About the Author

KIM WEST is a mother of two and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been a practicing child and family therapist for 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady(R) by her clients, over the past 20 years.  She has helped tens of thousands of tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep.  Thus without letting their children cry it out alone.  Kim has appeared on the “Dr. Phil,” “Today,” “NBC Nightly News,” “Good Morning America,” and CNN.  Kim is also the author of The Sleep Lady’s Good Night.  Also Sleep Tight, The Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook, and 52 Sleep Secrets for Babies. Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching. She started training Gentle Sleep Coaches(R) all over the world in 2010. Visit her on the web at SleepLady.com.

KATIE HOLLORAN, MA, BCBA, is a Gentle Sleep Coach(R) focusing on parents with children with special needs. As a special education teacher, board certified behaviour analyst and a mom, Katie has worked with hundreds of children who have special needs and their families to find evidence-based solutions to the many unique challenges they face. Find her on the web at www.behavioristnextdoor.com.

MAURA RHODES, formerly a senior editor at Parenting magazine, is a journalist and editorial consultant specializing in health and well-being through all ages and stages of life. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey, where she is raising four children, who are all champion sleepers.