Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

A step-by-step programme for a good night's sleep
by Dr Marc Weissbluth

Publication Date: 7 April 2005     Price: £9.99ppr

As every parent knows, a good night's sleep is the key to a happy child. Not only is the child more likely to eat, play and socialise better, but also the parent feels more able to cope with the day ahead, whether it involves childcare or a day at work.

In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child leading paediatrician Dr Marc Weissbluth sets out his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing children's sleep problems. Hugely successful in America (selling over a million copies) and with a foreword by Cindy Crawford, this book is the most comprehensive study of childhood sleep ever published. Dr Weissbluth explains how sleep is vital for brain development and how bad sleep habits as a baby and child can be linked to ADT and adult insomnia. Unlike other childcare books, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child explains how to prevent sleep problems, not just to deal with existing ones. It particularly highlights the importance of day time sleeps (naps) for children and how they are connected to night sleep, along with the concept that earlier bedtimes often help children settle more easily. The book moves from infancy to adolescence and offers different approaches for different ages, temperaments and families. Throughout it is practical, accessible and reassuring and will be welcomed by parents, parents-to-be and carers alike.

About the Author

A paediatrician for over thirty years, Dr Marc Weissbluth has specialised in sleep problems for many years. In 1985 he founded the Sleep Disorders Center at Chicago's Memorial Hospital and he is professor of Clinical Paediatrics at Northwestern University School of Medicine.

His landmark seven-year study on the development and disappearance of naps highlighted the importance of daytime sleep. Dr Marc Weissbluth will be visiting the UK to promote Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child on publication and will be available for interview. He would be happy to contribute to magazine and newspaper features.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child: A step-by-step programme for a good night's sleep by Dr Marc Weissbluth is published on April 7 2005 by Vermilion at £9.99ppr.