Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins by Marc Weissbluth Md

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins by Marc Weissbluth Md

One of the nation's most trusted experts on children's sleeping habits offers a comprehensive, science-based guide for sleep-training twins so that everyone will be rested and happy--even Mom and Dad!

As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can be double the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. Marc Weissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted moms and dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stay asleep, and sleep regularly. This essential step-by-step guide to establishing good sleep patterns reveals how to build healthy habits in twins' natural slumber cycles, including:

* how healthy sleep differs from "junk" sleep, plus a helpful tutorial on the techniques of sleep training for new parents
* the five ingredients of healthy sleep, and why daytime sleep is different from nighttime sleep but equally important to good health
* why it's crucial for babies to master the ability to fall asleep unassisted, without protest or crying, and how to help them do so
* essential tips for synchronizing your twins' sleep schedules, plus information about how twins sleep best-when to keep them together, and when it's time to separate them
* how to recognize early drowsy cues in your babies so you can catch the sleep wave before it turns into nervous energy that will keep them awake

Sleep-training twins presents a unique set of challenges. This invaluable guide will not only get your babies to sleep through the night but help you stay healthy and rested so you can enjoy the many blessings of having more than one!

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	9780345497796
ISBN 10	0345497791
Title	Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins
Author	Marc Weissbluth Md
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-06-09
Number of pages	192
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