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Summary: YOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU DON'T BUY IT...
Review: As a mother of three and counting... this book is by far the best thing I have ever read. Sleep is the one of the most important part of our daily needs to function on a daily basis. Some readers have stated that they don't like his style of getting a child to sleep. For some it is barbaric, and treats the child with abuse. I however find it a simple no nonsense way of being the time keeper for my children. When you love a child and they know that they are secure in that love, letting them "cry it out" is not damaging in the least. Tried and true, those same screaming children will wake up with smiles on their faces after each nap and nights sleep-- ready to jump into your warm and loving arms. We have three under the age of four and it works wonders. They are all good sleepers, well rested and VERY FUN children to be around... BECAUSE they are well rested. Good luck and pass on the GOOD in this book-- for it really is a very useful and good book. The Doctor knows his stuff, has the positive data to back it up and the testimonials of thousands of parents who know the system works!
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Summary: We are now SLEEPING!
Review: I ordered this book when my child was very young because a friend recommended it. I read through some and decided that I couldn't let my child "cry it out" at 4 months. Well now that we are fast approaching 10 months and getting up every 2 hours to soothe our baby, I decided to give this method a second thought. The first night he only cried 30 min. and the second just 10. This book is wonderful. We feel like as parents we are getting the sleep we need and now our child wakes up with a smile on his face! We are even getting naps of more than 20 minutes. This book has made a huge difference in our sleep. I recommend this to anyone who is facing the difficult sleep problems of their children! :>)
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Summary: Pathetic piece of garbage.
Review: Don't buy this book!!!! I read this book hoping to learn to help my child sleep better. Instead I encountered a pathetic guide to ignoring and therefore abusing your child. The idiotic authors spend much of the book justifying and advocating letting your child scream in bed alone for an hour or more. When a child crys to manipulate or to just get its way, that is one thing. When a child crys alone in a room it is crying out of fear and lonleyness. Follow this book and you are telling your child that when he/she is in fear and in need that Mom and Dad will not be there. Tough it out on your own kid. We're talking about someone who is totally dependent and that has only been in the world a few months. This is crazy! It is interesting that the authors spend a lot of time telling you that studies show that no psyhchological damage will result from leaving your baby alone for over an hour screaming in fear. For them to spend so much time discussing this tells me that they must have a little doubt themselves. Ignore this pathetic guide to in-home child abandonment and love and protect your kid instead. A few hours of lost sleep comforting your child is way better than leaving him/her in fear wondering if anyone in the world loves them. Not to mention that time spent helping your child to sleep can be wonderful (and of course sometimes stressful) time. How do such idiots get published? How do they face themselves in the mirror?
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Summary: A MUST have!!!!
Review: This is THE most EXCELLENT book on sleep for babies. I have read several and until I read this one, I put it to practice the same day at my baby's next naptime. It is so easy to read too.
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Summary: Hours of nursing and rocking to sleep are long gone!!
Review: Reading this book was probably one of the best things I have done for my 4 month old daughter! She sleeps much better now, and I don't even have to nurse her or rock her anymore! We are both getting much more rest, and I know I taught her a very valuable skill. Knowing how to fall asleep unasisted is a skill she will use the rest of her life! This book also taught me how to recognize my daughter's personal sleep signals, and how to recognize when she's tired and ready to sleep. Then all I do is sooth her and rock her for a few minutes untill she gets calmed down and relaxed, then I lay her in bed and after a few minutes of fussing/ crying (more or less depending on how tired she is) and she goes to sleep. I know that if she's not asleep within about 20 minutes, then she's not that ready for a nap and I can try again later! I feel so much more confident as a parent now, and this book was a great help! I would recomend this book to EVERY new parent! To me it just doesn't make sense to spend many many months, even years with your baby depending on you to get to sleep. It's torture for both the baby, and the parents! Why waste time getting your baby to sleep, when she can easily do it herself! Babies are capable of a lot more than we think, they CAN fall asleep by themselves!!
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Summary: An Excellent Resource for Parents
Review: I bought this book while I was still pregnant and found the author's advice made sense to me. Unlike the very strict "Babywise" and its opposite, the Attachment Parenting approach, this author backs up his advice with numerous scientific studies regarding children and sleep. I began to understand the importance of sleep for my child and vowed to follow the book's guidelines. I found it difficult to let my child "cry it out" and took Ferber's recommendation and calmed my son in his crib after 5 minutes. I only needed to do this a couple of times, though, and my 13-week-old son now sleeps 8-9 hours consistently (in addition to 2 long naps a day). This book contains excellent explanations of the following: the importance of sleep, the physical development of your child and how it relates to sleep, and how to foster good sleep habits. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: It Works!
Review: The method in this book works. My 17-week old hardly slept a wink. He would catnap but that was it. By 5 pm he was a mess. It took me two weeks of following Dr. W's advice and then one day, it finally worked. He is now sleeping 16 hours and is a sweetie pie. He's sleeping 12-13 hours at night with one feeding. I didn't let him cry longer than 15 min. intervals and each time I put him down, he cries less and less. I also learned about arousals which saved me night feedings. Parents who are not willing to let their babies cry even a little are cheating them out of sleep! It's hard but only at first.
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Summary: This book saved my life
Review: I read this book when my daughter was 8 months old. She would only nap two times a day for approx. 20 minutes each time. It was impossible to get things accomplished, not to mention the terrible mood she was always in. Once I read the book and started following the recommendations,my daughter started napping better and her mood greatly improved. She is much more pleasant now that she is sleeping. The cry-it-out method does seem cruel and I tried every other method first because I was sure there was a better way. It was very hard to listen to the baby cry, but she only had to cry-it-out two times and now she naps beautifully. One person wrote in their review that what if the baby is choking or laying in vomit? I believe you can tell the difference between a sleepy cry and a cry of a child who is in trouble. If I ever questioned for a second that my baby was in trouble, I would always check on her. If you are having trouble getting your child to nap or sleep through the night, I can't recommend this book highly enough!
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Summary: Saved by this book!
Review: This book allowed my 8 month old boy to start sleeping through the night, and it taught me to recognize how and when he needed naps. Dr. Weissbluth offers concrete guidance and not merely suggestions in coping with an overtired, (not willing to sleep in his crib) baby. I have recommended this book to at least 5 parents who sounded like they were in the same boat as I was. I am thankful for Dr. Weissbluth!
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Summary: A Must for First Time Moms
Review: They should send this book home from the hospital with new Moms. I couldn't figure out why my baby would cry only an hour and a half after waking up. I carried him around our apartment, tried feeding him, giving him his pacifier, taking him on walks - everything. Then a friend suggested this book. The poor thing was just tired! This book has lots of great info on sleep cycles and the importance of sleep. The information is related through many stories that any parents can relate to.
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