365 Ways to Get Your Child to Sleep: From Birth to Six (365 Series)

Rating:
Summary: Easy to read, but not very helpful.
Review: They concept sounded good... a list of tips to help with sleep problems. The book is well organized into 4 age ranges from birth to 6 years. Unfortunately, most of these tips are not very helpful, and a lot of them are not even "Ways to Get Your Child to Sleep". There are plenty of "don't do this..." tips, most of which you should already know unless this is the first childcare book you have ever read. Others are just general facts about sleep. Some of the other tips are just reprints of tips that people posted on the author's website. (Shouldn't you expect more from a doctor than hearsay and anecdotal evidence.) The biggest problem with the book is the redundancy. For example, one tip about fever (don't wake the child to take his temperature) is repeated almost exactly a few pages later. Also, "sing to your child" and "read a story to your child" are both good tips, but "read this specific book...", "read this other book...", "read this exact book..." should not all count as separate tips! Clearly this is just padding to fill out the "365 ways" format. If you need real sleep solutions, ignore this shotgun approach, and seek out a title tailored more toward your specific needs.

Rating:
Summary: Easy to read, but not very helpful.
Review: They concept sounded good... a list of tips to help with sleep problems. The book is well organized into 4 age ranges from birth to 6 years. Unfortunately, most of these tips are not very helpful, and a lot of them are not even "Ways to Get Your Child to Sleep". There are plenty of "don't do this..." tips, most of which you should already know unless this is the first childcare book you have ever read. Others are just general facts about sleep. Some of the other tips are just reprints of tips that people posted on the author's website. (Shouldn't you expect more from a doctor than hearsay and anecdotal evidence.) The biggest problem with the book is the redundancy. For example, one tip about fever (don't wake the child to take his temperature) is repeated almost exactly a few pages later. Also, "sing to your child" and "read a story to your child" are both good tips, but "read this specific book...", "read this other book...", "read this exact book..." should not all count as separate tips! Clearly this is just padding to fill out the "365 ways" format. If you need real sleep solutions, ignore this shotgun approach, and seek out a title tailored more toward your specific needs.