Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth Md

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth Md

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.

Marc Weissbluth, M.D., a pediatrician with 40 years of expertise, is also a major researcher on sleep and children. He established the first Sleep Disorders Center at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital (now known as the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital). Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) and Northwestern University School of Medicine's Clinical Pediatrics Department. He has written about sleep difficulties in pediatrics textbooks, lectured extensively to parent groups, is a regular at the 92nd Street Y, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in addition to his own studies. Dr. Weissbluth has four sons and eight grandkids with his wife of more than fifty years, Linda. They reside in the city of Chicago.

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ISBN 13	9780345486455
ISBN 10	0345486455
Title	Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Author	Marc Weissbluth Md
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-10-04
Number of pages	688
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.