Marc Weissbluth M.D. - The Essential Library for New Moms 4-Book Bundle: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child; The Baby Food Bible; Infant Massage; Colic Solved

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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child copyright 1987 by March Weissbluth
Foreword copyright 2003 by Cindy Crawford
New Introduction copyright 2005 by Marc Weissbluth

The Baby Food Bible copyright 2008 by Eileen Behan

Infant Massage copyright 1979 by Vimala McClure
Photographs copyright 2000 by Vimala McClure

Colic Solved copyright 2007 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D.

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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, The Baby Food Bible and Colic Solved were each published separately by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1987, 2008, and 2007.

Infant Massage was published separately by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1982.

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Copyright 1987, 1999, 2003 by Marc Weissbluth
Foreword copyright 2003 by Cindy Crawford
New Introduction copyright 2005 by Marc Weissbluth

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Pulished in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in trade paperback in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1987, and revised in 1999 and 2003.

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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint the following material:

The American Psychological Association: an article by Carl D. Williams entitled Case Report: The Elimination of Tantrum Behavior by Extinction Procedures which appeared in Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1959. Copyright 1959 by the American Psychological Association. Reprinted by permission of the publisher and author.

Karen Pierce, M.D.: , entitled Competent Parents, Competent Child by Karen Pierce, M.D. Copyright 1999 by Karen Pierce, M.D. Reprinted by permission of the author. All rights reserved.

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This book is dedicated to
Linda Weissbluth.

A friend recommended this book to me when my first child, Presley, was seven months old. I was still nursing, but getting ready to stop, and definitely ready to stop the 4:00 A.M . feeding. Also, we had let Presley get into the bad habit of only wanting to nap on someone. This was great when I needed an excuse for a nap, but not so convenient on busy days.

I devoured the book in a matter of hours and put the principles into practice immediatelywith instant results. I especially liked how Dr. Weissbluth taught me to watch out for my childs sleepy signs and then encouraged me to get him to bed before hes overtired. I was also very comforted by Dr. Weissbluths explanation of sleep as one of your childs basic needs. You offer healthy food to your child when shes hungry. You must also offer healthy sleep when your child is tiredeven if she doesnt know it or thinks she doesnt want it (just like my kids wont usually choose the vegetable!).

As a correspondent for Good Morning America, I was able to contact and interview Dr. Weissbluth as part of my series Babys First Year. I feel tremendously lucky to have Dr. Weissbluth as a resource in my life (yes, there are some perks!). Dr. Weissbluth has become a trusted advisor not only on the topic of sleep, but also on potty training and discipline.

Dr. Weissbluth, thank you for being a mentor and friend. I wish I could say my kids never wake up at night or always go to sleep without a power struggle. We have our ups and downsI guess thats parenthood. But what I do have is a structure for sleep, which were always trying to get back to after traveling or a cold. It really helps to have that and to know it worksespecially when you are bleary-eyed at 2:00 A.M . I love Dr. Weissbluths philosophy that the most important thing to have is a well-rested family. And fortunately, thanks to Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, most days (and nights) we do!

Cindy Crawford

If you are still pregnant, it is important for both parents, not just the mother-to-be, to read the Introduction and . Try to read all of this before your baby is born because no matter how tired you may feel now, you will be even more tired once your baby has arrived. Trying to read anything then is difficult, to say the least. In these chapters you will gain an understanding as to why healthy sleep is valuable, how to satisfy your babys need to sleep, how to cope with fussiness or crying in the evening, and how to prevent sleep problems.

If you have already delivered your baby, it is likely that you are exhausted, feeling a little lost, or both. Shortly after the birth, you may have baby brain and be unable to concentrate, focus, or develop a plan of action because you are so sleep-deprived. And if you are breast-feeding, it is possible that you feel physically drained. It is absolutely necessary for husbands, who never have baby brain, to read portions of this book and to act as a coach for their wives. First, even if your baby was not very fussy or crying much in the evenings, please read .

Why wont my child sleep better? Where does he get all his energy? He really never seems tired; he just goes and goes and goes until he crashes. Im burned out and I know he must be exhausted. Of course, he never slept well, even when he was a baby. He was up at all hours during the night, every night. Naps? Forget them. Sure, he took catnaps, but only in my arms or in the car. I just thought it was normal because no baby wants to sleep with so many interesting things going on around him. Anyway, I didnt want to hear all that crying when he didnt want to sleep. But now hes two, and Im getting tired of those constant bedtime battles. There are times when I wish he would simply just settle down and be less wild.

Sound familiar?

All kids occasionally are firecrackers when things are not going their way. But why do some kids have much shorter fuses than others?

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child will explain how fatigue caused by poor-quality sleep makes some children pop off more often or explode with more force than others. It will also explain how chronic fatigue can reduce your childs ability to succeed in school. This book will show how you can nurture, enhance, and maintain calm and alert behavior in your child by instilling good sleep habits.