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Summary: If you want to get some sleep within the 1st year read this!
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone who cherishes their child enough to not want them to have to "cry it out". That barbarian method of parenting is outdated and not nessessary. I read this book when I first brought my son home from the hospital and now at 4 months of age we have literally NO sleeping problems!!!I am the envy of all my friends and my son has never had to feel the horror of screaming for me and being left alone!!I love Elizabeth Pantley and my next child male or female will be named after her!!!!
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Summary: we've made progress
Review: We've gone from: our 5 month old needing me to go to sleep with him, in the bed, breastfeeding, to being able to put him down in the crib at 7:30 where he sleeps, mostly, until about 2 or 3am. I'd say that's a vast improvement. And that was without strictly following her plan, just incorporating some of her ideas. Now onto the second phase of trying to get him to sleep longer. This book really helped us.
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Summary: A true life saver!
Review: I got so tired of everyone telling me to just let him cry! This author is someone who understands that I can't and won't let my sweet angel cry to sleep. This book has become my best friend as I go through the steps to help my little man sleep better. And we are making steady progress -- in gentle, loving ways that feel right to me. If you want sleep without crying this book keeps its promise by offering many specific and kind solutions.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS A MUST MUST HAVE!!!
Review: The next baby shower you get invited to -- give them this book!In a sea of Ferberizers and people telling you to let your child just cry it out and everything will be wonderful, this book is a lighthouse of common sense! It is filled with compassion for both parents and baby and after the first 10 pages you will think "I can do this." You will not be sorry that you gave her approach a try. And your child will thank you and be better off for your having followed Ms Pantley's advice.
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Summary: nothing new
Review: Unfortunately, Elizabeth failed to enlighten me with any profound secrets "guaranteed" to get my child to sleep.
All the options she offered, while gentle, have all been previously mentioned in other books/literature I've read.
I had already been using/trying the methods she's described for my situation.
Sadly, I'm still right where I started - sporadic sleep, and now $...poorer for having bought this book.
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Summary: Smart, compassionate approach
Review: This is an excellent approach to sleep training from a compassionate, intelligent, logical, nurturing mom. My only criticism is the book is a bit long for a sleep-deprived parent to read but worth the time if you can hang in there. It does have some excellent ideas. No doubt about it, Pantley knows her stuff.
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Summary: A kind solution and sleep for us all!
Review: Elizabeth Pantley's book provides information on the sleep patterns and cycles of babies that can help families guide their children to sleep. It is a flexible method that can be used to fit your family's preferences. It is not purely for attachment parenting or breastfeeding families. Instead, it is a kind, loving approach to helping babies learn, rather than shutting the door and merely letting them cry. I would recommend reading the book closely and relating it to your own situation prior to trying it. In our case, after just 8 nights, our nine-month-old daughter was sleeping seven hours (after previously waking every 1 3/4 hours - a sleep cycle as explained by Pantley.) If you are experiencing similar sleep struggles, I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Highly recommended!
Review: If you are a sleep-deprived parent but are unwilling to let your baby cry himself to sleep then this is the book for you. There are suggestions for crib sleepers, co-sleepers, getting a co-sleeper to crib sleep, and more. All with the express idea of gently and naturally helping your baby sleep better and longer. No longer are you caught between "cry it out" or "live with it". It is practical and an easy read!
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Summary: It works! Sleep without tears!
Review: My baby was waking up many times each night, even though she was happy all day. This was about MY needs and there was absolutely NO WAY I was going to make her cry just so that I could get some sleep. I loved that this author tells you that it's OK to want sleep yourself and you are NOT selfish for wanting your baby to sleep better. I found the menu format brilliant -- not every baby is alike and those "one size fits all" answers don't work for human babies. The many different ideas come together to help you decide on the best plan for your own baby. And they all lead you to better sleep. I am so happy that I chose this method to help my baby sleep. No guilt over making her cry just to suit my schedule. A loving, caring, book with ideas that work.
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Summary: Useless fluff
Review: My MIL sent us this book when our 4-month-old continued to wake every 1.5-2 hours and wouldn't sleep in his crib. I appreciate her thoughtfulness, but we found this book completely useless. I could have achieved the same results by doing absolutely nothing. Maybe it's just my personality type but I like my advice backed up with scientific facts and some actual research. This book was way too touchy-feely for me. After we read it, neither my husband nor I could name more than a handful of concrete things to do, and these were so minor and silly that they made no difference. When you have a child who hates to go to sleep and cries when you try to get him to sleep and then cries when he's over-tired, how exactly do you reach that "no-cry" period? We tried a lovey, like she suggests. Made no difference. We tried slowly taking away his pacifier. No difference. We tried not letting him fall asleep on the breast. Still waking up constantly, if not more often. We tried sleep logs. Great, now we have a bunch of pieces of paper we can turn into paper airplanes to throw at each other when we're up at 4am.
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