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This used book in excellent condition and is the book my daughter's dr recommended for me to read and so far what I've read is very helpful. Also i recieved it quicker then I expected which is always nice. Thank you very much!
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This book recommends an extreme version of the cry it out method. Parents who need a good night's sleep should find one in other ways than what is suggested by the author. Get a babysitter. Trade responsibilities with your partner. Understand that babies wake up throughout the night and need help going back to sleep. Life outside the womb is big, scary, and lonely for them. They will not "need" you forever.
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I consider this book to be the "bible" for sleep-deprived parents. It gives you all the background info you need to understand children's sleep problems and how to fix them. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone with a child who is not sleeping well. However, be prepared for a long, cumbersome read. Like many other reviewers have stated, this book needs some good editing. It is difficult to understand in parts, contradictory at times, and just an overall boring read! Difficult to get through the whole thing when you're a tired mom! Despite all that, I'd still consider the book worth buying. But for those of you who just want to get to the facts and solutions, and only have a couple of hours to spend reading, there is an even better book out there. It's called the Sleep Sense Program, by Dana Obleman. You can order it at wwww.sleepsense.net We were following Healthy Sleep Habits to the letter, but our son was still not sleeping through the night consistently. When we came across Sleep Sense, we quickly ordered the book and devoured it. We found that Dana's techniques were very similar to Mark Weissbluth's. The difference we found in Dana's book was removing the soother from our son's bedtime routine. As soon as we did that, no more night wakings! If you have to pick one book, I'd pick Sleep Sense for its quick, no-nonsense read, easy to implement, effective tips as well as the extras it comes with (workbook, electronic sleep log and audio interview with Dana). But if you really want to get in-depth and truly understand how children sleep, what causes sleep problems, different types of sleep problems and how to fix them - Healthy Sleep Habits is the book for you. Personally, I'm glad I have both, and refer back to them whenever my son enters a new sleep pattern.Read full review
Parenting has really evolved. When I first heard of sleep training it was all about the Ferber method. I thought I could never do that - how could a parent sit there and allow their child to cry and cry for hours. So I decided then - I am not doing that when I have my baby. Fast forward 5 years later - I'm back to work in a highly stressful work environment, significantly undernourished because I'm nursing and extremely sleep deprived.My baby was already 7 months and still feeding 2-3x at night and still unable to sleep throughout. At that point I was willing to do ANYTHING! Comes a book written by Dr. Weissbluth about Healthy Sleeping habits, Happy Baby. I remembered having to read and re-read the book because my sleep deprived brain is not absorbing anything. And Dr. Weissbluth had written this thing in such a "I'm a doctor, thou shalt not understand what I say" kind a way (or maybe it was just because my brain cells were dead.) Anyways my biggest take from that book is that - sleep is the foundation of your child's behavior, social skills, mood and even IQ level. With that I enlisted his principles and applied it to my 7 month old boy. First I established a routine - he gets bathed, fed, cuddled then while still awake placed down on his crib to sooth himself. And of course he cried, and cried and I cried and cried. The book suggested that parents should take a shower so they won't hear the crying. And so I did - I came out of the shower and he was still crying - and so I did too. Fifty five minutes later, the crying all of a sudden stopped! The book said not to go immediately or else you'll have to start the process all over again. I waited for a few minutes then tippy toed to his room - he was asleep as the edge of his crib - as if waiting for someone who never came. I cried some more. I did not sleep that night, I was consumed with the fear that I have scarred my child for life, that he will hate me forever. I finally comforted myself with a page in the book that said - when babies get their full sleep they wake up happier. I finally dozed off and was prepared to wake up again for his nighttime feeding. I woke up looked at the clock and realized it ws 8 o'clock in the morning! Startled, I jumped out of bed ran to my child's room and there he was...sleeping like a baby. His first full night sleep. I must have made noise cause he started to move and wake up. I held my breath...he opened his eyes...and he smiled. He still loves me! And thats why I love the book.Read full review
I had my first child (he was 6 months old when we got the book) and was having a hard time knowing when he should sleep, how long, all those things. He wouldn't take naps (except for maybe 30 min.), woke up at night, and had no sort of set schedule. Now that I have read the book he is a dream. he gets up at 6:30 takes a nap from 8:30 to 10:30 another one from 12:30 to 2:30 and goes to be from 5:30 to 6:30 the next morning!! 3 of my other friends follow the same pattern and have the same results. The only reason why I put "good" instead of "excellent" for the rating of this book is that it really takes a while to figure out what they author is trying to say. there is a ton of information and I just wanted him to tell me exactly what to do. Once I figured that all out, (it probably took me a few hours going through the book) then everything has been WONDERFUL!!Read full review
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