One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook contains brand new research that - Pinpoints the way daytime sleep differs from night sleep and why both are important to your child - Helps you cope with and stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more - Analyzes ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to his internal clock--naturally - Reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep--including the inclination to rock and feed - Explores the different sleep cycle needs for different temperaments--from quiet babies to hyperactive toddlers - Emphasizes the significance of a nap schedule - Rest is vital to your child's health growth and development. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age. Advises parents dealing with teenagers and their unique sleep problems
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
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So I read a lot of Amazon reviews on controversial books. Reviews regarding books on politics, religion, philosophy, evolution, and music (particularly anything that tries to call itself punk) all have their share of condescension and bad blood, but I have never encountered the venom and vitriol as I have when reading reviews of baby books. I read parts of or skimmed most of the popular ones on a range of positions on the attachment-schedule continuum and each seemed to have strengths. So, while I really... more info
GREAT Book on Sleep! IT WORKS!!!:
This book sometimes gets a bad rap for being too harsh in its methods. Not every parent agrees with the extinction method (also known as letting your baby "cry it out"). Letting your baby cry is hard, that's for sure, but IT WORKS. My sister got me this book when I was pregnant with my daughter, who was born in 2005. She is now 3 and a champion sleeper, thanks our adherence to the recommendations and methods in this book. My son, who is 8 months old, was a great sleeper from the day he was born, but... more info
Great for solving toddler sleep problems!:
I love this book for toddlers (one year plus). We co-slept with our daughter until that age, then moved her into her own crib. I'm not sure we could have done it without this book. This book is excellent for sleep problems with toddlers, absolutely amazing. Our daughter refused to stay in her big girl bed until we established a system of sleep rules and rewards. The sleep rules we have chosen are: 1. stay in bed 2. be quiet 3. close your eyes 4. go to sleep. Our daughter gets a cookie every morning if... more info
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!:
I could not have lived with out discovering this book with my first child and I am glad that I kept it around for my second child. OUR LIVES REVOLVE AROUND THIS BOOK!!! I get one for all my friends that get pregnant and they also love it.