Additional Resources

Nighttime Parenting

Articles

• Babies Need Their Mothers Beside Them by James J. McKenna, Ph.D.
• The Benefits of Co-Sleeping by Attachment Parenting International (API)
• Co-Sleeping & Suffocation: A Response to the Consumer Product & Safety Commission Study by Attachment Parenting International (API)
• Cultural Influences on Infant and Childhood Sleep by James J.McKenna Ph.D.
• Safe Cosleeping by Dr. Jay Gordon
• Societal Influences on Sleep Research by Barbara Nicholson, Attachment Parenting International
• Ten Reasons to Sleep Next to Your Child at Night by Jan Hunt

  Books

Titles marked with an asterisk are on the API Bibliography dated March, 2006.

• *Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights: Why Your Baby Is Crying and What You Can Do About It, Revised Edition (1992) Sandy Jones
• *The Family Bed: An Age-Old Concept in Child Rearing (1987) by Tine Thevenin
• *Good Nights: The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (And a Peaceful Night's Sleep) (2002) by Jay Gordon, Maria Goodavage
• *Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep (1999) William Sears MD
• The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears
• *SIDS: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (1996) by William Sears MD
• *Sweet Dreams: A Pediatrician’s Secrets for Baby’s Good Night’s Sleep (2000) by Paul Fleiss MD
• *Three in a Bed: The Benefits of Sharing Your Bed With Your Baby (1999) by Deborah Jackson

Books for Children

Titles marked with an asterisk are on the API Bibliography dated March, 2006.

• *The Biggest Bed in the World (2000) by Lindsay Camp
• *The Cuddlers (1993) by Stacy Towle Morgan, Marvin Jarboe (Illustrator) 

  Websites

• Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory

Note: Inclusion on this page does not imply API endorsement or affiliation with the above organizations or authors. While these resources contain valuable information, they may also include some passages that do not follow Attachment Parenting philosophy.  Please use your own discretion in reading these resources or any parenting philosophy. 8/30/06