Best Seller
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Hardcover
$27.00
Published on Oct 04, 2005 | 688 Pages
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD • An updated edition of the revolutionary guide to solving—and preventing—your children’s sleep problems, from one of the country’s leading researchers
“I put these principles into practice—with instant results. Dr. Weissbluth is a trusted resource and adviser.”—Cindy Crawford
“Why won’t my child sleep better? Where does he get all his energy? He just goes and goes and goes until he crashes. I’m burned out and I’m getting tired of these constant bedtime battles.”
If these words sound familiar, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is the perfect resource to answer all your questions about your child’s sleep troubles and help you prevent these problems from arising in the first place.
Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and sleep researcher with over three decades of experience, has brought support, understanding, and peaceful nights to over a million households with the publication of his groundbreaking book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. In this fourth edition of his trusted classic, Dr. Weissbluth explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child’s natural sleep cycles. You’ll discover:
• the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment
• the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep
• the different sleep cycles needed for different temperaments
• how to counter crybaby syndrome, nightmares, and bedwetting
• how to get your baby to fall asleep—naturally
• when to start sleep training and how to handle nap-resistant kids
• the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed
• and more!
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.
“I put these principles into practice—with instant results. Dr. Weissbluth is a trusted resource and adviser.”—Cindy Crawford
“Why won’t my child sleep better? Where does he get all his energy? He just goes and goes and goes until he crashes. I’m burned out and I’m getting tired of these constant bedtime battles.”
If these words sound familiar, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is the perfect resource to answer all your questions about your child’s sleep troubles and help you prevent these problems from arising in the first place.
Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and sleep researcher with over three decades of experience, has brought support, understanding, and peaceful nights to over a million households with the publication of his groundbreaking book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. In this fourth edition of his trusted classic, Dr. Weissbluth explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child’s natural sleep cycles. You’ll discover:
• the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment
• the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep
• the different sleep cycles needed for different temperaments
• how to counter crybaby syndrome, nightmares, and bedwetting
• how to get your baby to fall asleep—naturally
• when to start sleep training and how to handle nap-resistant kids
• the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed
• and more!
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.
Author
Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Marc Weissbluth, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. As a pediatrician and the preeminent expert on sleep and children, he founded the original Sleep Disorders Center at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago). Dr. Weissbluth is the author of multiple books including Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, which has sold over 1.5 million copies to date, with twelve foreign editions, and has helped millions of families the world over. Dr. Weissbluth and his work have been frequently celebrated by organizations and featured in publications including the American Academy of Pediatrics; CNN Health; The Times (UK); Chicago Tribune; The New York Times; Parents; The Wall Street Journal; and he has been named one of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans by Chicago Magazine. He is the father of four sons and thirteen grandchildren—and they are all good sleepers.
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