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Proven bedtime solutions for parents of preschool and elementary school children -- from a Yale doctorWhile there are plenty of resources available to establish healthy sleeping patterns for babies and toddlers, theres very little guidance for parents who want to help their preschool and elementary school children (ages 3 - 10) sleep well. However, parents can be effective sleep coaches for their children once they know what to do. Become Your Childs Sleep Coach meets that need by giving you a simple plan to coach your children to be wonderful sleepers, as well as methods to deal with bed wetting, sleep walking, night terrors, and other sleep issues. The five-step plan shows you how to:1: Prepare your childs bedroom for great sleep2: Use the 5B Bedtime Routine every night3: Teach your child to self-comfort as you work your way out of the room4: Limit "callbacks and curtain calls"5: Manage night and early morning wakings"A tremendous resource that will teach you exactly how to solve your childs sleep problems." -- From the Foreword by Meir Kryger, MD, author of The Mystery of Sleep
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Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg is a sleep psychologist at Yale and at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. She's also a mom of three, so she knows both professionally and personally how important it is to help kids become great sleepers. After years of working with families, she has written a book to share her secrets and her proven step-by-step guide.Most sleep books are aimed at parents of babies and toddlers but her book, Become Your Child's Sleep Coach: The Bedtime Doctor's 5-Step Guide, Ages 3-10, was written for the parents of school-age children. A striking 80% of preschooler parents say that their children's sleep needs improvement, but these parents can't use the sleep methods that work for babies and the fact that they are older can make the process much more complicated. Because it can be so difficult to teach older kids to be great sleepers, some parents consider hiring a sleep coach. With her step-by-step guide, they won't need to. Parents make wonderful sleep coaches once they know exactly what to do. Become Your Child's Sleep Coach helps parents teach their kids how to fall asleep easily and independently in their own beds and stay there throughout the night. Her simple plan includes these five steps:- Prepare your child's bedroom for great sleep- Use the proven 5B Bedtime Routine every night- Teach your child to self-comfort as you work your way out of the room- Limit "callbacks and curtain calls" after the bedtime routine is over- Manage night wakings and early morning wakingsDr. Schneeberg's book is based on solid research and years of experience working with families. It's also full of stories of real kids who learned to be great sleepers.She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and one of only about 200 board-certified sleep psychologists in the country. She is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
