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Summary: No more crying it out....
Review: I just couldn't bring myself to allow my baby to "cry it out", it just seems inhumane. This book helped solve the problem. Filled with great ideas, insight, solutions, and other mothers stories I put it to good use. My baby's sleep improved dramatically!Only 4 stars because the only part that I didn't find necessary was keeping an on-going sleep log. I was much to tired for that and judged the success of the program on continuing improvements. Highly recommended for other mothers that just cannot allow their baby to cry it out!
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Summary: Extremely Helpful
Review: I will be eternally grateful to Elizabeth Pantley. I followed her direction and my son did start to sleep all night. It only
took about 3 weeks and by the 4th week, we were really sleeping.
Before I read "No-Cry Sleep Solution," my son was sleep deprived constantly and so was I. My son only slept for about 2 hours or less before he would wake and want to be nursed back to
sleep. As I am the kind of mom who cannot just walk away and let a little baby "cry-it-out," I was really at a loss for a solution. The "No-Cry Sleep Solution" works. What a difference a little sleep makes in life! My son got back on track, and it was such a relief to me for many reasons, but mainly that I didn't have to go through weaning him to do it or abandoning him to "cry-it-out" as so-called "experts" recommend. This book is
wonderful. It works!
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Summary: Definately recommended !!!!!!!!!
Review: A passge from page 47 decribes this book: "During the first year of life, a baby wakes up frequently during the night. This is not a problem. It is a biological fact. The problem lies in our perceptions of how a baby should sleep and in our own needs for an uninterrupted night's sleep. We parents want and need our long stretches of sleep to function at our best in our busy lives. The idea then is to slowly, respectfully, and carefully change our baby's behavior to match our own needs more closely."
The book then goes on to help you evaluate your baby's sleep situation to determine what changes you need to make. It then gives you a pattern for making up your own plan for helping your baby sleep. It gives forms so you can do a log (once every 10 days -- very helpful) to monitor progress and pinpoint problems. And the bulk of the book is a menu of ideas that you choose from to create your own program, so that you customize the ideas to suit your baby and your family. A very practical appproach with realistic solutions. I would definately recommend this book if you are pregnant, or if you have a baby or even a toddler with sleep problems.
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Summary: Worked the Second Time As Well As The First
Review: I bought this book when my second daughter was 9 months old. At the time she was waking over 10 times per night, not sleeping longer than 70 minutes in any one stretch. With the help of this wonderful book my daughter went from sleeping all night in my bed waking all the time to spending the first 7 hours in her crib and then sleeping soundly next to me for another 4-5 hours. I knew that I couldn't do CIO with her because I had tried with my first. All the CIO methods did for my oldest was make her sleep problems worse, so I wasn't going to try those again. Without this book we would have continued with the sleepless nights I am sure. When my son was born I incorporated a lot of what I learned from the book into his daily and nightly routine. He is now 8 months old and has never given us any trouble in the sleep department. Like most babies, when he is going through a growth spurt or his teeth really hurt he may wake more than normal, but that is to be expected. Because of this book we established good, age appropriate, sleep habits from the begining. I highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with sleep problems or who wants to avoid having them. I know that it certainly saved my sanity!
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Summary: don't waste your time
Review: Like so many non-fiction books today, this one seems to have been dreamed up by an author and an editor hoping to make some money rather than because the author had anything significant to say. The opening chapter on safety is a prime example: 13 pages repeating in a variety of ways that pediatricians recommend babies sleep on their backs. But the big problem with the book is that it really offers no "no-cry solution" to getting a baby to sleep through the night, just amorphous talk about "flexible routines," comfortable sleeping environments, and so on and so on. Bottom line? If you want your baby to sleep through the night, read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth.
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Summary: It really works!
Review: I nursed both my kids to sleep and boy did I pay for it! I have always been against letting my babies cry themselves to sleep. Unfortunately, when my kids wouldn't go to sleep at night, it began to interfere with my marriage. Daddy insisted I do something. Luckily, I found this book and I'm happy to say, my children sleep at night and go to sleep when I need them to. And we still co-sleep half the night. Hubby is happy! Kids are happy! So mommy is happy!!
Elizabeth Pantley doesn't have any gimmicks, just good, solid, sensible, but creative ideas. And they really do work and not a tear was shed! I've shared her book with all my friends and all have had wonderful luck.
I may have made some mistakes by letting my children nurse to sleep, but I made everything right with this book. I can't recommend it enough. I looked high and low for a book that didn't require crying. This is the only one I've found. Two big thumbs up!!
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Summary: A Must Read -- This Book Is Amazing!
Review: I wish I found this book about five months ago. As the sleep-deprived mother of a beautiful 8-month-old daughter, I had -- for quite a while -- been looking for help in "parenting my daughter back to sleep." The "cry out method" just wasn't for me. And the "just live with it" was exhausting me. Thank God for the middle ground I found in "The No-Cry Sleep Solution." This book is easy to read, full of great ideas and gave me hope (when I had none) and peace (knowing I could eventually get my daughter to sleep through the night). This book is helping me to be the good, caring, compassionate mommy that I know I am, but that I was starting to lose touch with. Since reading this book I was reminded that "parenting doesn't stop at night." The author provides some thoughtful reiteration throughout the book, which was wonderful and just what this exhausted mom needed. I loved that she referred back to key ideas and points, because some days I can barely remember what I did two minutes ago, much less what I've read. By re-reading some key points they became ingrained in my head and helped me tremendously. I actually got to the point where I'd pull out the highlighter and start taking notes. There is so much helpful information that I didn't want to forget any of it. Do not expect overnight solutions to sleep problems, which may have taken months or even years to develop. If you follow the author's ideas and really read and refer to her book often while starting out, you'll soon see changes in your baby's sleep patterns. You'll also see patience and kindness returning to your own heart, replacing the frustration and irritability caused by lack of sleep. In addition to reading this book (not just flipping through it looking for ideas), you do need to fill out the logs. Don't think of this as "more work." Instead think of them as tools you'll need for a short time. The investment of working with these logs is worth the payoff. They are a tremendous help and guided me by showing the patterns with my daughter's sleep cycles. It became so much easier to work with my daughter once I understood how she was sleeping and the patterns of when she would awaken. Although some people may say this is "fluff" or "great ideas that didn't work for me," I truly believe it is because of lack of patience on the reader's part. Remember, it took months for your child to develop sleep issues. Your problems won't be solved overnight, but you will see results shortly. I saw tremendous results in the first two weeks. And we're still working on it. For the people who thought there was nothing concrete and that these ideas could be found anywhere or were common sense, I disagree. I felt like I've read just about every parenting book out there, and I did find bits and pieces of help but nothing as cohesive as Ms. Pantley's book. She provides so much information, background, and also importantly addresses mothers of co-sleepers, babies who use cribs, formula fed babies, nursing babies, babies who use pacifiers. She does not limit her audience or make anyone feel left out or as if, "This doesn't apply to me." She reaches out to help every mother Ms. Pantley should be proud of herself for researching and writing such a wonderful book, as well as given a lot of credit for sharing it with the world. You and your child are with the investment of time and patience to implement suggestions of "The No-Cry Sleep Solution." This is so much kinder than letting your child "cry it out." Ms. Pantley has my total thanks and gratitude, from the bottom of this formerly sleep-deprived mother's heart.
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Summary: Recommended by UNICEF and WHO
Review: In my search for answers to better sleep I discover that many people recommend this book, such as UNICEF, WHO, and La Leche League, Attachment Parenting International and my pediatrician. It is easy to understand, simple to apply and filled with ideas that help a baby (and parents)have better sleep. We have just begun to use the book but already are seeing good changes by trying the various ideas.
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Summary: Lots of props & gimmicks
Review: It's a promising title & adorable cover, but that's it. All the cute names, the loveys, the anecdotes, and the strange methods the author suggests are tedious, obvious, or just extraneous. She suggests bizarre things like removing the breast from the baby & then counting -- incredibly tedious & a little sinister sounding. And it's all based on her own limited personal experience. We've had much better luck reading Weissbluth for the hard facts, & creating our own no-cry solution w/out all the props & gimmicks.
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Summary: Help for tired parents
Review: This book offers a new approach to getting your kid to like going to bed. I found it refreshing to read about all the other parents who couldn't stand the "cry it out" method. Pantley offers a real alternative. Our toddler can now go into his crib awake and waves "bye bye" as he goes to sleep on his own. Definately worth a try.
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