New parents get a lot of advice. It comes from breast-feeding “lactivists” and Ferberizers, attachment parents and anti-helicopter ones. It's not enough to keep babies fed, rested and changed — they also need to learn grit and sign language.
So when the American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued new infant sleep guidelines — highlighting a recommendation that babies sleep in their parents' rooms for at least six months but ideally a full year — some parents despaired.
