How Babies Sleep, Sofia Axelrod
How Babies Sleep, Sofia Axelrod
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How Babies Sleep
The Gentle, Science-Based Method to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Author: Sofia Axelrod

Narrator: Natalie Naudus

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Discover the best baby sleep method—gentle, science-backed, and inspired by the latest Nobel Prize–winning research—that shows you how to get your baby to sleep through the night naturally.

Sleep—or the lack of it—is one of the most crucial issues for new parents. Newborn babies typically wake every two to three hours, and there’s nothing bleary-eyed, exhausted parents want more than a night of uninterrupted sleep. But while there’s plenty of advice out there, there is nothing that’s based on the latest cutting-edge research about sleep—until now.

In How Babies Sleep, Sofia Axelrod, PhD—neuroscientist, sleep consultant, and mother of two—introduces the first baby sleep method that is truly rooted in the science of sleep. After having her first child, Axelrod realized that the typical baby sleep advice conflicted with the actual science of sleep, inlcuding the findings from her mentor’s Nobel Prize–winning sleep lab. She developed her transformative method based on the latest discoveries about our body’s circadian clock and how it is disturbed by light and other external stimuli. After seeing incredible results with her own babies, she has since counseled countless families in her groundbreaking method—which works with babies’ needs and helps little ones learn to self-soothe, fall asleep more easily, and stay asleep through the night.

You’ll discover helpful tips that work, and learn: why using a red lightbulb (instead of a regular one) in the nursery at night can minimize wakings; why the age-old advice “don’t wake a sleeping baby” isn’t true; how to create a healthy routine; how to sleep train gently with minimal crying (under two minutes); and so much more in this revolutionary and effective book that will help both you and your baby enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep.

About Sofia Axelrod

Sofia Axelrod, PhD, is a sleep researcher in the laboratory of Michael W. Young, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at the Rockefeller University in New York. She studied in Germany at Eberhard-Karls-University in Tübingen and at Humboldt University in Berlin, where she earned her PhD in biology in 2012. When she is not investigating the molecular basis of sleep, or spending time with her family, she performs classical vocal music on stages across the United States and Europe. Her passion for the science of sleep and her personal experience using this method with her children and friends has inspired her share the How Babies Sleep method with a wider audience through sleep coaching and writing this book. To learn more, please visit SofiaAxelrod.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on August 28, 2020

I picked this one up because it was based in science. There's no doubt the author is very knowledgeable about sleep in fruit flies. I guess it depends on your parenting technique. This was just not for me.......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on September 01, 2022

Read my full review here: [URL not allowed] Another on my list of home stretch reading before my baby is born, I was especially excited about this one because sleep is one of my favorite topics. I absolutely loved reading Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD and made significant......more

Goodreads review by Roz on July 03, 2020

Parenting books are tricky, with a lot of conflicting information coming at you from all angles for the rest of your child's life. I go into parenting books with the caveat that I'm going to learn a few nuggets of information and leave the rest that doesn't serve me behind. The author takes a lot of......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on May 14, 2020

3.5 stars The first few chapters were very scientific and to be honest I almost put the book down because it was just a lot of information (especially for a sleep deprived parent who is at their whit's end). If you can make it past the beginning, then this book will be so helpful. My husband and I i......more

Goodreads review by Efi on April 06, 2021

I usually enjoy the scientific approach in resolving everyday challenges, but putting in correlation your baby’s sleep behavior to fruit flies’ frustrated me. The book was very repetitive, and could be narrowed down to an article- imagine a 250 page book that only stresses out the necessity of ownin......more