Sleep Options Wizard: Sleep solutions tailored to your situation, and your baby, toddler, or preschooler

1. I’ve fixed up the bugs in assessing self-settling ability, feedback on this should now be much more detailed, helpful, and accurate.
2. I’ve added pictures and a video, and converted a lot of the stats into graphics.
3. You get to choose what methods you get more information on, so you don’t have to read about methods you’ve already tried.
4. If you’ve already tried methods, you get asked follow up questions, and provided with trouble shooting ideas, or alternatives that may fit you and your child better.
5. The wizard is more tailored, including referring to your child by name (or initials or nickname if you’d prefer).
6. Links included throughout the suggestions are now summarised at the end (for the suggestions you intend to try/follow up).
7. The wizard now gives more appropriate suggestions for older and younger children.
8. References are at the end rather than throughout.
9. I’ve incorporated information on when children tend to drop all daytime naps.
10. I’ve added in some new approaches.

Aims:

1. To help sleep deprived parents improve their family’s quality and quantity of sleep.
2. Provide options for managing 0-5 year olds’ sleep.

To get the most out of this:

• Answer for only one child at a time.

Medical Conditions:

• This tool will not help you to detect or treat medical conditions that might be affecting sleep.
• If you suspect a medical condition see your doctor or pediatrician for more specific advice before implementing sleep suggestions.

Procedure:

1. Answer questions (about 5-10 minutes)
2. Receive suggestions based on your answers (10-20 mins).
3. Read the summary of suggestions you chose to try including links.
4. Provide feedback (thank you).
5. Receive email PDF of all pages (only sent when you have completed all pages).

The more answers you give, the more suitable the suggestions are likely to be. These are suggestions only. You should use your common sense, and seek help from a doctor or pediatrician if needed. The suggestions you receive will rarely take into account any text answers you enter, but these will help us to improve the product for future.

Privacy: Your email address will be used to send a copy of your suggestions to you, possibly to respond to your text comments, follow up on your progress, or to let you know about further sleep resources as they become available. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time. I will not share your email address with anyone, or spam you.

Affiliate links: At times I do provide Affiliate links. If you buy products via these links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only include links to products that I genuinely think may help you. As with any purchase, please shop around and consider borrowing options before buying.

Confidentiality: I may examine the data, and publish collated averages and percentages on my site, or elsewhere. No individuals will be identified in any publication of the results. Any information or personal details gathered in the course of this Wizard are confidential, except as required by law. Be aware that, as a psychologist practicing in NSW, Australia, I am bound by mandatory reporting obligations.

Contact: This Sleep Options Wizard was prepared by Nicole Weeks (PhD in Psychology, MAPS) from Practical Research Parenting (nicole@www.practicalresearchparenting.com).

Voluntary participation: Participation is entirely voluntary and you are free to withdraw at any time without having to give a reason and without consequence.

Agreement: By clicking NEXT below, you are affirming your willingness to participate. You understand that your participation is entirely voluntary. You have read and understood this information and have a copy of it in the email I sent you.