Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child review

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

by Marc Weissbluth

I used this in addition to BabyWise and it complemented pretty well.  It didn’t talk about feeding times, but it gave me helpful information about sleeping.  It has been handy as Emmett gets older and different questions come up.

This book talks a lot about early bedtimes.  I agree and have found this to be true.  Emmett sleeps 12 hours because he is able to go to bed at 8pm.  

A quote from the book is “Sleep begets sleep.”  I thought that sounded a little off, but I have noticed that when Emmett has a good night of sleeping and a good morning nap, his afternoon and evening naps are pretty great as well.  He sleeps between 15-17 hours in a 24 hour period.  

I liked this book a lot, but it didn't talk much about feeding times like BabyWise did.  I enjoyed having more of a schedule to keep things a little predictable for me.  I also like that it shows what might be happening with sleep at different ages.  I can look ahead to the next stage and see when about it will take place.  Good book, keep a copy close by.