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Best-selling author and sleep expert, Kim West, also-known-as The Sleep Lady, joins us with me today to share her advice specifically for newborn sleep. Spoiler alert, we are talking about alternatives to “cry-it-out”. In this episode and Kim walks us through a more gentle approach. You’re going to hear us reference her book, The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide.  

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why cry-it-out is NOT recommended for newborns
• The four main factors of sleep: Feeding, Attachment, Soothing, and Temperament
• Best tips for soothing newborns and infants
• How to transition from the hospital to those first few days at home
• How long do newborns typically sleep?
• Should we wake our babies to feed?
• How to recognize baby's hunger cues
• How to not get "nap trapped"
• How can moms lower the risk of SIDS
• Taking care of mom's mental and physical health

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KIM WEST, MSW, is a mother of two daughters and a Clinical Social Worker (which is a child and family therapist) for over 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, she has personally helped over 20,000 tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post.

Kim is the author of three books: The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy, The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook and The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs. Her first book The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight is in its third edition and has sold over 140,000 paperback copies.

Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching while knowing Kim could not help everyone herself, she started the Gentle Sleep Coach® Training and Certification program in 2010—the first and most comprehensive training program in the world. This program was the start to what is now a global industry: Baby and Child Sleep Consultants. To date, the Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification program is available in 2 languages.

You can find her free sleep guides and resources at sleeplady.com.

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