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BookPrices.net - The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
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List Price: $15.95
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: The McGraw-Hill Companies
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928498
EAN: 9780071381390
Is Autographed: 0
ISBN: 0071381392
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 254
Publication Date: 2002-03-28
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Summary: Not the most realistic.
Comment: I was hopeful that this approach was going to work for our little one. She had colic for the first 3.5 months and cried a lot. Therefore i was looking for a sleep approach that didn't require additional crying. We didn't start any real sleep "training" until 4 months. And bottomline... we have come to the conclusion, some crying must occur. I know that ALL babies are different, but this approach was not the one for us.
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Summary: Some great advice but.............
Comment: God bless you all for whom this book helped but it just didn't do the trick for us. I must admit that there is some great general advice in there but when I got this book I was desperate and needed help immediately, not a month to 3 months down the road. Ms. Pantley's advice is definitely gentle but very, very time consuming. She even says that it may take 30-120 days to work. Well, how much of that is the techniques or is the child just more developmentally ready to sleep better? If you have lots of time and are not at the end of your rope then give this a try but if you are desperate like I was then I don't think you should waste your time with this.
A little background: I am a stay-at-home mom and spent most days home alone with my baby. I ended up holding my child for every nap and co-slept with her as well. In addition, I nursed her to sleep every time. At this point my child never slept more than 3 hours at a time and usually only 1-2 hours........ for 5 months!!! The moment I put her down she'd scream so I just continued to hold her. I was so sleep deprived that I was going nutty. I knew I had to do something and I got this book b/c the thought of letting my baby "cry it out" absolutely broke my heart.
Well, I tried Ms. Pantley's advice for 2 weeks and I was seeing very, very little progress. I then decided that I just needed to bite the bullet and get the other popular books that were a little more "strong armed" and see if any of them seemed more practical. I gravitated toward those that were written by experts (and MD and PhD who actually work in the area of child sleep disorders), those being Dr. Ferber and Mindell. After reading both, I realized that the "cry it out" method isn't as cruel as it sounds and it was what I had to try. (In fact, I think Ferber's term "progressive waiting" more aptly describes the technique.) Well, I'm here to tell you that it worked just like they say- by day 3 it was drastically better! The most she ever cried was 45 minutes and that was not the screaming banshee I was afraid she'd be. After 2 nights she was pretty consistenly sleeping 8-9 hours straight.
I think that those of you who are at the end of your rope like I was really need to bypass this book and give the "progressive waiting" aka "cry it out" method a try. If it gets too bad, then stop, but give it a try at least. It was the best thing I did for my baby and me.
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Summary: At last someone knows how!
Comment: Great buy! This book was written by someone who has experienced sleepless night and knows what she is talking about. This is not some doctor behind a desk writing a book. This is a mother. I dont believe in crying it out. I feel its inhumane,however each to their own.The book is easy to understand and there are step by step instructions including a log sheet to see the sleeping improve.I am still in the process of following this book but I really enjoyed reading it.I have many many baby sleeping books. I actually think I have most of the sleeping books and if I knew about this book earlier,I would not have wasted so much money on all the others. If there is a baby sleeping book out there to buy....This is it!
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Summary: Best suggestions for big-hearted mothers
Comment: I'm not a mother who could let my daughter cry. Everyone told me my sleep problems were a result of "giving in to easily." Then I found this wonderful book. Finally, someone who understands the ache in a mother's heart when her baby is crying. This book will not dissappoint. You have to work at it, but isn't that what being a parent is all about?
My daughter is now sleeping almost through the night. I'm a happier mother and that makes everyone happy.
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Summary: The Book's Title Says It All!
Comment: We did the Ferber method of sleep training with my son when he was 5 months old, and it worked very well at that age. He was a great sleeper and napper from that point until at 8 months old when he got a cold/stuffy nose that hung around for 2 weeks - during which time he couldn't sleep well and in order for him to be able to breathe through his nose at all, we had to hold him upright against our chests, so that's what we did for him to fall asleep for naps and at bedtime. After the cold finally went away and we attempted to go back to our old routine of laying him down (sleepy but awake) to sleep, he would start crying, and was by then able to pull himself up to standing, which made the whole process much worse.
After a few days of attempting to retrain with the Ferber method, I decided it wasn't worth it. Even though I knew the Ferber method would probably work again eventually, all I could think was: how many days of misery would it take, and then what would happen the next time he got sick or we traveled? I definitely did not want to go through the stress and guilt of hearing him cry if we would have to retrain with the Ferber method each time something like that happened.
So, I decided to read the No Cry Sleep Solution. She gives many good pointers for helping your baby to fall asleep as well as to sleep longer, both at naps and at bedtime/through the night. We were already employing the majority of her ideas, but I did get new information that I feel is sound advice. The best evidence is that my son will now allow us to lay him down for naps and at bedtime as he's sleepy, but falls asleep on his own, with no crying. I admit this approach requires more patience and time initially, but in my opinion it was totally worth it to avoid the days of crying! I would suggest reading this book to any parent interested in learning good techniques for helping their baby to sleep well. I initially checked this out through the library but intend to buy one to have on hand for future reference with our next child(ren)!
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Editorial Reviews:
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A breakthrough approach that offers hope to exhausted parents looking for gentle ways to help their baby sleep without the heart-wrenching tears. Until now the only two ways to deal with sleepless nights were to let your baby cry herself to sleep or to become a sleep-deprived martyr and tough it out from dusk until dawn. The No-Cry Sleep Solution will show you how it is entirely possible and within your grasp to help your baby fall asleep peacefully--and stay asleep all night long.
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