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The only sleep book for parents of alert, fussy, intense, sensitive children

There are so many sleep training methods and they all promise “easy” and “quick” results.

 

For many, these methods work like the books say and without a ton of drama.

 

However . . .

 

For many of you exhausted parents, crying-based methods have not been quick or easy or effective. In fact, none of the methods have worked like the books promised.

 

I am willing to bet, dear pooped-out parent, that you have a little one who is more alert, intense, persistent, and perceptive than other children you know (or other children you have). I am guessing that when it comes to sleep, they put up a much, much bigger fight.

 

These "little livewires" require a whole different mindset and approach. This book offers a working understanding of how temperament impacts sleep and game-changing strategies to finally move the needle on the dumpster fire that sleep is now.

Doesn't that sound AMAZING?

"This is one of those "life-changing" books you sometimes stumble upon as a parent.
It will speak to you in a way no other book
on the market right now has spoken
to parents of kids like ours."

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About the Authors

Macall Gordon, M.A.

Macall is a researcher, speaker, and author specializing in the link between temperament and sleep and on the research foundations of parenting advice on sleep. She has a master’s degree in Applied Psychology from Antioch University and a B.S. in Human Biology from Stanford University. She trained with Kim West (see below) as a certified Gentle Sleep Coach and has practiced since 2016. She is also a Featured Provider with the women’s telehealth platform, Maven Clinic.

She comes to this work because she had two sensitive, alert, intense children, and she didn’t sleep for 18 years.

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Kim West, M.S.W.

Kim is a mom of two who has been a practicing child and family social worker for over twenty-five years. She has personally helped over twenty thousand families all over the world gently teach their children how to fall asleep -- and fall back asleep without leaving them to cry it out alone. She started training Gentle Sleep Coaches internationally in 2010 and has appeared as a child sleep expert in numerous magazines and newspapers and on television programs including Dr. Phil, The TODAY Show, and Good Morning America. ​

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WHY WON'T YOU SLEEP?!

A sleep book focused on your alert, intense, sensitive, brilliant, handful of a child . 

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