The Tresillian Sleep Book: Expert advice on how to help your baby to sleep - from Australia's most trusted parent support organisation

by Tresillian

Gentle, expert advice for tired parents of babies and young children - from Australia's largest and most trusted parent-support group.

Tresillian helps thousands of Aussie parents with their babies' sleep issues every year. Their gentle settling methods are informed by expert knowledge and deep experience. This book covers sleep and settling from birth to the preschool years, sharing simple ways to help your baby or young child establish sleep cycles as they grow, while offering guidance and solutions for the sleep problems that parents of newborns to 5-year-olds struggle with. It With plenty of stories from parents who share what worked for them, this comprehensive guide will help babies and young children - and their parents - get those much-needed zzz.

304 pages, Paperback

Published February 25, 2020

Reviews

[Mariah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some helpful advice, but overall very repetitive.

There was one particular vignette about responsive settling that really bothered me and completely turned me off that approach to infant sleep for my own child. It was celebrated that a mother was able to get her infant to sleep through the night by letting them cry to the point of vomiting as they stood outside the bedroom door. Instead of offering the infant any real comfort, the mother went into the room to change the infant's clothes, settled them, then left them in the room on their own again, only to repeat this process several times until the infant eventually fell asleep from exhaustion. This was supposedly under the guidance of one of the nurses at the Tresillian centre. I almost can't believe that such a well-regarded organisation would support such a harsh method of sleep training while condemning other forms that essentially ask parents to do the same thing.

[Rina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had a lot of useful info about sleep settling for babies. They were mostly pretty common sense, but would be helpful for new parents (like me).

I found the content to be quite repetitive from chapter to chapter, perhaps because the book was more designed to be read as required and not sequential. There were a lot of ‘Tresillian recommends …’ mentioned in the book, I’m guessing this meant there were a lot of different ways to approach the issue out there and Tresillian just chose one in particular?

[Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess this shows why I am not meeting my reading requirements this year. Yet another sleep book under my belt. They all say the same thing... teach them to self soothe. Don't pick them up unless necessary, pat and shhh.... eventually they will come around. Its a race of endurance and hopefully the parent wins.

There was some interesting facts that I had never heard before about expressed milk at night having a different make up and therefore if you are giving a bottle at night make sure it is of expressed night milk otherwise they wont sleep as long. Not sure how much truth is in it.

Also help explain other aspects they have appeared this month such as head banging and clingy behaviour. However, I am still trying to win the good fight.

[G Batts · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basically a bloated pamphlet for the Tresillian sleep centres. Not written for parents who are planning on returning to work or doing anything other that staring lovingly into their child’s eyes 24/7.

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information provided in this book is most useful for new parents. A lot of it is common sense and it does get a bit repetitive. Also, a lot of this information is on their website. Honestly, it could've shared the same information in a small pamphlet for new parents.

[Vasilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read while having difficulties with a 3mo’s sleep. Good reminders. You often forget the basics with baby brain.