A parent-directed strategy brings out the best in both parent and baby because it is child-oriented, not child-centred or mother-centred. With this common sense approach, a mother cooperates with her baby’s needs, and her baby in return learns to cooperate with mother’s guidance. The result is true connectedness. With Parent Directed Feeding (PDF), a mother feeds her baby when it is hungry, but takes advantage of the first few weeks to guide the baby’s hunger patterns by a basic routine. A baby settled into this routine will then learn to sleep through the night. So this session we discuss the idea of feeding and sleeping, and how the results of this have their effect on the family.