate, author, and researcher. She is coauthor, with Diana West, Linda Smith, and Teresa Pitman, of La Leche League International's Sweet Sleep Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family.

Diana West is an international board certified lactation consultant in private practice in New Jersey. She is the author of Defining Your Own Success and coauthor of Sweet Sleep.

Linda J. Smith has been a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, and public speaker for more than forty years. She holds a master's degree in public health, is an adjunct instructor in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, and is the author of four textbooks on birth and breastfeeding.

Teresa Pitman has been writing about birth, breastfeeding, and parenting for more than twenty-five years. She cowrote the popular "Steps and Stages" columns in Today's Parent, Canada's national parenting magazine, and has also written for many other magazines, including Mothering, Family Fun, Chatelaine, and More.

Pam Ward has performed in dinner theater, summer stock, and Off-Broadway, as well as in commercials, radio, and film. An experienced narrator, Pam has recorded many titles for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. She is the recipient of an AudioFile Earphones Award and the prestigious Alexander Scourby Award.