| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| List of Figures | p. xv |
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. xvii |
| Your Child's Sleep | |
| At the End of Your Rope | p. 3 |
| Can a Child Just Be a "Poor Sleeper"? | p. 6 |
| How to Tell Whether Your Child Has a Sleep Problem | p. 8 |
| Starting with a Basic Understanding of Sleep | p. 13 |
| What We Know About Sleep | p. 14 |
| Non-REM Sleep | p. 15 |
| REM Sleep | p. 18 |
| How Sleep Stages Develop in Children | p. 21 |
| Children's Sleep Cycles | p. 23 |
| Sleep and Waking Patterns | p. 28 |
| The Importance of Biological Rhythms | p. 31 |
| Helping Your Child Develop Good Sleep Practices | p. 33 |
| The Importance of Your Child's Bedtime Routines | p. 34 |
| "Back to Sleep": Reducing the Risk of SIDS | p. 37 |
| Should Your Child Sleep in Your Bed? | p. 41 |
| Specific Issues Related to Co-sleeping | p. 44 |
| The Sleep Challenges of Multiples: Twins and Triplets | p. 49 |
| The Special Toy or Favorite Blanket | p. 52 |
| Developing Good Schedules | p. 53 |
| The Sleepless Child | |
| Sleep Associations: A Key Problem | p. 61 |
| A Typical Sleep Association Problem | p. 63 |
| Why Sleep Associations Matter | p. 65 |
| Wrong Sleep Associations | p. 67 |
| How to Solve the Problem: The Progressive-Waiting Approach | p. 72 |
| Making the Changes in One Step or Several | p. 83 |
| Associations to the Breast, Bottle, or Pacifier | p. 85 |
| Co-sleeping and Related Considerations | p. 87 |
| If Things Are Not Getting Better | p. 92 |
| General Observations | p. 95 |
| The Problem of Limit Setting | p. 105 |
| Who's in Charge? | p. 106 |
| Difficulty Setting Limits | p. 108 |
| Limits, Associations, Feedings, Schedules, and Fears | p. 111 |
| Setting Limits at Night | p. 112 |
| Limit Setting Problems: Some Examples | p. 129 |
| Feedings During the Night: Another Major Cause of Trouble | p. 136 |
| Is Your Child's Sleep Problem Caused by Nighttime Feedings? | p. 139 |
| How to Solve the Problem | p. 140 |
| Other Points to Keep in Mind | p. 148 |
| Medical Considerations | p. 149 |
| Nighttime Fears | p. 151 |
| The Anxious Child | p. 151 |
| Bedtime Fears | p. 153 |
| Evaluating Your Child's Fears | p. 156 |
| How to Cope with Nighttime Fears | p. 165 |
| Techniques to Help a Child Feel Less Frightened and Fall Asleep Quickly | p. 167 |
| Final Considerations | p. 177 |
| Colic and Other Medical Causes of Poor Sleep | p. 178 |
| Colic | p. 178 |
| Chronic Illness | p. 181 |
| Nocturnal Pain | p. 182 |
| Medication | p. 184 |
| Abnormal Brain Function and a True Inability to Sleep Well | p. 188 |
| Schedules and Sleep Rhythm Disturbances | |
| Schedules and Rhythms | p. 195 |
| Sleep Phases | p. 199 |
| The Circadian System and the Forbidden Zone for Sleep: Why You Can Stay Awake Until Bedtime-and Sleep Until Morning | p. 200 |
| Setting the Biological Clock: How Do You Know What Time Zone You Are In? | p. 204 |
| Individual Differences: Are You a Lark or an Owl? | p. 206 |
| Society, Sleep Deprivation, and the Adolescent | p. 207 |
| Specific Sleep Problems Affecting Different Parts of the Sleep Cycle: A Summary | p. 211 |
| Schedule Disorders I: Sleep Phase Problems | p. 214 |
| Sleep Phases | p. 214 |
| Sleep Phase Shifts | p. 219 |
| Sleep Phase Shifts in the Adolescent | p. 230 |
| Schedule Disorders II: Other Common Schedule Problems | p. 241 |
| Problems in Regular Schedules | p. 241 |
| Irregular and Inconsistent Sleep-Wake Schedules | p. 255 |
| Travel | p. 260 |
| Naps | p. 264 |
| Problems with the Length and Timing of Naps | p. 267 |
| Trouble Giving Up a Nap: Transition Problems | p. 280 |
| Nap Time Sleep Association Problems | p. 281 |
| Napping (or Not) at Home and at Day Care | p. 282 |
| You May Have to Accept What Works | p. 283 |
| Interruptions During Sleep | |
| Partial Wakings: Sleep Talking, Sleepwalking, Confusional Arousals, and Sleep Terrors | p. 287 |
| What They Are and Why They Happen | p. 287 |
| The Normal Transition from Deep (Stage IV) Sleep Toward Waking | p. 289 |
| More Intense Transitions: A Spectrum of Confusional Events | p. 291 |
| What a Confusional Event Feels Like | p. 296 |
| Why Confusional Events Happen: The Balance Between Sleep and Waking | p. 297 |
| The Variability of Arousals over Time | p. 311 |
| Evaluating Confusional Events: When to Take Action | p. 312 |
| Treatment | p. 315 |
| What You Should Do and What Else to Consider | p. 315 |
| How We Helped the Children Described Earlier | p. 322 |
| Nightmares | p. 333 |
| What Nightmares Are and Why They Occur | p. 333 |
| How to Help Your Child If He Is Having Nightmares | p. 337 |
| Nightmares and Confusional Events | p. 341 |
| Nightmares or "'No'-mares"?: "I had a bad dream" | p. 345 |
| Bedwetting | p. 347 |
| The Impact of Enuresis | p. 348 |
| What Causes Enuresis? | p. 350 |
| Approaches to Treating Enuresis | p. 355 |
| Final Words | p. 367 |
| Head Banging, Body Rocking, and Head Rolling | p. 368 |
| When Do These Behaviors Occur? | p. 369 |
| What Do These Behaviors Look Like? | p. 370 |
| Is Head Banging Dangerous? | p. 371 |
| When Should You Be Concerned? | p. 371 |
| What Causes Rhythmic Behaviors? | p. 372 |
| Treating the Problem | p. 378 |
| Outcomes | p. 382 |
| The Sleepy Child | |
| Noisy Breathing, Snoring, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea | p. 387 |
| What Happens in Sleep Apnea | p. 388 |
| What Causes the Obstruction | p. 392 |
| Treating Sleep Apnea | p. 396 |
| Some Words of Caution | p. 401 |
| Getting Your Child the Help She Needs | p. 403 |
| Narcolepsy and Other Causes of Sleepiness | p. 406 |
| Is Your Child Abnormally Sleepy? | p. 408 |
| Causes of Sleepiness Other Than Narcolepsy | p. 409 |
| Treating Simpler Causes of Sleepiness | p. 410 |
| Evaluation at a Sleep Disorders Center | p. 411 |
| Narcolepsy | p. 414 |
| The Cause of Narcolepsy | p. 424 |
| The Treatment of Narcolepsy | p. 426 |
| Future Treatments | p. 430 |
| Index | p. 431 |
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