The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

Winner of Disney’s iParenting Media Award for Best Product “Easy naptime solutions that really work--without any tears.” Kathy Lynn, President,Parenting Today “Naps: Children need them. Parents want them. Here are the tools to make them happen.” Maureen A. Doolan Boyle, Executive Director,MOST (Mothers of Supertwins), Inc. Does your child: nap only in your arms, a sling, a swing, or the car? - require elaborate rituals before sleeping? - get fussy, act cranky, or have tantrums due to lack of sleep? - take very short naps--or none at all? Naps are important to a child's mood, well-being, and development. The No-Cry Nap Solution offers you a proven formula to allow your baby, toddler, or preschooler to get daily restorative rest. You'll learn gentle, loving, tear-free techniques, developed by world-renowned parenting expert Elizabeth Pantley and tested by hundreds of families around the world, guaranteed to help you: Convince any child to nap every day - Effortlessly settle your child for naptime in his or her own bed - Turn short, fitful naps into long, peaceful ones - Establish a nap schedule that works for you and your child - Easily adapt nap routines to your child's developing needs - Confidently deal with sudden changes, nap strikes, and travel Elizabeth Pantley's insights and practical strategies have helped countless parents around the world. Her ideas are easy to adopt in your home because they are based on common sense, science and the wisdom of experience. She deserves our thanks for providing reassurance and everyday advice and for helping us to become more effective as parents. She inspires us to build homes filled with warmth, love, kindness and respect. ~ Tim Seldin President, the Montessori Foundation; Chair, The International Montessori Council, and author of How To Raise An Amazing Child Elizabeth Pantley is the president of Better Beginnings, Inc., a parent education company, and is a regular radio show and internet show guest and featured expert. Her newsletters and articles are distributed worldwide.She has been quoted in such magazines as Parents , Parenting , Woman’s Day , Mother & Baby , Today's Parent , and Good Housekeeping . Elizabeth is the mother of four. Visit her website at pantley.com/elizabeth. I thought I knew everything there was to know about naps, since I've written two other books about children and sleep, but I was shocked and amazed at the new information I discovered while writing this book. I set out on this venture knowing that parents struggle getting their children to nap. Everyone knows that children need naps, but the biological reasons behind this will convince you, without a doubt, that you should do everything you can to provide your baby or young child with daily nap time. It is common knowledge that when a child misses a nap he gets cranky, but you will be intrigued to learn the actual reasons why this happens.    Naps take only a few hours of time, but naps - or lack of naps - shape all twenty-four hours of your child's day. Naps influence his mood, behavior, health, and even brain development. An appropriate nap schedule is a vital component for your child's healthy, happy life. When you consider all of this, you'll also understand that your child's naps - or lack of naps - can affect all 24 hours of your day, as well as your child's.  This book will provide you with information about napping and an assortment of solutions that you can pick from to solve all your child's napping problems. Elizabeth is a mother of four, parenting expert, and author of eleven popular parenting books, available in twenty-six languages, including the best-selling No-Cry Solution series. She writes on topics such as sleep, separation anxiety, discipline, and picky eating. Visit her blog at elizabethpantley.com the no-cry nap solution Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems By Elizabeth Pantley McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2009 Better Beginnings, Inc. All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-07-159695-4 Contents Chapter One Part 1 Nap Magic Naps The Key to a Happy, Healthy Child Naps take only a few hours of time, but they shape all twenty-four hours of your child's day. The quality and quantity of your child's naps influence his mood, behavior, health, and brain development. Naps can affect how cheerful your child is when she wakes up in the morning, whether or not she whines, fusses, and has tantrums all day, and how easily she'll go to bed at night. An appropriate nap schedule is a vital component for your child's healthy, happy life. When you consider all of this, you'll understand that your child's naps—or lack of naps—can affect all twenty-four hours of your day as well as your child's. I thought I knew everything there was to know about naps, since I've written two other books and countless articles about children and sleep, but I was shocked and amazed at the new information I discovered while writin