Sleeping Through The Night - Jodi Mindell, Ph.D.

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I was pleasantly surprised when I read Sleeping Through the Night. I expected it to be really technical, full of lots of medial jargon and, well, badly written.  This isn't to say that all psychologist, like Mindell, are boring and dry and all those who run a sleep clinic are overly technical-but it seems to be a bit of a trend I've noticed :)

This book was well organized, simple to understand, provided enough information about sleep basics without overwhelming you with too much detail, and, most importantly, it provided a lot of

Sleeping Through The Night Index (Jodi a. Mindell)

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Sleeping Through The Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep - Jodi A. Mindell

• Book Review
• Predictors of Sleep Problems

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SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT - When Will It Start

Sleeping Through The Night - When Will It Start?

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Before we can talk about when a child will sleep through the night, we need to know what I mean when I say sleeping through the night.

Predictors of Sleep Problems

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In Sleeping Through the Night, Mindell lists some things that predispose a child to sleep problems:

FIRSTBORN
Firstborn children are more likely to have sleep problems. This may be because parents are less tolerant of their child's cries and/or because they have more time and energy to devote to them. Parents are probably more likely to not be as strict about sleep rules with firstborns too.

SEX
Boys are more likely to have sleep problems than