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Top 10 Books About Children and Sleep

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Created: June 21, 2007

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It's no secret that parents of babies and toddlers are usually sleep deprived. These books offer ways both parent and child can sleep better and longer.

1. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician, offers his rogram to ensure the best sleep for your child.
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2. The No-Cry Sleep Solution

Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night. Based on her research, Rlizabeth Pantley's guide provides you with effective strategies to overcoming naptime and nighttime problems. The No-Cry Sleep Solution offers clearly explained, step-by-step ideas that steer your little ones toward a good night's sleep--all with no crying.
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3. The Happiest Baby on the Block

The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey, Md Karp. Karp, professor at the School of Medicine, UCLA, offers a new method to calm and soothe crying infants. While nursing or being held satisfies some babies, others seemingly cry for hours for no reason.
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4. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

By Richard Ferber. You've tried everything. Warm milk. Bedtime stories. Sharing your bed. But your child still has problems falling asleep. Dr. Richard Ferber can help.
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5. Sleeping Through the Night

How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep, by Jodi A. Mindell. Studies show that approximately 25% of young children experience some type of sleep problem and, as any bleary-eyed parent will attest, it is one of the most difficult challenges of parenting.
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6. Good Nights

The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (And a Peaceful Night's Sleep)by Jay Gordon and Maria Goodavage. Your baby sleeps in your bed, and you love it. Except for those nagging worries about safety. ("She's so small, I'm so big!") And what your relatives are saying. ("She'll never leave your bed!") And that little foot that always ends up on your face.
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7. Sleep Better!:

A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children With Special Needs by Vincent Mark Durand. Durand's book is completely unique - there are no other books specifically on coping with sleep problems in children with special needs, even though they are unusually prone to developing sleep problems
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8. Nighttime Parenting

How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep (LA Leche League International Book)by William, MD Sears, Mary White. Parenting is a full-time, twenty-four-hour-a-day job. Nighttime Parenting was written to make that job easier and to help the whole family--mother, father, baby--sleep better.
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9. Sweet Baby

How To Soothe Your Newborn by Marc Weissbluth. This book explains why babies become fussy. It teaches parents how to soothe their babies to reduce fussiness so that fussy babies do not become crying babies. Parents learn how to help their baby sleep better; thus, creating a firm foundation for life long healthy sleep habits.
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10. Helping Your Child Sleep Through the Night

by Joanne Cuthbertson, Susie Schevill (Contributor), Susanna Schevill. A good night's sleep is crucial both for a child's well-being and a parent's peace of mind. This positive, practical guide teaches parents to establish good sleeping habits in their kids and cope with the problems that cause sleepless nights, from colic to bed-wetting to nightmares.
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