Book description
In this completely revised and expanded edition, Dr Marc Weissbluth -
a leading paediatrician - updates his groundbreaking approach to
solving and preventing children's sleep problems, from infancy through
to adolescence.
In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child he explains with
authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for parents for
instituting beneficial habits within the framework of their child's
natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook outlines the best
course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment; reveals
the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep; helps
stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares and bedwetting and provides new
material on:
- how to handle 'nap-resistant' kids and when to start sleep training
- help for working mums and children with sleep issues
- the father's role in comforting children
- the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed
And much more.
Rest is vital to children's health, growth and development.
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies
that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.
A paediatrician for 30 years, Dr Marc Weissbluth is also a leading
researcher on sleep and children. He founded the original Sleep
Disorders Center at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital in 1985 and
is a professor of Clinical Paediatrics at Northwestern University School
of Medicine (www. sweetbabies. com). His landmark seven-year study on
the development and disappearance of naps highlighted the importance of
daytime sleep. In addition to his own research, he had lectured
extensively to parent groups and has appeared on
Oprah
.
