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Summary: Good Advice for Many
Review: If this sleep method does not work for your child, don't use it. It happened to work extremly well for our child. There are a few caveats: (1) if he is sick, all bets are off and he gets comforted immediately, (2) you have to really understand the "tone" of your child's cries. We are able to differentiate between the I-Want-To-Play cry and the Something-Is-Wrong-and-I-Need-You-NOW! cry. What really turned it around for us was the "sleep begets sleep" concept. Many parents try to keep their child up late thinking it will make them sleep longer. This does not work (for us and for many others)and putting our child to bed at 7pm every night soon became his ritual. If your commute from work prevents you from keeping to this schedule, adapt. Have one parent go into work early so that they can leave early, then alternate. It's not rocket science, people...just common sense and picking and choosing what advice to try...and being CONSISTENT so that your kid knows what to expect.
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Summary: helpful research and a reasonable presentation
Review: I purchased this book initially because I was concerned about my three-month-old's sleep patterns. Weissbluth set my worries to rest by telling me that my three-month-old was not developmentally ready to learn to put himself to sleep. So many books had worried me to death telling me that if I didn't do it right the first time my child would be ruined, and that the "right" way was letting him cry it out. I was relieved that I hadn't followed this idiotic advice with my infant, after I read what Weissbluth had to say.I appreciated most the author's reasoned view that there really is more than one way to do things. Instead of telling parents the right way to put a child to bed, Weissbluth stresses the importance of being consistent in your style. He also gives alternatives with helpful descriptions of the different styles. I have incorporated his views into my sleep strategies with my son. And I have learned to trust my instincts, because I know my child better than *any* sleep expert.
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Summary: Thank you.
Review: I thought Iwas entering into a world of 3 hours down 2 hours up for the next 9 months. All I can say is that this book gave me the knowledge, understaning and piece of mind to know what is real - why your child needs to sleep and the research that supports this.
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Summary: What Planet Does The Author Live On?
Review: What planet does the author live on? Certainly not on the real world of planet earth. Bedtimes of 5:30 - 7:00 PM? Get real! He does acknowledge that this may mean that "the working parent doesn't get to spend time with the child." Has this man not heard that 60% of families have TWO working parents? Does he not know about single parents? Two working parents, one moderate commute, and we are lucky to get dinner by 7, let alone bed. Even if I bought his argument that sleep is more important than "parent time" (and I'm not sure I do), I can't believe it's more important than food, bath, teeth brushing, and story time. This book is long on research, some of it very interesting and worthwhile, and short on practical solutions. While the author advocates early bedtimes, he doesn't offer much in the way of how to achieve it. If research interests you, this might be an interesting book. There are some interesting charts of how much sleep kids need. If your family has a stay-at-home parent or a great nanny/housekeeper, some of the advice might be do-able. For the rest of us, keep looking.
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Summary: This book is fabulous!!
Review: I bought this book when my baby daughter was born, my 2 year old son was having a terrible time sleeping and we had tried everything....the newborn was easier believe me! I read this book cover to cover when it arrived. It is so sensible and practical that I was having those "aahhh hhaa" moments as I read. I changed several things that I was doing with my son - based on the timing of his sleeps, and I worked really hard at increasing the overall amount of his sleep. He is a dream child now 4 months down the track it is hard to remember how awful things were. This book has also changed the way I have done things with my baby and she is a dream child too!! I have reccommended this book to so many people it's not funny. It is practical, sensible and down to earth. It doesn't tell you to leave your child crying, nor does it tell you to sleep with them in your bed. This is the most useful parenting book I have ever bought.
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Summary: This book saved our marles...
Review: A wonderful intro into the sleep life of your new baby. Really helped us to understand, and get over our guilt of letting her cry to sleep. I have bought this for other parents as well. Wonderful baby shower gift!
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Summary: If you can handle hours of crying
Review: May baby cried endlessless. There was no sleeping for any of us. I found the ideas to be harsh and mean. I feel guilty for even trying this. My baby is clingy and fearful and hates her crib now and we're worse off than we were before we started. I wish I never would have bought this book.
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Summary: This book was a lifesaver
Review: My daughter is 12 months old and has been sleeping through the night peacefully since she was 9 months old thanks to this book. I first read this book when my daughter was 4 months old and thought the author was crazy. I was not going to be one of "those Mother's" who allowed their child to cry it out in order to get them to sleep. So, I put the book aside and decided to go it alone. Things went okay and I was not getting up as much as I had in the past (0-2 times a night vs. 3 or more). Next came teething and her first cold which meant no more sleeping Mother or child. At this point, I was at my wits end, when a friend suggested I use the methods suggested in this book, as she was having success in sleep training her 2 year old with Dr Weissbluth's methods. It was very hard the first few nignts, but getting my daughter on the schedule as recommended in the book really worked. She sleeps 11 to 12 hours every night with 2 naps daily and no nighttime waking. All I can say is the methods suggested in this book really worked and our daughter is happy and healthy, takes two 1+ hour naps a day and sleeps 10-12 hours a night!
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Summary: Finally Happy after 4 1/2 Months!!
Review: I have read some of the negative reviews and have to say I was very skeptical of this book at first. My sister-in-law gave it to me and we have different parenting styles. After first reading the book, I disagreed with just about everthing it said. I thought it sounded cruel and outdated. But I had nothing to lose so I followed the book to a tee (even the stuff I just thought was WRONG). Our 4 mo. old responded perfectly to this method, and never cried more that 7-10 minutes (and usually not at all). She was happier during her wakeful periods. I couldn't believe it was that simple! My child was just not getting enough sleep! Wow! We used to go to our baby every time she cried or fussed (immediately), but if you wait a couple of mintutes sometimes they may work it out themselves. I think we were getting our baby up before she had enough sleep! We have a happy baby and happy parents now! My hubby and I now have some time together in the evening and I usually have a full night's rest! I can't argue with that. And as for the comments about being difficult to read and follow, I just can't see what they are talking about.
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Summary: The Sleeping Bible
Review: If you only buy one book about sleeping -- this should be it. It solved every problem we had with our son and has become a must give for every friend of ours who brings home a new baby. Practical advice (we call the gospel) that helped us change a crying, colicky baby into the child every parent on the play ground envys. He went from not sleeping to sleeping 7pm to 6am. Now if this author would write a book about getting him to eat his vegetables.
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