A pediatrician and father of four offers step-by-step advice on how to get children to sleep (both during naptime and through the night) thus ensuring that they will get the rest they need to grow up healthy and happy.
Two experts who are helping Hollywood's A-list babies get their Rzzz'sS share the no-fail, family-friendly method for millions of sleep-deprived moms and dads. Their technique addresses the emotional needs of both the parents and children up to age five, a critical component of success, and why other sleep methods often fail.
Excellent reading for parents of newborns, infants, toddlers, as well as paediatricians and professionals dealing with infants. Topics covered such as breastfeeding, crib safety, attachment objects, continued problems with night time waking and naps, guilt over sleep training.
Sleep: The Brazelton Way covers everything a parent needs to know about sleep, including the first great "touchpoint" of helping the baby sleep through the night, deciding whether to start with, and weaning a child from, a "family bed," sleepwalking, nightmares, and, above all, how to help children learn how to get themselves to sleep. . Sleepless ...
Answering questions about everything from safety to sex, this easy-to-follow handbook argues that there is nothing wrong with allowing babies to share their parents' bed, furnishing a wealth of new research that demonstrates the advantages--from protection from SIDS to developing independence later
Over 25 percent of all children, not just infants, but adolescents and senior school students as well, experience various forms of sleep problems, from short-term difficulties with falling asleep and nightwalkings to long-term problems of sleep apnea and narcolepsy. "Give Your Child a Good Night's Sleep" is the first book to provide parents of ...
Wouldn't it be great if you could climb into bed, snuggle under your covers, and fall asleep without any fuss or fear? Without listening for noises or thinking about bad guys? Without an extra drink, or an extra hug, or an extra trip to the bathroom? Bedtime is tough for many kids. If you're a kid who dreads your bed, and are convinced that ...
Written for expectant parents wanting to avoid sleep difficulties and for ones looking to solve them, this book provides advice based on clinical experience. Detailed explanations helps a parent understand sleep and when the child has a serious problem.
Written for busy primary care practitioners, this book is a practical clinical guide to common pediatric sleep disorders and their treatment. Information is organized by specific disorder and by the most frequent presenting complaints. Symptom-based algorithms will enable practitioners to evaluate sleep complaints in a stepwise manner. Other ...
Susan Magsamen's "Family Stories" [trademark] is a timeless resources that parents can treasure and happily share with their children. Each kit in the series includes a colourful book that interweaves the most current information on the child development with wisdom, myth, stories and ideas. The variety of topics cover the big and small moments of ...
Naps are just a little break - but when it's naptime, many toddlers have trouble settling into sleep. This book helps young children quiet down so they can get the rest they need.
Few sounds are more disconcerting than that of a crying infant unable to go to sleep. The sound is particularly distressing in the middle of the night when the parents know that what the baby needs - and what they need - is sleep. Despite the best will in the world, and despite well-intentioned advice, many new parents experience anxious nights ...
From crankiness and the "terrible twos" to recurrent ear infections and headaches that young children often experience, to the listlesness and low academic performance of teenagers, many childhood problems can be traced to a simple but often overlooked cause: the lack of sleep. This handbook, for parents, explains how to recognize the signs of ...
Most new parents quickly and sadly discover the difficulty of getting a child first to go to sleep, and then to sleep throughout the night. Dr. Fleiss, a noted family pediatrician for more than 30 years, shares his secrets for discovering a child's natural sleep patterns, developing positive bedtime rituals, nutritional and lifestyle aids to sleep ...
In The Naptime Book, Cynthia MacGregor shares her sweet, simple, and effective suggestions to help children get their all-important sleep during the day. Current medical thinking indicates that small children should get at least nine hours of sleep at night and a nap during the day. This book can help transform naptime into a treat, leading to ...
Offers parents reassurance and plenty of practical advice on how to cope with sleepless children. The author is a practising GP and co-patron of CRYSIS - a self-help group for parents of sleepless children.
Packing all the essential information parents need, this no-nonsense volume teaches how to get kids to sleep through the night using a mixture of authority, ritual, and reward.
It's bedtime, but Marc just can't sleep. He's scared. He's worried. What if a giant mosquito gets into his room? What if he falls out of bed? What if the moon disappears? Mom to the rescue! Although she tries almost everything to calm Marc's fears, his capable and clever mom eventually realizes that the solution is simple. This goodnight book with ...
There are no easy answers to children and sleep problems but this excellent book will help with some of your worst nightmares! The issue of how well, or little, a baby or child sleeps is obviously an important one for the busy, tired parent but sleeping habits, routines and attitudes are also important for the child's well being. This new addition ...
Presenting exhaustive research on the breathing patterns and behaviors during sleep in children, this comprehensive reference covers the physiology of sleep development and breathing rhythms, the normal and abnormal maturation of sleep from childhood through adolescence, the effects of diseases and disorders on children during sleep, and treatment ...
Finally, a no-worry, no-guilt guide to sleep. There's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all sleep solution. That's why "Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler" provides you with the tools you need to come up with a customized sleep solution that takes into account your child's temperament, your parenting philosophies, and the rest ...
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