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...

• 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.