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Summary: Not an appropriate choice for AP parents
Review: This book will be helpful to parents who can tolerate small bits of the "cry-it-out method" (Pantley offers a modified cry-it-out method), but it's not suitable for AP parents who believe that they need to respond to their babies' needs day or night. Nighttime Parenting by Dr. Sears offers a much more baby-friendly and parent-friendly program.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I finally found a book that is helpful and doesn't make me go "Eek". I just finished reading the section on newborns and it was very helpful. I found lots of great idea's that were respectful of a babies needs and would help create healthy sleep habits. I wish I had this book when my first child was born 4 years ago. I now understand how we created some of his sleep problems.
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Summary: Are you comparing sleep books?
Review: OK, I admit it. I bought all of them. Here's how they compare:Ferber: Advocates crying to sleep with parent soothing on a time schedule. Put your baby in the crib. Come back to pat and say soothing words at 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. Increase the times every night. Hopefully your baby will stop crying and go to sleep. Lots of scientific discussion about sleep. Weissbluth: Advocates crying to sleep without parent soothing. Open-ended time - no limit. You are "leaving him alone to forget the expectation to be picked up." Has a section on children over 7 years old. Mindell: Advocates crying to sleep with parent soothing, on a schedule similar to Ferber but with more frequent checks on the baby. Pantley: Advocates using gentle techniques to avoid crying. Focus on understanding why baby is waking and fixing problems with routines, new associations, and gradual changes in patterns. Supportive of breastfeeding and co-sleeping as well as crib sleeping and bottle feeding.
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Summary: Getting some sleep!
Review: This book offers concrete steps to getting your child to sleep through the night. It is written in a fun format that even a sleep deprived mom can understand:-)
We started Elizabeth's No-Cry method six weeks ago waking every 45 to 90 minutes. Now, my 9 month old is waking only once during the night. HUGE IMPROVEMENT!!
I liked this book so much I bought it for my pediatritian.
Give it a try!
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Summary: Excellent resource for tired parents
Review: A great book of ideas for getting your baby to sleep through the night without making him cry. Easy to understand and nicely written.
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Summary: good ideas but most are quite obvious by 8 mos already
Review: I liked the tone of this book - it was a little less clinical than Healthy Sleep Habits by Marc Weissbluth. I'm a bit surprised she didn't figure some of this out by her 4th child (the late bedtime problem etc!). I think a lot of parents would have figured most of this out by the time their baby is in the second half of the first year, so I wouldn't recommend it for older babies because you'll probably only get a suggestion or two out of it that you haven't heard or thought of before. The only thing I found new in her book (compared to others) was the steps to wean baby from breast/pacifier in final stage before sleep. However, it hasn't worked for us yet! There isn't as much information in this book as Marc Weissbluth's Healthy Sleep Habits, but maybe the log will make you really concentrate on what you're doing so you'll make more effort. Hard when you're exhausted from no sleep! It is a no-cry solution though - whereas Weissbluth's book has crying it out in it - so I prefered this book to his for that reason.
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Summary: Every new parent NEEDS this book!
Review: Thank you from the bottom of my heart! That's what I'd tell Ms. Pantley, if I met her. This book is a gem. Within a month of reading it - and putting her suggestions into use - our son went from 20-30 minutes of sleep at a time to sleeping a solid 8 hours. Not even a week of chicken pox and cutting five teeth spoils his sleep now! The techniques are gentle, realistic and loving. I know there are millions of mums like me who are (were!) desperate for sleep but simply refuse to give in the inhumane idea of leaving their baby to cry it out. All of you - get this sent to you by rush delivery, read it from cover to cover, and then read it again (it's written in such a friendly way, you'll want to anyway). Then put it into practice. Incidentally, I gave my copy to my doctor. After she had read it, she called me to let me know that it is the best book about helping a baby sleep that she had read. She now recommends it to all her new parents. So, if my recommendation isn't enough to sway you, that should be!
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Summary: Read the excerpts and decide for yourself
Review: If you press on the book cover and read the Intro pages excerpts you can read the authors story and get a good feel for the book. When I read it I cried - it was like she was talking to me. I have found the book to be a good fit for us. It hasn't helped my baby 'sleep through the night' just yet - but we are doing much better and it gives the only solutions I am comfortable with. Sleep isn't the most important thing to me - my baby's health and well being is. Ten years from now it won't matter that I'm a little tired today, what will matter is what kind of person I raise my baby to be. This book fits my beliefs perfectly. Not a quick-fix but a compassionate approach to a temporary problem.
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Summary: Perfect for an AP mother
Review: I practice attachment parenting: I breastfeed and my baby sleeps with me. I am very happy with my choice to parent her this way - I know it is the best way. One side affect though has been that she still was waking up many times during the night. Everyone has advice for you and most of it is that you caused it yourself and if you would just put her in a crib and let her cry everything would be fine. Well that wouldn't be fine with me! I would have rather continued with night waking for a year than make my baby cry. Happily, I discovered The No Cry Sleep Solution. I find that the ideas speak right to my heart. They are gentle and loving and allow me to work on our sleeping one step at a time. We've already cut our number waking up by half and I am very happy. If you are a tired AP mother, then this book will be perfect for you.
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Summary: We love Elizabeth Pantley's book!
Review: Prior to the birth of our son I thought I read every book out there on happy, well rested children and was ready to go! Then after he was born, and we implemented all that I had learned, things weren't going as planned! Then, I came across this book and read it thoroughly. I used the ideas from both sections (newborns and 4 months plus) to work with our 3 month old! We have had great success! She is right on with all that she has said. Especially noteworthy are the discussions on routines, bedtimes and why it is not good to let our babies "cry it out!"
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