Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child | 
| Author: Marc Weissbluth
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
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Pages: 345
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0449004023
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928498
EAN: 9780449004029
ASIN: 0449004023
Publication Date: April 12, 2003
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Product Description
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
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Helpful Content, Sometimes Irritating Presentation July 2, 2008
As my daughter passed the three-month mark, her fall-asleep-nursing, nap-in-the-carrier/stroller/lap sleep habits fell apart. She was just so interested in the world that she began to resist sleep, especially during the day. On the recommendation of a friend, I consulted this book. The most helpful thing about Dr. Weissbluth's book is that it explains the biology of children's developing sleep needs and abilities. He is very clear about what the sleep goal -- timing, duration, etc. -- should be for each stage of development, but not too dogmatic or judgmental about what method we the parents use to get to the goal. With the information I learned, I was able to figure out a training method that worked for us. (It involved some crying, but never for extended periods of time.)
The content is so useful that I decided to return the library copy I had been using and buy my own. The presentation, however, sometimes annoys me. The organization is perplexing at times. Dr. Weissbluth occasionally lapses into a tone of, "Gee willikers, I sure know more about this than almost anyone else." The many real-life stories that are included are intended, I'm sure, to illustrate how varied families' experiences are, but since they all follow the same plot, which goes, "We were exhausted and miserable, we followed the good doctor's advice, now everything is hunky-dory," it starts to sound like a cult.
My recommendation, then, is to read it for the information, which is tremendously valuable, but don't rely on it to make you feel reassured and comforted!
 It worked for us June 30, 2008
I'm a dedicated follower of this book's principles. I'm also a fan of Dr. Weissbluth's style and approach, which seem sensible and moderate to me. His methods and advice worked very well for our family and we continue to consult the book as different situations arise (a baby's sleep keeps changing as he/she gets older!).
 Don't waste your money June 27, 2008
I have a fussy two month old and a friend recommended this book so I bought it. I found that the techniques and information is the same as anything you can find online for free. The only reason I would purchase this is if I didn't have regular internet access. Otherwise don't waste your money.
Don't waste your money June 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has one basic message that is found all over the internet and in other books. Yet most of the book is a bunch of stories written by other parents and their experiences with their kids. Personally, I dont care what other parents are doing. Its not a one size fits all approach. I am also sick of these authors acting as if they invented this concept of nap time. Argh. It sort of demeans us as parents as if we are ignorant to our babys needs. He also employs the cry it out method.
Go with your intuition.
From co-sleeping to the crib in 4 nights June 20, 2008
What critics fail to understand (or fail to read in the book), is that Dr. Weissbluth reveres the bond between children and parents, and teaches you to be in tune with your baby's needs, not to ignore them. If you follow his techniques from the beginning, you may never have any crying at all. Crying is what happens when parents miss their babies' sleep cues and let them become overtired.
We follow Dr. Weissbluth's advice about naps and bedtimes religiously, and our daughter is the happiest, most well rested baby around. She co-slept with us for 11 months (something Dr. Weissbluth addresses and supports), but she moved to her crib when it began interfering with her ability to fall, and stay, asleep. There was a lot of crying, from her and us, but after 4 nights, she was sleeping a solid 12 hours in her crib, with at most a few minutes of fussing (not crying).
There is a lot to learn, but Dr. Weissbluth explains everything very well, and answers many common questions. For people who think this book just advocates dumping your child in the crib and closing the door: It took us 3-4 months to learn to pick up on our daughter's sleep cues. Now, we are so in tune with her sleep needs, we can predict what time she will need to sleep, and for how long, by observing her for 30 seconds. Thanks to this book, we have become more effective parents, and our daughter has learned how to get the sleep she needs to get the most enjoyment out of every day. How is that lazy or cruel parenting?
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