Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems New, Revised, and Expanded Edition

Does your childHave 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 wakingsEffective strategies for napsSleep schedule abnormalitiesA balanced look at co-sleepingNew insights into the nature of sleep terrors and sleepwalkingProblems in setting limitsSleep apnea, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and head bangingSolve Your Child's Sleep Problemsoffers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.

Richard Ferber, M.D., is an associate professor of neurology at the Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston