Product DescriptionOne 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 -
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
What Others Say
A little disappointed
I was a little disappointed in the book. It often seemed disorganized, vague or at times talked rather lofty. There were a few good nuggets of info, such as 'never wake a sleeping baby' and knowing how many hours of sleep a baby should be getting and at what intervals. However, I was looking for more step by step - do this to get your child to sleep, but it seemed more like anything goes - no real strategies for dealing with my child. And there were lots and lots of horror stories from parents about their children crying for hours on end, and now I'm quite petrified to deliver mine...
Big disappointment
I was looking forward to finding a good sleep solution for our 8 mo. old son who wakes at least every 2 hours during the night but this was NOT it. Anyone who subscribes to the cry it out method will find a gentler version from Ferber.
I guess I'm a softie... How in the world did you allow your child to cry for 2 1/2 hours and not attend to them? If it feels wrong, it's wrong. The fact that a baby sleeps through the night is not proof enough for me that this is a good method. Anyone would eventually fall asleep from exhaustion if they were crying nonstop and no one ever came to comfort them. You'd be afraid, worried and you'd eventually cry yourself to sleep. Any method that tells a parent to go against their instinct is NOT a method ... Read More
Worked For Us
So I read a lot of Amazon reviews on controversial books. Reviews regarding books on politics, religion, philosophy, evolution, and music (particularly anything that tries to call itself punk) all have their share of condescension and bad blood, but I have never encountered the venom and vitriol as I have when reading reviews of baby books. I read parts of or skimmed most of the popular ones on a range of positions on the attachment-schedule continuum and each seemed to have strengths. So, while I really don't believe any method is perfect for all children, I can report that Weissbluth knows my little girl better than I do when it comes to sleep.
We did not have to try very hard to get on this schedule after the first couple months. ... Read More
GREAT Book on Sleep! IT WORKS!!!
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child sometimes gets a bad rap for being too harsh in its methods. Not every parent agrees with the extinction method (also known as letting your baby "cry it out"). Letting your baby cry is hard, that's for sure, but IT WORKS. My sister got me Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child when I was pregnant with my daughter, who was born in 2005. She is now 3 and a champion sleeper, thanks our adherence to the recommendations and methods in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. My son, who is 8 months old, was a great sleeper from the day he was born, but developed the habit of getting up every 2 hours to nurse at night after his 6 month growth spurt. After two months of exhaustion (and one cranky, overtired baby), I finally got around to reading Dr. Weissbluth's chapter on Months Five to Twelve, especially ... Read More
Great for solving toddler sleep problems!
I love Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child for toddlers (one year plus). We co-slept with our daughter until that age, then moved her into her own crib. I'm not sure we could have done it without Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is excellent for sleep problems with toddlers, absolutely amazing.
Our daughter refused to stay in her big girl bed until we established a system of sleep rules and rewards. The sleep rules we have chosen are: 1. stay in bed 2. be quiet 3. close your eyes 4. go to sleep. Our daughter gets a cookie every morning if she followed the sleep rules. Same deal (an additional small treat) if she stays in her bed until morning.
I would not use Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child for infants unless you are prepared to let your baby cry it our for hours.
