the Unfrazzled Parent's Guide to Bedtime Battles: Practical Strategies Stop Stalling, Night Wakings, and Early Mornings — Help Your Child Fall Asleep, Stay Sleep in Their: 6

Does bedtime somehow turn into the longest, hardest part of your day?One more book. One more drink of water. One more trip to the bathroom. One more hug. Then your child is back in the doorway twenty minutes later-or beside your bed at 3 a.m.-and everyone is exhausted enough to wonder what they're doing wrong.Bedtime doesn't have to feel like a nightly battle.In The Unfrazzled Parent's Guide to Bedtime Battles, Sarah Lindquist offers a calm, practical approach to helping children ages 2-7 fall asleep, stay asleep, and become more comfortable sleeping in their own bed-without turning every evening into a contest of wills.Instead of blaming stubbornness, bad behavior, or "bad sleeping," this guide helps you understand what is actually happening beneath the struggle. You'll learn how sleep pressure, your child's body clock, routines, separation, fears, naps, and your own responses can all shape what happens after the lights go out.Inside, you'll discover how to: - Find your child's natural sleep window and avoid the overtired "second wind"- Build a predictable wind-down routine that reduces negotiation before it starts- Handle endless requests with the simple "boring, brief, back to bed" approach- Respond calmly to middle-of-the-night wakings and repeated visits to your room- Help your child gradually become comfortable falling asleep and staying in their own bed- Tackle painfully early mornings without accidentally reinforcing them- Respond to fear of the dark, monsters, nightmares, and night terrors appropriately- Navigate naps, nap resistance, and the difficult transition away from daytime sleep- Choose an approach to sleep training that fits your child and your family's values, rather than being told there is only one "right" method- Use practical, word-for-word scripts when you're too tired to figure out what to say- Protect your own sleep and steadiness so exhaustion doesn't become part of the bedtime cycleAnd because exhausted parents don't need another impossible overhaul, the book brings everything together into a gentle seven-night reset-one manageable change at a time.No perfect parenting. No promises of a magically sleeping child overnight. No shame.Just a clear system for making bedtime shorter, calmer, more predictable-and helping your child build the skill of sleep one repeatable night at a time.You don't need to win bedtime. You need a better way through it.Start tonight.