William Sears

William Sears, M.D., is a pediatrician who received his training at Harvard Medical School’s Children’s Hospital and the University of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. He has served as an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California and as an associate clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He has practiced pediatrics in Southern California and is the father of eight children.

Sears is the author or coauthor of more than 30 books on parenting, child care, and health, including Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep, The Baby Book, The Baby Sleep Book, The Attachment Parenting Book, and The Portable Pediatrician.