More and more frequently, we trade sleep for social engagements or squeeze in extra work or technology-fueled entertainment. If you pick yourself up a copy of Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps… and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind by Nick Littlehales, you will read how the advent of the light bulb, modern work patterns and pressures, and smartphones have all combined to massively compromise our sleeping habits and the amount and quality of rest we get. The modern world and its lifestyles are not helpful for promoting sufficient and high-quality sleep. What is vitally more important is how we can impact their behaviors in the many more hours that we are not guiding and coaching them. Those of us working in sports performance know that the real challenge is not what we can get our athletes to do in our limited contact hours with them. Kobo eBook (Spanish) (February 8th, 2022): $13.Insufficient, disturbed, or poor-quality sleep is a major issue that afflicts many of us in the modern world-athletes, coaches, and Joe Public alike.McKenna is a sought-after speaker at medical, parenting, and policy conferences around the world. A leading authority on breastfeeding in relationship to SIDS and bedsharing safety, Dr. 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. 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. McKenna directed the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame for 22 years. Complete with resource listings for both parents and professionals, this book teaches you how to confidently choose a safe sleeping arrangement as unique as your family.ĭr. McKenna himself, is based on the inherent biological connection between breastfeeding and infant sleep, and provides readers with everything they need to know about safely sharing a bed with their baby. These include variations of roomsharing and bedsharing, and introduce the concept of "breastsleeping." This term, coined by Dr. This book offers a range of options and safety tips for your family's ideal cosleeping arrangement. Mckenna informs readers about the dangers of following over-simplified recommendations against the age-old practice, and encourages parents to trust their knowledge and instincts about what is and is not safe for their baby. With the latest information on the abundant scientific benefits of cosleeping, Dr. So, why do current medical guidelines insist that cosleeping is unsafe? What is the difference between SIDS and SUID, and are they related to cosleeping? What should parents do to make a safe sleep space for their infant? If a family chooses to cosleep, how should they respond to reproach from friends, family, or medical professionals? In Safe Infant Sleep, the world's authority on cosleeping breaks down the complicated political and social aspects of sleep safety, exposes common misconceptions, and compares current recommendations to hard science. Despite mainstream opposition, thousands of parents continue the practice, whether intentionally, accidentally, or out of necessity. Cosleeping, a term which encompasses sleeping in the same room or on the same bed as your infant, is a common parental instinct driven by physiology and seen throughout human history. Parents who cherish the closeness, security, and warmth of cosleeping are finding themselves conflicted, concerned, and exhausted. Health professionals broadly discourage all forms of cosleeping, which, along with the potentially devastating consequences, makes deciding how and where your baby should sleep both confusing and frightening. In the world of pediatric care, sleep safety guidelines are controversial and often misguided.
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