Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know - Softcover

American Academy Of Pediatrics, The

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581107811 ISBN 13: 9781581107814

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013

Synopsis

Sooner or later, most parents face challenges at bedtime. From infants and toddlers to school-aged kids and adolescents, sleep problems can affect everyone in the family. And no matter what a child’s difficulty may be—getting to sleep, staying asleep, bed-wetting, fears, or nightmares—it’s never too late to take steps to correct it.
Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know, 2nd Edition, helps parents and caregivers better understand sleep, answering questions and examining conflicting theories to help parents make the best decisions for their family.
Topics include

The functions of sleep and how much your child needs

Newborn sleep patterns

Sleep theories and strategies for success

Bedtime routines and rituals

Coping with fears and nightmares

Tips for solving common problems

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Y. Moon, MD, FAAP, is a member of the AAP as well as an internationally recognized expert in sudden infant death syndrome and safe sleep. She serves as the director of academic development for the Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health at Children's National Medical Center and is also professor of pediatrics at Geroge Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

From Publishers Weekly:

Edited by Moon, an internationally recognized expert on sudden infant death syndrome and safe sleep, this informative resource incorporates the expertise of more than 20 pediatricians and covers numerous issues regarding how to create and maintain healthy sleep habits in children. Moon points out that sleep is second only to feeding when it comes to parents' concerns about their babies (if baby is not sleeping, she observes, neither are the parents). The book is divided into two sections: Ages, Stages and Phases and Childhood Sleep Challenges. Part one guides readers from the first year of life through adolescence, with chapters along the way about toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age kids. Parents will recognize such familiar AAP advice as putting babies to sleep on their backs as a SIDS-prevention measure, not letting babies fall asleep at the breast or bottle, and taking a middle path on sleeping arrangements (room sharing but not bed sharing). General advice is accompanied by suggestions for hands-on tactics; for instance, the aptly named Vanishing Chair Method helps parents wean their children from having parents present at bedtime and can also be used as a monster-management technique to deal with children's fears. Readers will find answers to a comprehensive array of sleep-related questions in this commonsense and evidence-based guide. (Sept.)

About this edition

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1581107811
• ISBN 13: 9781581107814
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217
• Editor: Moon Rachel