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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Fireside Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-05-23 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 464 Ean: 9780743201636 Book Isbn: 0743201639  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on February 20, 2008 Summary: Changed our lives I read an earlier edition of this book in 1998 when my daughter was just a few weeks old. It is rare when I can say that a book changed my life. But this book did for myself, my wife and our daughter. Within three days of starting the program, we were able to give our child (and ourselves) the gift of good sleeping and of happily going to bed. The effects last to this day, nine years later. The author has done a great deal of research on sleep, and so comes to the problem as a sleep specialist instead of as a pediatrician (though he works with pediatricians). The theory and techniques presented in the book are based on extremely solid and detailed research. The chief notion used (other than the importance of sleep for so many other things) is the "sleep association". What this understanding leads to is that the people need to sleep in the same environment in which they initially fall asleep. This means that a child shouldn't fall asleep in your arms or while feeding and then be smuggled off to a crib. That is what we had done prior to reading this book. The actual program pulls at your heart stings to actually do it. But it is not, as some reviewers suggest, "cry it out". Do it. What you are giving to your child is wonderful. After only three nights our child changed from being a cranky baby to an extremely happy one. Later she would sing herself to sleep and when she woke up in the middle of the night, we would hear her singing again and happily go back to sleep. I haven't looked at the revised edition. The edition that we read may lack some of the "user friendliness" of many parenting books. But if you don't need cute little pictures and big friendly letters, that shouldn't be a problem. Written on February 14, 2008 Summary: Worked for me, in 2 days I got myself mentally ready for this method for a few days before I tried it. I memorized each detail so it would work like clockwork. I, like many parents, don't like listening to my baby scream. When I was ready, we did the Ferber method, and in 2 nights my son was sleeping at least 8 or 9 hours a night. The key for me was reminding myself that babies are different emotionally from adults. If you heard an adult screaming and wailing like I heard my son screaming and wailing, you would assume that they were having surgery without anesthesia, or lost a loved one. Most adults don't make that kind of racket to protest a change in routine. Babies, however, have no other way to communicate. They sound like they are experiencing trauma because they only know one way to protest. That's why, in my opinion, it's better to deal with the sleeping problem before the child is a more nuanced thinker. This way, before baby is a willful, mobile toddler, you already have the system that works for you in place. If having the baby in bed with you or rocking to sleep works for you, than go with it! If not, than give this book a try. If it works, it's a lifesaver. My only complaint with the book is that it didn't address the question of naps enough. I had a lot of trouble getting my son to nap. Now that he is walking, he tires himself out a lot faster and I can get him to nap, but I could have used some guidance from this book. All in all though, an interesting book, with a lot of informative stuff about baby sleep cycles. Written on February 13, 2008 Summary: The Answer to Our Prayers Like many parents, we were at our wits end trying to get our 8 month old to take naps or go to bed. While she often slept okay through the night besides waking up to feed, bedtime was a long, drawn out, hour long affair filled with stress. We faced each night with dread trying to rock and soothe her till she was out. Naptimes were unheard of. We tried "crying it out" by just letting her scream, but that only made matters worse. Finally I decided I was fed up with relying on second hand information and misguided Internet gossip to try and solve our problems. It seemed like everybody who'd ever so much as looked at a baby assumed they must be an expert. So we picked up this book. The first thing I could say was that I was surprised at the length. Everyone who'd ever mentioned this book simply truncated it's contents into "let them cry a few minutes then come back and do it all over again". I think I expected it to be 10 pages long. :P What I got was a long book filled with the actual facts and information about infants and their sleep cycles that I had been desperately searching for. Doctor Ferber references many examples from his years of experience helping families solve their children's sleep problems in the actual medical facility he has worked through. He references so many different issues that families could have that I had no problem finding examples and situations which applied to our baby, along with specific solutions and OPTIONS for how to treat them. We will be holding onto this book for a long time, as it guides good sleep habits well into the teenage years. All I can say is, thank God for this book! Written on February 13, 2008 Summary: Much-needed advice for an all-night nursing baby! I live in an all-natural, Attachment Parenting town in Vermont where Ferber is a bad word, and "Ferberizing" your child is seen as equivalent to abuse. Before reading this book, I too thought of Dr. Ferber as "The Sleep Nazi." However, I turned to his expertise in desperation when my second baby was nursing every hour or two all night long at six months old. I was on the brink of sanity and needed some concrete help about how to change her sleep habits. This book is well-written, organized and researched, and Dr Ferber is much more mild than I expected given his reputation. His plan of "controlled crying" can be adapted according to parents' and children's needs and temperaments. Within 4 days my six-month old was sleeping 3-4 hour stretches at night-- a huge improvement. And this was without following his plan to the letter (ie. being much more soft-hearted!). If you are struggling with sleep, give Dr. Ferber a chance.  Written on January 30, 2008 Summary: It didn't Work I was diligent with the methods in this book. However, for the first week he got so scared everytime we left he $#^@ his diaper, after a month of this method, my son was falling asleep faster, but still falling asleep crying and sitting up against his crib rails; he was beside himself in emotional pain; and it made him more anxious and clingy during the day, because he felt abandoned by his parents when he needed them. I had specific problems for which there were no answers in this book. It is not right for every baby. However, less intense, laid back children may respond to this well. I think you have to know your child and do what is right for them. I have had better success with more sensitive methods. |
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| Release date | 2006-05-23 | 1999-04-12 | 2002-03-28 | 2003-05-27 | 2005-07-26 | 1998-06 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 464 | 345 | 254 | 288 | 352 | 608 |
| Ean | 9780743201636 | 9780449004029 | 9780071381390 | 9780553381467 | 9780345479099 | 9780965260312 |
| Book Isbn | 0743201639 | 0449004023 | 0071381392 | 0553381466 | 0345479092 | 0965260313 |
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