5 Days to a Perfect Night's Sleep for Your Child: The Secrets to Making Bedtime a Dream

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An international phenomenon now available in America for the first time, this quick, no-nonsense guide is all you need to get your child to sleep through the night .

These days, most books on improving your child's sleep take either a tough-love approach or a soothing strategy . But now an internationally renowned sleep expert provides a middle-ground method that will have your child sleeping through the night at any age. Dr. Eduard Estivill's no-fail technique focuses on a mixture of authority, ritual, and reward. Parents can end negative cycles of resistance and wakefulness and feel as rested as their child will by following these expert tips:

- Adopt a firm and confident attitude .
- Use meals as a cue to announce your child's next nap or nighttime sleep.
- Incorporate appropriate elements at bedtime so your child will not rely on you as a vital part of the sleep process.
- Reinforce the contrast between light and dark .
- Never punish children by making them go to bed .
- Learn what to say before--and after--the light is turned off.

Complete with special techniques to use with newborns, plus an invaluable question-and-answer section that addresses specific concerns , this sanity-saving guide promises sweet dreams for all.