How Babies Sleep - paperback edition
How Babies Sleep: A Factful Guide to the First 365 Days and Nights
Written by pioneering sleep researcher Professor Helen Ball, of the Durham University Sleep Lab, this book brings evidence-based reason and sensibility combined with practical advice to provide parents with everything they need to help them confidently – and sanely – navigate the first 365 night-times with a new baby.
In a world filled with self-proclaimed baby sleep experts, the author is someone who has truly earned this title. Helen Ball is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre. She has over 30 years experience of baby sleep research in addition to the understanding that can only come from raising children herself and is creator of BASIS - the Baby Sleep Information Service.
This book is packed full of information on what constitutes normal baby sleep from biological, evolutionary and cultural perspectives (and the wide range that “normal” covers). It is perhaps surprisingly easy to read given the amount of information it contains and is comprehensively referenced throughout.
Ideas are presented in a kind and friendly way that recognises that babies are individuals and each family has different needs. It is the opposite of the “one size fits all” approach taken by many “experts” that can leave you feeling hopeless when it doesn’t work for your family.
Wherever and however your baby sleeps this book will help you understand your baby's sleep and make informed choices for your own situation.
Author: Professor Helen Ball
Paperback
SKU: 4601
Publisher: Penguin (2 Apr 2026)
ISBN-13: 978-1804948019
12.9 x 2.3 x 19.7cm
336 pages
200g
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