Does your child: Have difficulty falling asleep?Wake in the middle of the night?Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears?Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class?Snore, wet the bed, or head bang?In the first major revision of his bestselling, groundbreaking classic, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation's foremost authority on children's sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day. Incorporating new research, Dr. ...
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Does your child: Have difficulty falling asleep?Wake in the middle of the night?Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears?Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class?Snore, wet the bed, or head bang?In the first major revision of his bestselling, groundbreaking classic, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation's foremost authority on children's sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day. Incorporating new research, Dr. Ferber provides important basic information that all parents should know regarding the nature of sleep and the development of normal sleep and body rhythms throughout childhood. He discusses the causes of most sleep problems from birth to adolescence and recommends an array of proven solutions for each so that parents can choose the strategy that works best for them. Topics covered in detail include: Bedtime difficulties and nighttime wakings Effective strategies for naps Sleep schedule abnormalities A balanced look at co-sleeping New insights into the nature of sleep terrors and sleepwalking Problems in setting limits Sleep apnea, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and head banging Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems offers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.
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Many sleep disorder centers simply handed copies of this book to parents who had children who would not stay asleep. A problem Dr. Ferber deals with is the child who wakes up at night and finds he or she is alone in an environment that might be hostile "Daddy there's something in my room!" The problem is particularly bad if the child has fallen asleep in daddy's arms or an arm chair. He discovered a method that seemed to work like magic. It was based on sound psychology. Others have tried to improve on the method. It still helps to read Dr. Ferber's book as a foundation for their less thorough approaches. Richard Ferber founded what was probably the first clinic concerned with children's sleep problems. The experience he brings to his book probably surpasses that of anyone else. It's well worth its price to any parent who has the problem the book addresses!
