Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child Index (Weissbluth)

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Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child (HSHHC) by Weissbluth

• Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC) - Book Review
• Sleep Training - Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

Ferber vs Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child

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Ferber suggests a gradual or controlled crying approach to sleep training while Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC) suggests an abrupt or cold turkey/extinction crying approach to sleep training**. So which is better? Well, I wish I could tell you right off, but like most things involving sleep and babies, there are several

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC) Book Review

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I highly recommend Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, by Marc Weissbluth. I love the importance this book places on sleep and that it backs this up with research unlike many of the other books out there. It emphasizes the importance of having your child on a schedule around 4 months. Personally, I think a flexible sleep routine is beneficial before this time, but that's just my opinion.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child does suggests allowing your child to cry as long as necessary at night which I know some people will have a hard time with. BUT, it focuses on perfect timing, among other things, to prevent crying at sleep times (see Wake time) which is a great concept.