Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping

Author: James J. McKenna, PhD

Co-sleeping, or sleeping with your baby, has been the norm for almost all cultures through the ages. This informative book dispels the myths about co-sleeping and tells you why and how to sleep with your baby. Many parents want the closeness, warmth and security of having their baby with them in bed. Yet, there are important things to know to create a thriving and safe family bed. As the director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at Notre Dame University, author James J. McKenna, PhD. is in a unique position to relay the latest information on the scientific benefits of co-sleeping as well as the latest information on minimizing hazards and risks.