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Like you may
be, I was frustrated with the information on getting children to sleep
that was available to the general public. I had business associates,
relatives and friends who were all trying to learn what really works, and
frankly I don't have the time to take each one by the hand and teach them
how it really works.
I decided to do something about it, so I made a list of all the big players in infant
and toddler sleep issues, and I added a few of my not so well-known
favorites. Here's how I went about it:
First, I wanted to cover all the bases. People are naturally skeptical, and they
are always looking for the place where the grass is greener. So I thought
I needed to devote a full chapter to a review of each of the most
well-known sleep "experts." Some of these chapters are full of useful
tips, others, well...I wanted to make sure I covered all of them. These
chapters give a thorough review of each of their systems, so you don't
have to read 9,236 pages or spend $3,397.46 to evaluate each idea on your
own.
Second, I wanted to include people with great ideas who may not have been as well
known. Sometimes selling thousands of books about sleep is just a matter
of good public relations, not good ideas. And sometimes the opposite is
true as well.
Third, I wanted to tell you what really works. So the end of the manual brings it
all together into the ultimate, nothing held back, no-B.S. Baby Sandman
Sleep System. This is where I explain how to integrate the really good
ideas (and avoid the lousy ones) from all the other experts. This is where
it all comes together.
Fourth, I wanted to make sure that this book always contains the latest information.
That's why I've included, for instance, the Baby Whisperer Bonus (see
below) for FREE with your order. This bonus, and all other significant
developments, are also sent for free to anyone who has ordered Amazing Baby Sleep Secrets
before.
As you will see below, just this year I have added new sections on Dr. Harvey Karp, author of
The Happiest Baby on the Block, and on Elizabeth Pantley, author of the no-cry
sleep solution.
Fifth, I wanted the guide to be concise but complete. It's important for you to see
what all the experts have to say. But I haven't met a parent yet who had
extra time to waste, so it had to really be no-B.S., get to the point
information.
Here's the list of experts that I came up with. My guess is, if you have tried any
method, it was based on the findings of one of these people (listed in
alphabetical order):
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., "the beloved dean of American
pediatricians, is an internationally known expert on child development. At
Children's Hospital in Boston and at Harvard Medical School, which has
recently named a chair in pediatrics in his honor, he has taught, trained
pediatricians, and carried out his influential research. His books have
been translated into eighteen languages." (from back cover of
touchpoints).
George J. Cohen, M.D., F.A.A.P., as Editor-in-Chief for the
American Academy of Pediatrics. George Cohen is the attending pediatrician
at Children's National Medical Center and a professor of pediatrics in
Washington, D.C. The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of
more than 55,000 primary-care pediatricians, pediatric medical
subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the
health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and
young adults (from back cover of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Guide to Your Child's Sleep).
Joanne Cuthbertson and Susie Schevill live in Berkeley, California. They are
both mothers (with five children between them), and both are married to
pediatricians (from back cover of Helping Your Child Sleep Through the
Night).
Gary Ezzo, the author of On Becoming Babywise, is
the Executive Director of Growing Families International. He is a graduate
of Talbot Theological Seminary and served ten years as Pastor to Family
Ministries in Sun Valley, California. Along with his wife, Anne Marie,
Gary has authored a number of biblically based parenting curriculums and
books used by more than 1,500,000 parents throughout the world (from the
Growing Families International web page).
Richard Ferber, M.D. Dr. Ferber is widely
recognized as the nation's leading authority in the field of children's
sleep problems. Director of the Sleep Lab and the Center for Pediatric
Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital in Boston (Harvard's pediatric
teaching hospital), Dr. Ferber also teaches at Harvard Medical School and
is a pediatrician (from the bio in Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems).
Paul M. Fleiss, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., is a well-respected pediatrician
who has been in practice for over thirty-five years. He has published
articles ranging from the Journal of the American Medical
Association to Mothering magazine, and has given numerous
presentations on topics including breast-feeding and the use of herbal
remedies. He has also received several research grants to study the
excretion of pharmaceutical drugs in human milk. Dr. Fleiss was the
subject of the film The Good Doctor. He maintains an active medical
practice in Los Angeles, California (from the back cover of Sweet
Dreams).
Jeffrey W. Hull, M.D., F.A.A.P. Is a graduate of the
University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston. He completed internship and residency training in pediatrics
at the Child Health Center, UTMB Galveston, and served for an additional
year on the faculty as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. Following that time
he served for three years as a U.S. Navy pediatrician at the Naval
Regional Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, before entering
private pediatric practice (from biographical information supplied with
his Sleep Tight Video® - registered trademark of Jeffrey Hull
Productions, Inc.).
Harvey Karp, M.D.,
a Brazelton trainee and 1981 recipient of the Ehrmann Fellowship to study
crying and colic. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UCLA
School of Medicine, with a private practice in Santa Monica. (from the
book jacket of The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying
and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer, ranked in the top 150 books by sales on
Amazon.com as of the time of this writing).
Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D., is a Pediatric
Clinical Director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic at Allegheny University of
the Health Sciences in Philadelphia. She holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
clinical psychology, is associate professor of psychology at St. Joseph's
University, and is the author of numerous publications on the subject of
pediatric sleep disorders (from the back cover of Sleeping Through the
Night).
Elizabeth Pantley,
an author and parent educator, lives with her
husband and four children in Washington State--and all sleep through the
night (from the back cover of the no-cry sleep solution, one of THE
hot books in 2002, especially with fans of Dr. Sears, who wrote the forward
for this book).
William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N., are the
pediatrics experts to whom American parents are increasingly turning for
advice and information on all aspects of pregnancy, birth, childcare, and
family nutrition. Dr. Sears was trained at Harvard Medical School's
Children's Hospital and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, the largest
children's hospital in the world. He has practiced pediatrics for nearly
thirty years. Martha Sears is a registered nurse, certified childbirth
educator, and breastfeeding consultant (from the back cover of The Baby
Book).
Benjamin Spock, M.D. ("Dr. Spock"),
practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. Then he became a
medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of
Pittsburgh, and Case Western University in Cleveland. The author of eleven
books, he had two sons, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren, and was
married to Mary Morgan. Dr. Spock died March 15, 1998, at age 94, shortly
after completing work on the seventh edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and
Child Care (from which this information is obtained).
Marc Weissbluth, M.D., has been a
pediatrician for twenty-five years and is also a leading researcher on
sleep and children. He founded the Sleep Disorders Center at Chicago's
Children's Memorial Hospital in 1982. In addition to his own research, he
has written chapters in textbooks for pediatricians on sleep problems, has
lectured extensively to parent groups, and has appeared on Oprah.
Dr. Weissbluth is the father of four children - and they are all good
sleepers (from Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child).
Michael Quarles, the "Baby Sandman," is yours truly, and
the material that ties all the theories together is entirely my own.
Practical, proven advice that works as well as Sleepy Dust. |
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