The wait times in our emergency departments are longer than usual due to illnesses like RSV and the flu. View our estimated ED wait times and learn more about where to get care for your sick child.

Education materials and other resources

We know you may want to dig for more information, so we gathered these easy-to-digest materials and resources from pediatric organizations in Minnesota and beyond.

Books

  • Be the Boss of Your Sleep by Timothy Culbert, MD and Rebecca Kajander, CNP, MPH.
  • Jessica and the Wolf by Tennessee Dixon.
  • Monster in My Closet by Mercer Mayer.
  • Raising your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent. (2006).  Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.
  • Sleep Better: A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children With Special Needs. (2013). V. Durand.
  • Sleeping Like a Baby: A sensitive and sensible approach to solving your child’s sleep problems. (2001). Avi Sadeah.
  • Sleeping Through the Night Revised Edition: How Infants, Toddlers and Their Parents Can Get a Good Nights Sleep. (2005). Jodi A Mindell.
  • Sleepless in America: Is your child misbehaving or missing sleep. (2006). Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.
  • Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems: New Revised and Expanded Edition. (2006). Richard Ferber.
  • Taking Charge of your Child’s Sleep: The all in one resource for solving sleep problems in kids and teens (2005). Judith A Owens and Jodi A Mindell.
  • There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer.
  • There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer.

Get educated

At Children’s Minnesota, we know how important reliable information about conditions and illnesses is.