Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins: A step-by-step Program for Sleep-Training Your Multiples

As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can be double the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. Marc Weissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted moms and dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stay asleep, and sleep regularly. This essential step-by-step guide to establishing good sleep patterns reveals how to build healthy habits in twins’ natural slumber cycles, including

• how healthy sleep differs from “junk” sleep, plus a helpful tutorial on the techniques of sleep training for new parents

• the five ingredients of healthy sleep, and why daytime sleep is different from nighttime sleep but equally important to good health

• why it’s crucial for babies to master the ability to fall asleep unassisted, without protest or crying, and how to help them do so

• essential tips for synchronizing your twins’ sleep schedules, plus information about how twins sleep best–when to keep them together, and when it’s time to separate them

• how to recognize early drowsy cues in your babies so you can catch the sleep wave before it turns into nervous energy that will keep them awake

Sleep-training twins presents a unique set of challenges. This invaluable guide will not only get your babies to sleep through the night but help you stay healthy and rested so you can enjoy the many blessings of having more than one!

As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can be double the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep

With two or more babies to contend with—and half the parental energy to draw on—it’s difficult to establish sleep schedules for multiples. But it’s essential if the whole family is going to thrive. Dr. Marc Weissbluth, the beloved author of Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, the bestselling sleep guide for parents of singletons, can help.

Introducing new parents to his unique “sleep training” techniques—a process for instituting a daily routine and teaching infants to soothe themselves—Weissbluth provides the first step-by-step guide to implementing them with more than one baby. The only guide to establishing good sleep as well as repairing sleep problems in multiples, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins:

•Explains how fraternal and identical twins may sleep train differently—and what to do about it

•Describes ways to get your babies to synchronize their internal clocks and fall asleep at the same time—naturally

•Reveals the common mistakes parents of twins make to get their children to sleep

Helping the whole family get some much-needed rest, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins is a lifesaver of a guide for sleep-deprived new parents.