Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep (Unabridged‪)‬

The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease - now in a completely revised and expanded fourth edition!

In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country's leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children's sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. 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. Rewritten and reorganized to deliver information even more efficiently, this valuable sourcebook contains the latest research on:


The best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment
Common mistakes parents make trying to get their children to sleep
Different sleep needs for different temperaments
Stopping the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bed-wetting, and more
Ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to her internal clock - naturally
Handling nap-resistant kids and when to start sleep training
Why both night sleep and day sleep are important
Obstacles for working moms and children with sleep issues
The father's role in comforting children
How early sleep troubles can lead to later problems
The benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed



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.