Solve Your Childs Sleep Problems

Based on six years of intensive research in a top medical facility, "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" is packed with tips, suggestions, sample problems and solutions, and a bibliography of children's "go-to-sleep" books.

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 since it was published twenty years ago, 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.