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Summary: Must be useful info in here.......if only I could find it!
Review: I think there are some good and surprising statistics in here about how much sleep children need and what will happen if they don't get it. However, I just cannot wade through this man's writing and come up with a good game plan for getting my daughter to sleep. I've had this book a few months and revisit it from time to time, but his writing is just too circuitous for me to decipher. I have no doubt he can probably help me, but this book needs desperately to be revised by a good editor who can help it make more sense! Boo also to some of his antiquated notions about babies manipulating their parents. Please don't go at child rearing with this notion.
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Summary: Great Info, Poor Organization
Review: The information in this book is very helpful. Following the author's advice, I was able to establish a healthy and easy sleep routine for my 9-month old. She now goes to sleep every evening around 7 pm and sleeps until 7 am the next more. No more endless rocking, crying, etc. Awesome! Changed our lives! Wish I would have bought this book months ago. However, I do have a serious complaint, which is that the information is poorly presented and organized. You need to read the chapter several times, flip back to the section on soothing and then try to piece together what he is trying to tell you. More step-by-step examples would be very helpful. Dr Weissbluth - please find a good editor (one with kids) for the next edition!
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Summary: He's sleeping 11-12 hours!!
Review: I love this book. It gives good common sense advice. It is so easy to forget that our children need naps when we have playgroups, baby yoga and chores to do. I did not follow the book by the letter but I found it extremely helpful. I would highly recommend it. It gave me the permission I needed to put my child to bed without feeling guilty that we weren't playing for hours when I got home from work.
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Summary: Short term thinking
Review: This book charms the new parent who is desperate for sleep. But "sleep at any cost" is purely the wrong way to approach raising your child. Yes I think that any baby left to cry in the crib will sooner or later fall asleep and will learn that no one comes so why bother to call out. But I think that is what parents are for - to be there for their children day AND night not just when it is convenient or easy. The methods in this book are straightforward even when he tells you not to clean up your baby if he vomits lest you damage the progress of sleep training. The baby stage is very short and I don't want to look back at this time and think that I took the selfish route just for a few hours of sleep. A better and more loving approach is outlined in The No Cry Sleep Solution. I think you should check them both out before you decide if you want to sleep train your baby OR work with your baby's natural rhythms to gently help him learn to sleep better.
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Summary: So Glad I Listened to Weissbluth
Review: My daughter is now 13 months old, and has been sleeping through the night (7 pm to 7 am) since she was almost 5 months old. Regular daytime naps are still structured by putting her down after she's been awake two hours, and they go off without a blip. (Exceptions have been during teething times or when she's had ear infections.) People regularly comment on her happy temperament and good sleep habits. I can't recommend this book highly enough. We started "training" her when she was about 4 months old, and had a few tough weeks with lots of crying (baby and mom!) while she adjusted, but she is happier and healthier in the long run.
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Summary: Highly recommended!
Review: I can't say enough about this terrific book! It helped us understand how to help our baby fall asleep and sleep well. It also educated us to the fact that many, if not most, children these days are seriously sleep deprived and that many behavioral problem are caused by this. The techniques were never unkind and the results are nearly miraculous.
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Summary: The Sleep Bible
Review: I lovingly refer to this book as the Sleep Bible. My sister read it and applies Dr. Weissbluth's methods to her children and her best friend actually has Dr. Weissbluth for her pediatrician. All of their children sleep wonderfully and are happy, secure, adaptable and content children. My daughter is 9 weeks old and since about 7 weeks she has been going to bed between 6 and 7 pm and waking up to nurse at approximately 2-3 am and then going down again until 6:30 am. I am a well rested parent and my daughter is pure joy! She is learning the very important task of soothing herself to sleep.
I feel that every new parent should have this book as sleep in babies is not something that people know much about. There is so much taught pre-natal on nursing and other topics and not sleep. I believe that so many children are being misdiagnosed with ADHD because they are chronically overtired and in a wired state as a result.
For those who rate this book poorly and talk of Dr. Weissbluth's method of letting your child "cry it out" he DOES NOT advocate the "cry it out" method as a means to teach your child to sleep, rather parents should focus on timing, motionless sleep and periods of wakefulness. It is so true that perfect timing produces no crying. If I ever meet Dr. Weissbluth I would kiss his feet. I recommend this book to every parent I come in contact with. I have referred it to friends who's children were not sleeping and they have thanked me and stated that it "saved their lives!"
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Summary: Excellent resource
Review: This book is fantastic. I bought it after a friend recommended it when my daughter was 4 months old and I wish I had known about it sooner. It gives parents guidlines about the total hours of sleep a child needs at each age and teaches you the systems to use in order for your child to reach that number. In addition, it gives you options as far as how you put your child to sleep. You don't have to let your child "cry it out" if you don't want to. As soon as I started implementing his suggestions, my daughter became a much better napper and started sleeping 12 hours at night.
I do agree with some of the other reviewers who criticized the layout of the book. When I first got it I had to read the chapters that applied to me several times, and now when I go back to look something up it takes a long time to find what I'm looking for. However the extra time spent is definitely worth it!
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Summary: This book gave me back my sanity!
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend when our first son was about 3 months old. He was not sleeping well at all during the night, and his naps were literally 20 minutes each. After reading Dr. Weissbluth's book, I kept a sleep log for my son, and realized he was only sleeping 10 hours per 24-hour period, on average, and must be overtired. My husband and I tried Dr. Weissbluth's methods, starting first with creating soothing routines for naptime and bedtime. We did finally decide to allow him to "cry it out," which was very difficult for me, but this book reassured us that this was not going to hurt our child. It worked like a charm! After 2 nights, there was no more crying when we put our son down for bedtime or naps, and he was sleeping through the night. And, he began taking 3 naps a day lasting from 1-2 hours each. From that point forward, he has LOVED going to bed (he is now 2-1/2 years old), and also began WAKING UP happy! It is wonderful to wake up to the sound of your baby happily talking to themselves in their crib rather than crying. I was so happy with the results that I used it on our second baby with even quicker results. For those who are reluctant to try letting your child "cry it out," this book can still help you! There is tons of helpful information in this book to help you help your child learn to sleep better without "crying it out"...you just have to be consistent and it may take a bit longer. It's definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Smart but not wise
Review: This doctor is very educated about sleep and provides accurate information about it. The facts are good to know. The problem is that science is raw fact and cannot blindly be applied without thought. Yes, it is good for babies and their parents to sleep. Does this mean you should put your baby in his crib and close the door and plug your ears and play music loudly to cover his sreams? That you should let him cry endlessly to the point of vomiting but refuse to clean him up until he is sound asleep? That you should put a lock on the door and a tent over the crib so that your crying child cannot escape his sentence? That you should teach him that his cries have no value or purpose? I think not. The means here does not justify the end. I have a friend who does this program with her child repeatedly, as she must after every teething episode, vacation or sickness. It is heartbreaking for her and she hates it and cries herself, yet she does it because a "doctor" told her too. It is a shame that she doesn't have more confidence in her mothering ability to trust her gut instincts that this is just plain wrong. That babies do not have the skill to manipulate us, they just have basic needs to be loved and cared for and they grow up far too soon and that patience is a golden reward.
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