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Inspired by the 6 times I have been getting up every night for the past week since I moved Ben to the girls room I have taken a WISE friend up on her suggestion of a wonderful book :

"Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child"

by: Marc Weissbluth, M.D.

This book is full of the scientific explanations for the physical necessity of good sleep, the step by step process on how to implement and a examples of parents putting this wisdom into play for their own children. It's not just about putting your baby on a sleep pattern but as the title suggests its for a "child".

The most inspiring part for me thus far (and I'm only 50 pages into 450) was learning that putting my children to bed 30-60 mins earlier when they are happy and before they are "tired" makes it easier for them to fall asleep. I often wondered why my oldest daughter took over an hour to fall asleep when I put her down at 8pm. Last night I put her to bed earlier and she fell asleep faster.

This book also helps the parents look past their self desires to play with their children and keep them awake late at night. Further explaining that a happy child that doesn't wake in the night and doesn't wake up extremely earlier is more pleasurable then the late playtime.

I was also surprised to learn that children who complain of stomach pain or headaches in the late afternoon and evening is directly related to the amount of sleep they received the previous night.

All in all, it just makes sense. Check it out!