A step-by-step programme for a good night's sleep

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

The perennial favourite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease

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!

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.

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.

Marc Weissbluth

A step-by-step programme for sleep-training your multiples

Good sleep is essential for your children's health, growth and development. But establishing a successful sleep schedule is not easy, and training twins and multiples offers an even greater challenge for parents. 
 
Leading paediatrician and renowned sleep expert Dr Marc Weissbluth combines specialised advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-tested sleep-training methods to show exhausted parents how to get their babies to sleep on thier own, stay asleep and sleep reguarly. This practical, step-by-step guide: 
 
- Explains how fraternal and identical twins may sleep train differently - and what to do about it 
- Addresses specific problems that can arise from training more than one baby at the same time 
- Describes ways to get your babies to synchronise their internal clocks and fall asleep at the same time - naturally 
- Reveals the common mistakes parents of twins make to get their children to sleep 
 
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins is an invaluable guide based on proven techniques that will not only get your babies to sleep through the night, but help you stay healthy and rested too.

Marc Weissbluth

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