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Summary: Don't pass this one up!
Review: A true find. I now have reclaimed my life--and my sanity. I used it with my daughter when she turned 1 year old and my son who just turned 6 months. Within 3 days of following the structure, the world was a much better place.
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Summary: Do not be mislead by other customer reviews...
Review: page 120 of Weissbluth's book specifically states, "Letting your baby 'cry it out' is NOT the way your baby will learn to sleep."Unfortunately, readers who "skip around" the book will completely lose the essence of it. I purchased this book upon a recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad I did! Our first child is due in April, and I will look forward to a happy, RESTED child!
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Summary: A Good Night!
Review: My husband and I began implementing Weissbluth's napping suggestions when my daughter was 3 months old, by five months we began serious night sleep training. By six months she sleeps from 6:30pm to 6:00am. Bed time is enjoyable because we know that she will go to sleep within minutes of putting her down, AWAKE!!! In addition, we rarely need to go to her at night because she has become so adept a putting herself back to sleep. While he doesn't take into account that all babies are different, I find his assesment of the behaviors babies exhibit prior to a sleep period are right on the money. I highly recommend this method of sleep training (for both baby and parents). Begin with napping and work up to night sleep. Also I found the key to success is an early bedtime. Good Luck
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Summary: A One-Size-Fits-All "Product"
Review: As any marketing professional will tell you, not listening to your customers can have long term negative effects on your business. Yet American parents are routinely told to ingnore the cries of their children in order to receive a one-size-fits-all "product"--a baby who naps on schedule and sleeps ten or twelve hours through the night. A friend gave me "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" as a baby gift. As an anxious first-time mother, I was frantic when I read Dr. Weissbluth's warning that unless my son learned to sleep in a certain way, he was likely to develop attention deficit disorder or be prone to injury. After additional reading on the topic, I no longer believe this to be true. In fact, the nursery-crib-sleep schedule phenomenon is a very recent development in human evolution. Dr. Weissbluth's book is filled with anecdotes from exhausted parents who endured three or four nights of their child's hard crying, but were delighted with the results. He makes his method sound straightforward and simple. However, it took one of my neighbors eight weeks to sleep train her daughter. Another neighbor had to retrain her son because the training "wore off." After two weeks of sleep training, my cheerful six month old was a sullen, voracious thumbsucker who had lost weight and no longer trusted me implicitly. Most of the mothers Dr. Weissbluth interviews confessed to an initial concern about emotionally damaging their children by letting them cry themselves to sleep. Dr. Weissbluth confidently assures them that they will do no such thing. How does he know this? There is a large volume of infant sleep research indicating that babies left alone to cry themselves to sleep experience numerous physiological changes, including elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Dr. Weissbluth offers hope and a quick fix for parents who want to or must limit the amount of time they spend attending to the needs of their children. For those parents willing and able to follow their instincts, though, I highly recommend the books "Our Babies, Ourselves" by anthropologist Meredith Small, and "Three in a Bed" by Deborah Jackson.
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Summary: What a difference Dr. Weissbluth has made for us!
Review: I bought Dr. Weissbluth's book when our baby was a few weeks old. It taught me so many things that I never would have known. His book helped me through the early months when his naps were short and irregular and gave me the support and knowledge I needed for nap training. I feel so good that my 7 month old is well rested. He takes two good naps each day and sleeps about 11 hours each night. Thank you, Dr. Weissbluth!!!
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Summary: THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE!! : )
Review: My child NEVER napped. He would fall asleep in my arms nursing but when I tried to put him down would ALWAYS wake up. I read many, many books on sleep - but everyone had different opinions. Many authors are Doctors but have not done sleep research (even pediatricians opinions vary on this topic!) Dr. Weissbluth has done EXTENSIVE research on sleep, and that is why I decided to try his method. He really knows what he is talking about. The funny thing is, is that it is SO SIMPLE to follow. And, he has suggestions for babies from birth all the way up to the teens. Now my 6 month old baby takes TWO 2 hour naps a day and goes to bed around 7pm and sleeps until 7am - EVERY NIGHT. I am not kidding - this book changed my life. I just wish I had bought it sooner!
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Summary: My child slept through the night at 3 and 1/2 months' old
Review: I found Dr. Weissbluth's book very interesting to read, and very helpful in training my child to comfort himself to sleep! The early chapters increase one's understanding of the science of sleep. The age-specific chapters assist a parent in establishing a nap- and bed-time routine, allowing the child to learn the art of falling asleep. I liked Weissbluth's approach, because it stressed the parents' responsibility for the child's sleep requirements (as necessary as food and shelter). Also, I like the fact that Weissbluth indicates room for individual approaches to putting the child to sleep, while establishing a few important rules. We did endure a little protest crying for the first three nights, but now my son goes to his crib with obvious relish! He is extremely alert, happy, and social - much of which I attribute to his very good sleep schedule. Thank you Dr. Weissbluth!
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Summary: Some terrible advice!
Review: The author advocates letting your baby cry until he learns to sleep on his own. He also suggests: "A crib tent (for preventing your child from getting out of the crib, it allows you to remove yourself from his protest crying)" His response to "Do I ever lock my child in her room?" "...Maybe the answer is a stiff door hook." He suggests that if you can't let your baby cry you may be suffering from "Working mother's guilt." Just another version of the Cry it Out philosophy. Sorry. Not for me or my baby.
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Summary: Cry it out advocate
Review: After many sleepless nights with my 6 month old, I purchased this book on a friend's recommendation. First of all, I read and read, trying to get past the pages telling us how important it is for a child to be properly rested (isn't this why we bought the book in the first place? ), to find out what he was proposing. Frustrated, I skipped ahead. As an advocate of Dr. Sears, I was appalled to find testimonials in this book of a mother who had let her child cry for an hour on several occasions, to find that they no longer cried weeks later. I believe that this is barbaric! Of course a child will stop crying after his/her needs are repeatedly not met. Dr. Weissbluth also suggested slathering the child's behind with mineral oil and zinc oxide so the parent doesn't have to change a diaper in the middle of the night. Personally, I love my boy too much to have him crying in the dark in a soiled diaper. Let's join the twenty-first century for Dog's sake!...
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Summary: Attention post-colic parents!
Review: I used this book in combination with Ferber's Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems and found great success. This book addresses the special needs of a post colic baby and explains what is going on with your baby and his/her wants versus needs. Adapt it to your family and you will have given your child a precious life-long gift.
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