Sleep Without the Stress: Your Baby's First Year Sleep Guide

If you're a new parent drowning in conflicting sleep advice, waking up every hour wondering if you're doing it right, and desperately Googling "is this normal?" at 3 a.m., this guide is for you. The first year of your baby's life is filled with sleep questions—from safe sleep basics that keep your little one protected, to navigating naps, night wakings, and those inevitable sleep regressions that nobody warned you about. Inside this guide, you'll find clear, bite-sized strategies drawn from evidence-based practices and real-world parenting experience. You'll learn exactly how to create a safe sleep environment that follows current recommendations, establish age-appropriate routines that actually work, and troubleshoot common sleep challenges without losing your mind. No fluff, no judgment, no one-size-fits-all formulas that ignore your baby's unique temperament. Sharon Mazel has spent years translating complex parenting research into practical, digestible advice that real parents can use. As co-author of What to Expect and creator of Bite-Sized Parenting, she knows that what exhausted parents need most isn't another 400-page sleep encyclopedia—it's clear guidance you can read in one sitting and start using tonight. This guide gives you the confidence to make informed sleep decisions for your family, so you can spend less time worrying and more time resting.