Why your child fights bedtime — and whether it's the body clock or sleep pressure, because the fix is different for each
Exactly what time to start the routine — counted backwards from the morning your family actually has
Which changes are worth making — and which popular sleep remedies the evidence doesn't support
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This book starts with the two systems that decide whether a child falls asleep — the body clock and sleep pressure — and then walks through the day in the order you live it.
There are the American consensus figures for how many hours each age needs, and a table for counting backwards from your morning wake time to a bedtime.
Then the cues that matter at each end of the day: daylight in the eyes within the first hour, movement and outdoor time, nap timing, and the three-hour dim-down before bed, with the screen, drink and dinner rules that go with it.
A page is given to the bedtime routine itself, which has the strongest evidence of anything here.
After that, three sections on what to expect and what to prioritise at ages one to five, five to ten, and ten to fifteen.
It closes with food and magnesium, an honest account of what the supplement aisle can and can't do, the signs worth taking to your doctor, and the references behind all of it.
