How to get a Whole Night's Sleep [antikvár]

Introduction Maria, mother of Martha, three and a half, and Jacob, eighteen months: 7 had such a feeling of dread as the night approached. I totally lost confidence in my ability to cope. My God, I used to think, the night's coming. It was a huge problem. We tried everything, early nights, late nights, bringing her in with us in the morning, giving her a bottle of milk - but nothing worked. In the end we did sleep training - and it worked in four nights!' An undisturbed night's sleep - remember it? Or does the memory belong, with evenings out and carefree clothes shopping, to the days before you became a parent? Is bedtime in your home an orderly routine, followed by lights out and silence - or is it an extended battle zone? And wonderful as it is to welcome warm little bodies under the duvet in the small hours, do you ever hanker for extra space to snooze, or for the days when you chose who you slept with? Then join the other millions. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has said there is evidence that one-quarter of all children aged between one and three have severe sleeping problems. According to the Children of the Nineties study two-thirds of parents of eighteen-month-old toddlers were woken