Provides advice for helping infants sleep, including helping a baby to sleep through the night, weaning a child from a family bed, sleepwalking, nightmares, and teaching children how to get themselves to sleep.
Kim West, known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, has helped more than a thousand parents learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child’s important sleep cues and behaviors, and gently create changes that promote and preserve healthy sleep habits. Kim, a mother of two and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), has been a practicing social worker for more than twelve years. She received her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. Kim lives with her family in Maryland.
Joanne Kenen is a journalist and mother of two who first met Kim West professionally while seeking a remedy for her younger son's sleep difficulties. Joanne graduated from Harvard University, then went on to report from Latin America and the Caribbean, New York, and Miami before settling in Washington, D.C. For the past ten years she has been a Washington, D.C.–based writer, specializing in U.S. politics, health care, and health policy. Joanne lives with her husband and their sons outside of Washington, D.C. and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), has been a practicing social worker for more than twelve years. She received her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. Kim lives with her family in Maryland.