The Rested Child: Why Your Tired, Wired, or Irritable Child May Have a Sleep Disorder--And How to Help

by W Chris Winter and W. Chris Winter

Book Overview

A comprehensive guide to the varied sleep disorders that affect children from infancy to adolescence, many of which are commonly misdiagnosed, offering new wisdom to parents about how to ease their child's troubles. Sleep disorders in children are on the rise. Experts have pronounced sleeplessness a "hidden health crisis" for young people, with 10 percent of children presenting with diagnosable sleep disorders--but well over half are misdiagnosed. Every year, tens of thousands of children are treated for diseases such as diabetes, learning disorders, or chronic pain, when the real root cause of their ailment may actually be a sleep disorder for which they're not being treated. In this groundbreaking guide, neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Chris Winter identifies the signs and symptoms of the most common sleep disorders affecting children today, and he empowers parents and caregivers to understand the steps necessary to address and treat their children's sleep problems. From common issues such as too much screen time and night terrors, to narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and more, The Rested Child leaves no stone unturned. This book pulls back the curtain on the relationship between poor sleep quality and pediatric epidemics related to psychiatric health, rising obesity, ADD/ADHD, pain disorders, and other undiagnosed disorders of sleepiness and fatigue. Finally parents have a resource to help them uncover the root of their children's problems, and, more important, to provide the answers on how to help.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593330072
• ISBN13: 9780593330074
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I had such high hopes...

With multiple children with sleep issues since birth, I had high hopes for this book. It's nothing new, really. While it pitches itself to be different, it's simply another sleep schedule (including "cry it out" for the little ones) based on one set of science and missing quite a bit of the more up-to-date info (ei. no mention of tongue tie as it related to airways, etc.). Literally less than 1 page specific to kids on the spectrum. And just continually lets you know you need to find a good pediatric sleep specialist (if we could, would we have bought this book?). If you have babies, I would recommend Dr. James McKenna. If you have big kids and teens, use your commen sense and relax your ideas around a strict lights-out-fall-asleep-NOW bedtime and parent your child at bedtime. The author does have lots of funny jokes and comments sprinkled throughout, but that doesn't help at this stage of sleep issue.