Dr Marc Weissbluth has been a paediatrician for thirty years and is a leading researcher on sleep and children. In 'Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child' he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step programme for establishing beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles.This valuable handbook reveals the common mistakes prent make to get their children to sleep; helps you to stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares and bedwetting; analyses ways to get your baby to fall asleep naturally; and offers the latest information on a range of topics including 0* how to handle 'nap-resistant' children* when to start sleep-training* the father's role in comforting children* the benefits and drawbacks of allowing children to sleep in the 'family bed'