Beth Macgregor Consultancy
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    • For Child and Family Health and Welfare Services >
      • ​Helping Children Thrive (1) : An Introduction to Attachment Concepts ​
      • Helping Children Thrive (2): Attachment Concepts in Depth
      • ​​Building Parents’ Reflective Capacities: Tips, Tools and Techniques
      • ​​Parenting Advice: 100 Solutions for 100 Parenting Problems
      • Time-In Discipline: Helping Parents Respond to the Needs at the Root of their Children’s Challenging Behaviour
      • Getting to the Heart of the Issue: An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice
      • The Power of Active Listening
      • Keeping Clients Engaged When Having Difficult Conversations (1) : Introduction
      • Keeping Clients Engaged When Having Difficult Conversations (2) : Advanced
      • Assessing Children: Autism, ADHD or Trauma?
      • Sleep Advice In The 21st Century: What Have We Learned From the Research?
      • Infant emotional wellbeing: What is it and how can you support it?
    • For Early Childhood Services >
      • ​Supporting Children to be Well-Behaved and Well-Adjusted: Lessons from Attachment and Neuroscience
      • ​Understanding and Helping Traumatised Children
      • Primary Caregiving Groups: Why They’re Important and How to Make them Work
      • Emotional Availability: What is it and Why is it so Crucial to Children’s Development?
      • Making the Most of Conflict: Supporting children to develop conflict resolution skills and to become problem solvers
      • Parents as Partners: Making the most of your relationship with parents
      • Making Conversations Count: The Art of Having Meaningful Discussions with Children
    • For Schools >
      • Supporting Vulnerable Children: Trauma-Informed Practice in the Classroom
      • ​Helping Children in Trouble: Trauma-Informed Practice for Educators
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Supervision Services
  • Beth's book
  • Useful Links
  • Contact

"The authors have done a masterful job of elucidating the importance of relationships in shaping the brain. Enjoy and sleep well!"
                                                                                                               Dan Siegel

'Helping your baby to sleep'

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Close to two decades ago my oldest friend Anni Gethin and I found ourselves worrying about the kinds of advice being given to parents about sleep; specifically to ‘teach’ their babies to sleep by leaving them to cry. We were concerned that this advice was at odds with decades of research underscoring the developmental importance of sensitive responsiveness to children’s cries.

​We began to research and write articles and speak about the issue at conferences around Australia. Before we knew it we were offered the chance to write a book with Finch Publishing. In 2007 Helping Your Baby to Sleep: Why Gentle Techniques Work Best was published in Australia, and then in America in 2010, and Russia in 2011.


We’re proud of the endorsements it has received from many international infant mental health specialists. The third edition came out in 2015.

For more useful information on babies and sleep please refer to the Useful Links page of this website.

To purchase the book Click here, or for an e-book version Click here.

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  • Home
  • About
  • Training Services
    • For Child and Family Health and Welfare Services >
      • ​Helping Children Thrive (1) : An Introduction to Attachment Concepts ​
      • Helping Children Thrive (2): Attachment Concepts in Depth
      • ​​Building Parents’ Reflective Capacities: Tips, Tools and Techniques
      • ​​Parenting Advice: 100 Solutions for 100 Parenting Problems
      • Time-In Discipline: Helping Parents Respond to the Needs at the Root of their Children’s Challenging Behaviour
      • Getting to the Heart of the Issue: An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice
      • The Power of Active Listening
      • Keeping Clients Engaged When Having Difficult Conversations (1) : Introduction
      • Keeping Clients Engaged When Having Difficult Conversations (2) : Advanced
      • Assessing Children: Autism, ADHD or Trauma?
      • Sleep Advice In The 21st Century: What Have We Learned From the Research?
      • Infant emotional wellbeing: What is it and how can you support it?
    • For Early Childhood Services >
      • ​Supporting Children to be Well-Behaved and Well-Adjusted: Lessons from Attachment and Neuroscience
      • ​Understanding and Helping Traumatised Children
      • Primary Caregiving Groups: Why They’re Important and How to Make them Work
      • Emotional Availability: What is it and Why is it so Crucial to Children’s Development?
      • Making the Most of Conflict: Supporting children to develop conflict resolution skills and to become problem solvers
      • Parents as Partners: Making the most of your relationship with parents
      • Making Conversations Count: The Art of Having Meaningful Discussions with Children
    • For Schools >
      • Supporting Vulnerable Children: Trauma-Informed Practice in the Classroom
      • ​Helping Children in Trouble: Trauma-Informed Practice for Educators
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Supervision Services
  • Beth's book
  • Useful Links
  • Contact