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Summary: Must read
Review: I read this and Baby wise and my daughter not only was sleeping through the night at 8 weeks but always happy. She knows how to put herself to sleep instead of relying on me or a bunch of props. This book realy explains why sleep is so important for the growth and developement of your child!
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Summary: A Must Read For New Parents
Review: Weisbluth talks a lot about breaking bad sleep habits in children. But if you read this before or just when you child is born you know what to expect and can establish health sleep habits right from the beginning and avoid many of the nightmares of sleep training. He also helps you understand a child's many stages and how their sleep is affected.
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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: This book was recommended to me while I was pregnant, so I started reading as soon as I got my hands on it. I felt as though the logic behind "sleep begets sleep" and other theories Marc Weisbluth shares were right on and easy to understand. We followed his advice with our 18month old when he was an infant and he's always been a fantastic sleeper.Although it may sound harsh, any parents who has said they read the book and it didn't work didn't read it thoroughly, or tried to implement these ideas on a 2-year-old, which is it's own problem in itself. I think the key is to start as soon as you realize you baby is old enough to get themselves to sleep. Good Luck...and if you really give it a fair chance it works like a charm!
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Summary: Yuck! Good theory but terrible practice
Review: I would not recommend this book to anyone. I'm glad I checked it out of the library and didn't waste any money on it. If your child needs help getting to sleep, it's because they need you and haven't develop enough to fall asleep on their own yet. It will happen - trust me. I've a 23 month old and the book that saved us was Dr. Sears' "Nightinme Parenting", a wonderful book - if you have to buy this one, buy the "Nightinme Parenting" as well at least so you'll have both sides of the story. You DO NOT have to let your baby cry it out to get him/her to fall asleep. It's not healthy for them or for you.
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Summary: I like Wiessbluth's ideas
Review: I use Mark's concepts in conjunction with blackout blinds and quiet, soothing music. My favorite quiet music CD is
Angels All Around by Genie.
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Summary: Best Baby Book Ever
Review: Dr. Weissbluth's book is one I send to every new parent I know. His advice is simple and straightforward. Our family mantras are still "Sleep begets sleep" and "Never Wake a sleeping baby." His discussions of the rhythmic nature of sleep and its impact on everything from cognitive development to eating are brilliant. My children are 9 and 6 and I still pull the book out every few years to check how they are doing. God Bless Dr. Weissbluth for providing parents the information to teach their children good sleep habits!
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Summary: This is a fantastic book
Review: This is the best book on infants/toddlers and sleep training that I've ever read. There's so much good information and he does an excellent job targeting each stage of infancy (didn't have to read the toddler section b/c my daughter was already sleeping through the night). I wish I had bought this book sooner when my daughter was an infant (bought it when she was 5 months old). I have a newborn son (7 weeks) and he's already light years ahead of where my daughter was at this stage- thanks to everything I've read in this book.
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Summary: Disappointing, made things worse.
Review: We had a couple of recommendations for this book since my 2 year old son has never slept all night and will only fall asleep by nursing him or driving him around. This book set us back - way back. Before trying this "cry it out" method, I had my son almost completely weened from nursing. I approached the method open minded and tried it the way he recommends. Now my son is clingy and wants to be nursed constanly, he is scared to death of his crib and won't even go into his bedroom. He has never been so insecure. We feel as though we have broken his little spirit. The scientifics on why sleep is necessary makes perfect sense, however, the method is too cruel for us. The author does contradict himself over and over as stated in other reviews. I'll keep searching for a gentler approach to our problem as I do not believe letting a child cry himslef to pure exhaustion is the way to go.
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Summary: Thank you, Dr. Weissbluth!
Review: All I can say is that it really works! We started the sleep training at 4 months and we had no problems establishing a sleep routine. Our son is now 13 months old and he is a wonderful sleeper. He sleeps from 7:30pm to 7:00am and then has 2 lengthy naps during the day! And when he is awake he is HAPPY! I'm the envy of all my friends and I owe it all to this book...
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Summary: Sleep-deprieved parents: Do yourself a favor & read this!
Review: The most interesting thing about this book is that the advice Weisbluth offers flys directly in the face of conventional wisdom about children and sleeping. Specifically, Weisbluth debunks the myth that by keeping kids up later, they are more tired and therefore sleep better (and or later). The bottom line according to Weisbluth -- a well-rested child sleeps more and sleeps better. Who'd a thunk it? You have to read the compelling research he presents and then take it on faith (although its hard to believe) and try what he tells you. It is amazing how well his techniques work!!!... No traumatic Ferberizing, minimal (if any) crying. Just good ol' fashion sleeping -- for you and your little one. Sweet dreams!
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