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Summary: ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Review: Pantley understands babies. She understands Mommies. And she understands sleep. This book is respectful to your sleep needs but also to your emotional needs. Pantley has four children and she understands how difficult it is to hear your baby cry, but she is realistic too since she knows how painful it is to be awakened every hour all night long so that you are seriously sleep deprived. Her book has hundreds of practical ideas. You choose those that fit your family. Some are very simple like using a bedtime routine or a warm bath before bed. Some are more complex like understanding sleep cycles and using a gentle removal to teach your baby not to have to breastfeed to sleep. Read this book, customize the ideas and you and your baby will be sleeping better. I recommend this book wholeheartedly to every one I know who has a baby or who is pregnant.
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Summary: nothing new
Review: I was absolutly disappointed with this book. What annoyed me most was the repeated "if you read this book then..." Besides that there was nothing really new in that book and I find it strange that the author gives advice like: take away your nipple again and again if you do not want your baby to fall asleep on the breast. Excuse me, but what else would you do? To present that as a big new way of not letting your baby cry means to assume that every other mother is really stupid. Sorry, there are a few nice ideas, but I think you could put them on a maximum of 10 pages, the rest is just cheating you out of your money.
I do not let my baby cry and this book defnitly did not help make my nights more quiet.
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Summary: A decent book, but not what you'd expect from the reviews
Review: ... Yes, I was gullible and bought this book because I believed those reviews. I wish I had done a bit more independent research by reading editorial reviews of this book vs. competitive titles because this book really does not measure up to the competition. I won't mention specific titles, but I suggest you read the reviews for other sleep titles, ...
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Summary: enjoying sleep
Review: I love this book. At 10 weeks my son was waking in the middle of the night but not taking his bottle. He would cry until someone came and picked him up. The minute he was picked up he would fall to sleep. This was odd considering he only did this at 3am. I figured he was waking up more out of habit then anything else. I first tried the "Cry It Out" approach. I would let him cry, check on him after 15-20 minutes, calm him down, leave, and start the cycle again. This went on for about 3 hours. I read this book and decided to put some of the ideas to use keeping in mind that maybe baby wasn't ready for all this. Within 1 week he was sleeping from 10:30pm until 5am. He would eat at 5am and go back down until 8:30am. What a huge difference. And neither one of us cried through the entire experiment.What also helped was using the pattern of eat, awake time, then sleep time as described in Babywise. Before reading this book it is important to make sure that you do have a good idea of your baby's sleeping and eating habits. Also, check with your doctor first to make sure this is a realistic expectation for the age of your child. For clarification, I do think it is okay to let your child cry it out sometimes. But at 3am nobody wants to hear baby and mom crying out of a deep desire to sleep I have recommended this book (and a grain of salt) to many new moms.
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Summary: This book is amazing
Review: This book saved my world!! My daughter was waking up every 45 minutes for months. She nursed all night long. I was a walking zombie!! Nothing was working and everyone insisted I had to let her cry. I finally did and she vomited all over her crib. I vowed I would never do that again. I finally found out about this book. I did a couple of things and she went to every 3 hours within a week. I didn't feel like I could really structure my days around her naps and I had a hard time with the bedtime ritual. Finally I realized I had to try. I followed everything she said and it has changed our lives. We are more organized. She naps like a champ!! 2 hours everyday. It used to be whenever she fell alseep in the car and would sleep max 45 minutes. She also is up to 8 hours straight at night!!! She sleeps 11 1/2 total, so only 1 wake up. She has recovered quickly when we travel. She is now 14 months old and it really didn't take long. I can't say enough about this book. You must trust it and do exactly what she says! It will work I promise!! I tell everyone I can about this so no child endures the traumatic crying sessions. This book proves they don't have to.
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Summary: Excellent ideas for better sleep
Review: A friendly book written with understanding. For a parent who doesn't want to let their baby cry this book gives many ideas for improving your baby's sleep. Some ideas are very simple, like putting them to bed earlier or having a routine, and some are more complex like the gentle removal method for helping an all night breastfeeding baby to learn to fall asleep without breastfeeding. The book tells you how to make your own sleep plan and gives plenty of encouraging words.
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Summary: So This is Sleep!
Review: Before I read this book, my daughter was up all night long. I could get her to fall asleep, but I could not get her to sleep. Reading this book, I was taught what to do to get my daughter to fall asleep and stay asleep. Elizabeth Pantley's tips were wonderful. A true good night without having to make my daughter cry herself to sleep. All my daughter wanted was to learn to fall asleep, but she needed me as her mother to help her learn. This book helped me teach her what I have forgotten long ago;) Since I've been falling asleep on my own for years! A wise book, written with love and care. Tips from bedtime routines to white noise. If you co-sleep, that's fine! Breast-feed or bottle-feed, that's fine too! Anything goes because this book is aimed at all parenting styles. I will forever be grateful to this wonderful author and mother. After all, she is the reason why I'm finally dreaming! And I wake up relaxed and ready for my day after a wonderful nights sleep. Goodnight!
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Summary: This is the book for you if....
Review: ...if you are "helping" your baby back to sleep every time he wakes up by breastfeeding, rocking or giving him a bottle or pacifier. ...if you would love some more sleep yourself but you won't do it if the process makes your baby cry. ...if you believe your baby needs you and wouldn't understand if you just left at night and didn't come back til morning. ...if you rush to your baby whenever he or she makes a whimper. ...if everyone else (even your doctor) is suggesting you let your baby cry it out, but you know in your heart you could never do it. ...if you are soooo tired, but still believe your baby is very much worth the extra effort you give. ...if you can't bear to hear your baby cry during the day or during the night. ... if you think that your baby is the most precious little thing on the face of the earth.
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Summary: A gentle way of getting your baby to sleep and stay asleep!
Review: My firstborn son was a great sleeper and napper. I never had problems at all. Alas...#2 son was born and the "fun" began. He would cat nap and wake up several times during the night. I have never been comfortable with the cry it out method so I was looking for an alternative. "The no cry sleep solution" is a very clear, informative, easy to follow book to get your baby the much needed sleep it needs. (and you need!) I found it comforting to know that you're not alone in this. Most babies aren't text book type sleepers! Elizabeth is like a good friend taking you through each step of the way.
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Summary: Success!
Review: I haven't slept through the night in six years! Between two pregnancies and two children with night waking problems I was so tired! When my youngest was two years old, I *needed* a change! My son was waking up 10+ times a night (with every change in his sleep cycle)! He also had a strong sleep/suck association and could only fall back asleep by nursing. I was at a loss as to what to do! I was also exhausted and desperate, and just about ready to try to let him cry (something I did *not* want to do!) Then I found this book! We've been slowly implementing some of the "No-Cry" solutions into our sleep routine. Already my son has decreased his wakings to 2-3 times a night! I am sure that he'll be sleeping all the way through the night in a couple of weeks! This is a wonderful book. I wish I'd had it earlier! I am also a childbirth educator and certified doula. I'll definitely be recommending this book to my clients!
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