How Babies Sleep: A Science-Based Guide to the First 365 Days and Nights

Ball, Helen L.

ISBN 10: 0306834634 / ISBN 13: 9780306834639

Published by Balance, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Babies Sleep: A Science-Based Guide to the First 365 Days and Nights
• Publisher: Balance
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306834634
• ISBN 13: 9780306834639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

From a pioneering infant sleep researcher, this book is a salvation for parents of newborns trying to maintain a nighttime routine.

Over the past century and a half, we have tried to manipulate baby sleep to fit with the rapidly changing nature of adult lives. The mismatch we have created with our babies’ biology is framed as ‘baby sleep problems’, and infants are often ‘treated’ using behavioural and clinical interventions. But it is not baby sleep that needs fixing—only our understanding of it.   
In How Babies Sleep, Helen Ball brings together cutting-edge science, anthropological insight, and 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. It will teach you how to harmonise your needs with those of your infant, and empower you to reject approaches that make you uncomfortable. Feel confident in a strategy that works for you and your family!

About the Author

Helen L. Ball is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre. She pioneers the translation of academic research on infant sleep into evidence for use by parents and healthcare staff via BASIS – the Baby Sleep Information Source website. She serves as Associate Editor of the journal Sleep Health, Chair of the Lullaby Trust Grants Committee, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board. In 2013 Helen received an award for Outstanding Impact in Society from the Economic and Social Research Council, and in 2018 Durham University was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for her research and outreach on parent-infant sleep. This is her first book.