Sleep

Adult Sleep Apnea : Treatment - Lots of Options
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A physician can diagnose sleep apnea and suggest treatment based on the patient's complaints of daytime sleepiness, insomnia, awareness of obstructed breathing during sleep, snoring, and headache or dry mouth on waking.

Adult Sleep Apnea: Breathless No More
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Millions of overweight, middle-aged men stop breathing for seconds while sleeping and then continue snoring, repeating this routine through the night. Though lesser measures help mild apnea cases, mask-like devices are replacing surgery for serious cases.

Sleep Tools-Transitioning Tips
The Baby Sleep Book : The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family
by William Sears, M. D., Martha Sears, R. N., Robert W. Sears, M.D.
Babies don't come equipped with the type of sleep switch that you can suddenly turn off at nap time and bedtime. Yet, a transitioning-to-sleep ritual can be like a dimmer switch that gradually tunes out and turns down stimulation in baby's environment.

Create A Safe And Comfortable Environment Conducive To Sleep
The Baby Sleep Book : The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family
by William Sears, M. D., Martha Sears, R. N., Robert W. Sears, M.D.
If baby's bedroom (or your bedroom) is too light, too dark, too noisy, too quiet, or too stimulating, your baby may have difficulty going to sleep or staying asleep. Some babies are more sensitive to their sleeping environment than others.

Five Steps to Get Your Baby to Sleep Better
The Baby Sleep Book : The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family
by William Sears, M. D., Martha Sears, R. N., Robert W. Sears, M.D.
For every parent who has ever been deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now there's hope. The Baby Sleep Book is the comprehensive, reassuring, solution-filled sleep resource that every family will want to own.

Stress: The Principal Cause of Insomnia
The Insomnia Solution : The Natural, Drug-Free Way to a Good Night's Sleep
by Michael Krugman, MA, GCFP
What causes the transitory insomnia that plagues so many millions of us? And more important, why is it happening to you? The short answer is, stress. Stress is the principal cause of insomnia. But what is stress?

Why America Can't Sleep
The Insomnia Solution : The Natural, Drug-Free Way to a Good Night's Sleep
by Michael Krugman, MA, GCFP
Don't let insomnia keep you awake at night! Take action now with the Sounder Sleep System and start rediscovering the blissful experience of a good night's sleep-naturally. Based on traditional and modern self-healing methods, including yoga, qigong

Why Healthy Sleep Is So Important
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Sleeplessness in children and worrying about sleeplessness have been around for a long time. Healthy sleep appears to come so easily and naturally to newborn babies. Effortlessly, they fall asleep and stay asleep.

Avoiding Bedtime Battles So the Whole Family Sleeps Well
American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Sleep : Birth Through Adolescence
by George J. Cohen, M.D., The American Academy of Pediatrics
Sooner or later, almost every parent must deal with a child's sleeptime problems. In early infancy, the first task is to help your baby learn to sleep longer at night and stay awake for increasingly longer periods during the daytime.

Why Children Misbehave and What You Can Do About It
Eating, Sleeping, and Getting Up: How to Stop the Daily Battles with Your Child
by Carolyn Crowder
Understanding why your children misbehave is not as difficult and daunting as it may first seem. Perhaps because we are living in a complicated world we are constantly looking for complicated answers, especially when it comes to examining human behavior.

Sleep, Thoughts, Worries and Fears
by Remez Sasson
Do you fall asleep immediately after entering bed or do thoughts and worries begin to flow into your mind, keeping your sleep away? Do you find it hard to stop them? When you are in bed at night there are fewer outside distractions it is quiet and dark

Helping Children Sleep
Becoming the Parent You Want To Be: A Sourcebook of Strategies for the First Five Years
by Laura Davis, Janis Keyser
Sleep is a core issue in parenting. It is one of the first areas where we grapple with the reality that there are things about our children that we cannot control. As parents, we can set the stage for relaxation, but we cannot force children to sleep.