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Whistle Stopper - Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
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List Price: $15.95
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Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928498
EAN: 9780743201636
ISBN: 0743201639
Label: Fireside
Manufacturer: Fireside
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2006-05-23
Publisher: Fireside
Studio: Fireside
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Summary: Ferber Fearers - Fear No More! Or at Least Read First
Comment: I stumbled upon this book during an early-morning routine of trying to find some "magic sleeping pill" for my feisty almost 2-year-old. I loved the synopsis of the book, but balked at it being "FERBER"! Like a Pavlovian response, I'd been trained to run from the "cry-it-out" guy. Long story short, that's not what he's all about and actually has a very reasonable and balanced approach to sleep problems. Admittedly, I'm not through the entire book yet, having needed to jump immediately to my child's specific sleep problem, but I am encouraged by the progress made so far and besides, his writing style is great--easy to read and really funny and informative. Can't wait to finish the book...after I catch up on my own sleep!
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Summary: it works!
Comment: I bought this book after trying the "no cry sleep solution" which wasn't working. After reading this book and finding out I was actually doing more harm than good by nursing or rocking my daughter to sleep I felt better about letting her cry for a while. Knowing I would be checking on her made me feel better too. So the first evening I put her down and she cried a total of 2 hours before falling asleep with me checking on her every interval as in the book. The second night she fell asleep after 13 mins and the third night after 1 min of just noises not crying. The first day for her naps I did the same and she fell asleep after 8 mins each time with only 1 check. The second day only 5 mins and third right away with little crying. Now a week later she is sleeping 7 hours straight at night and only waking for her feed (she is 4months old) and naps she doesn't cry at all just falls asleep when I put her down. She is so much happier now too that she is not tired from a lack of sleep.
I would definitely recommend following this method to anyone, I know how hard it is hearing the cries but they are cries of frustration at not knowing how to fall asleep rather than needing you I believe.
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Summary: Very helpful for a tired momma
Comment: This book was extremely helpful in getting my little one to fall asleep on his own and stay asleep. I was never aware of his negative sleep associations prior to reading that chapter-but it makes perfect sense.
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Summary: A must read
Comment: This book has changed our lives! Dr. Ferber offers helpful advice and teaches you alot about children's sleep patterns. We also found it helpful to read that other people were in the same position we were and were succesful using Dr. Ferber's techniques. We got tired of people asking us if our 6 month old was sleeping through the night since our answer was always no! Now we can say that he is and we are very happy that we took the time to read this book. My recommendation to anyone who plans on using Dr. Ferber's method is to stick it out, be consistent and realize that you are helping your child develop better sleep habits.
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Summary: Don't believe the naysayers
Comment: The sleep method in this book works! Our baby would only sleep in her swing comfortably, and she was getting a flat head, so we wanted to transfer her to her crib and have her sleep through the night. I was worried about using Ferber, since you hear such awful things about the "letting them cry" method. Well, that's not really an accurate characterization. At first you don't let them cry more than 5 minutes - I know people say that this is so hard to do, but it seems worth it for you to have your sanity and your sleep - which makes you a much better parent (at least it helped me). And I think it was better for her than being strapped swaddled in her swing for the night! In any case, we had one pretty sleepless night in which we followed Ferber's directions oulined precisely in chapter 4. The second night, we put her to bed and she slept through night (she was a little under 4 months of age). She is also breastfed, and according to our pediatrician if she can sleep through the night, there is no need to wake her to feed. She's now almost five months, and regularly sleeps from about 9PM to 7AM, and we don't have to go into her room. She cries for about 4 or 5 minutes when we put her down to sleep, then falls asleep and stays that way. Even if she wakes up and babbles a bit,she puts herself right back to sleep. Within two weeks of starting the "ferberizing" we also were able to take her out of the swaddle (4 months is Karp's recommended time to start trying to get rid of the swaddle if the baby seems ready). All in all, I think Ferber's book is great for getting your infant on a schedule at a young age - and I think it's much easier to do it earlier rather than later (if at all possible, since I know that not all babies are ready to sleep through the night at 4 months).
I plan to use his method again if her sleep patterns change or she has trouble sleeping through the night in the future. And it's NOT inhumane at all, if that's what you are concerned about - she wakes up and smiles at me every morning! 5 minutes of crying certainly isn't going to do anyone any harm! Not even 15 or 30 minutes (the max time he says to go without picking them up - and 30 minutes only comes on day 7, by which point I think the majority of kids have regulated their cycle already!).
Thanks, Dr. Ferber!
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When your child isn't sleeping, chances are that you aren't either. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems--a tired parent's essential for more than 10 years--offers valuable advice and concrete help when lullabies aren't enough to lull your child into dreamland. Based on Ferber's research as the director of Boston's Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital, the book is a practical, easy-to-understand guide to common sleeping problems for children ages one to six. Detailed case histories on night waking, difficulty sleeping, and more serious disorders such as sleep apnea and sleepwalking help illustrate a wide variety of problems and their solutions. New parents will benefit from Ferber's proactive advice on developing good sleeping patterns and daily schedules to ensure that sleeping problems don't develop in the first place. You'll also find a bibliography of children's books on bedtime, sleep, and dreaming, as well as a list of helpful organizations. Here's a book that is sure to put you and your whole family to sleep--in this case, that's a good thing.
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