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About this Book

Format:Trade Paperback

Dimensions:528 Pages, 5.4 x 8.2 x 1.1 in

Published:April 22, 1999

Publisher:Random House Publishing Group

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10:0449004023
ISBN - 13:9780449004029

From Our Editors

A child's sleeping patterns should be the concern of every parent. It is as vital to their health as vitamins, proper diet and sound exercise. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Dr. Marc Weissbluth updates his step-by-step program for instituting healthy habits within the framework of a child's natural sleep cycles.

From the Publisher

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
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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

From the Jacket

"I love Dr. Weissbluth's philosophy that the most important thing to have is a well-rested family. And fortunately, thanks to this book, most days (and nights) we do!"
-from the Foreword by Cindy Crawford

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

A pediatrician with thirty-two years of experience, Marc Weissbluth, M.D., is also a leading researcher on sleep and children. He founded the original Sleep Disorders Center at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital and is a professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University School of Medicine. Dr. Weissbluth discovered that sleep is linked to temperament and that sleeping problems are related to infant colic. 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 has written about sleep problems in manuals of pediatrics, lectured extensively to parent groups, and appeared on Oprah. Dr. Weissbluth has four sons, two grandsons, and, thankfully, one granddaughter-and they are all good sleepers. Linda, his wife of more than forty years, has provided both inspiration and original ideas for this book.

From the Hardcover edition.

From the Critics

"I love Dr. Weissbluth's philosophy that the most important thing to have is a well-rested family. And fortunately, thanks to this book, most days (and nights) we do!"
-from the Foreword by Cindy Crawford

From the Hardcover edition.

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Janice Agar
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Only parenting Book I recommend

7 months ago

Most sleep books are anecdotal and not research based. Dr. Weissbluth explains why children need sleep, and what norms are appropriate, and why it shouldn't be negotiable - similar to proper food habits and the use of carseats. Contrary to some posts, he doesn't say you have to let them cry it out, he explains different methods of sleep training and why extinction crying is the easiest. I believe he also notes that about 10% of children are outside of the norms of sleep and may not follow his… + read more
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Patrick Greig
Pretty good

12 months ago

This was a pretty good book, it explored napping and bedtime sleep which was appreciated. However, it is a little dry and not easy to read. Lots of evidence and studies as to why sleep and naps are important, which I didn't find very useful.
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delicia oneil
- 1 person found this helpful
Great help for sleeping

13 months ago

my naturopathic doctor recommended this book. My 4 month old was not naping during the day. He was sleeping through the night but would not nap. I read the information in the book and now he is 6 months old and is on a regular nap schedule and goes down without any soothing and/or crying. I am so relieved and happy to have found this book. Some parts are a little repetitive but overall I would recommend this book to anyone needing help with sleeping for their baby.
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Kelly Revering
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Extremely Valuable Book

17 months ago

The information contained in this book is so informative. I purchased the book when my eldest was 4 months old because he wasn't a good daytime napper. The book gave me the confidence to do what I knew was best for him and within a few days he was on a consistent nap schedule. With my daughter, I started sleep training at 6 weeks and within a week I was able to put he down for naps awake but drowsy after only a few minutes of soothing and she would fall asleep. My family was amazed at… + read more
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Lisa Traverse
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The most important book I bought and read

2 years ago

I read this book first while very sleep-deprived and then re-read it later when not so wiped. It helped us enormously. The earlier you read it, the better because it helps you put your baby to sleep so she can learn to fall asleep on her own (not be rocked to sleep). The second most important thing I learned was how to recognise your baby is tired and to put her to bed, for naps and the night, before she is overtired and cannot fall asleep easily. There are many more important things I… + read more
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