Introduction: we feel your pain -- You dont have to live like this! -- Creating your childs custom sleep plan -- Sleep stealer #1: no consistent bedtime routine -- Sleep stealer #2: your child needs you to fall asleep -- Sleep stealer #3: poor sleep environment -- Sleep stealer #4: misusing sleep aids -- Sleep stealer #5: mistimed sleep schedule -- Sleep stealer #6: limit testing -- Sleep stealer #7: night noshing -- Step-by-step sleep -- So you're having second thoughts : the truth about crying -- The art of the nap -- Alternative methods for sleep learning -- Developmental issues and how they affect sleep : birth to twelve months -- Separation anxiety (birth to nine months) -- Teething -- Starting solids -- Hitting a developmental milestone -- Separation anxiety (nine to twelve months) -- Developmental issues and how they affect sleep : twelve to twenty-four months -- Busy, busy busy! -- Separation anxiety (twelve to eighteen months) -- Language burst -- Separation anxiety (eighteen to twenty-four months) -- Resistance to napping or bedtime -- Potty training -- Developmental issues and how they affect sleep : two to five years -- Fears -- Nightmares -- Night terrors -- Separation anxiety -- Anxiety about starting school -- The birth of a new sibling -- Potty training -- Special situations