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ataterhead2's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of good info on baby sleep! Her "sleep lady shuffle" worked for our daughter - after 3 weeks, our 6 month old was sleeping 12 hours straight with no night wakings. I liked that her system is gentle and doesn't expect you to just leave them to cry it out, which I don't think I could do.
carka88's review against another edition
If it actually helps us get Maggie to sleep on her own without complaining, I'll give it 5 stars.
simplyparticular's review against another edition
1.0
Tried to apply The Sleep Lady's approach for the second time on a reflux baby. Either I have the only children capable of crying for nearly two hours straight, or there just is no solution for reflux children. Back to co-sleeping for us - at least we're getting some sleep, even if it is heavily interrupted.
thehlb's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of really good information about routine and schedules for babies and children at different stages. The "sleep-lady shuffle" didn't work for me, but the book does allow for other approaches.
ebin5446's review
4.0
The best book I found on getting your child to sleep at different stages through the first few years, without "crying it out"
caseympb's review
5.0
This was my bible when getting my first kid to sleep through the night and understanding the importance of good sleep schedules. It starts with infancy through toddler and preschooler ages.
gglazer's review
4.0
Three weeks ago, I would have rated this book 15000000 stars. But after a nice long stretch of sleeping through the night, our six-month-old stopped again, so I'm taking if back down to four.
Maybe four and a half, though: I really like the thinking behind this book, which is sensible and also compassionate. The basic principles did work for our baby, too. I'd love a longer troubleshooting section, though, and a 99% reduction in the number of sanctimonious success stories.
Maybe four and a half, though: I really like the thinking behind this book, which is sensible and also compassionate. The basic principles did work for our baby, too. I'd love a longer troubleshooting section, though, and a 99% reduction in the number of sanctimonious success stories.
penser's review
4.0
This book will improve life. It's already been a couple of days an I already see an improvement in her sleeping. We've already given up middle of the night feedings. The only issue with the book is the lack of problem solving advice for napping. Otherwise I've been really happywith this. I couldn't handle CIO because she would be screaming but this is much less stressful on both of us.
gorse's review
4.0
Almost nauseatingly repetitive, as all train-your-kids books tend to be. But it made a lot of sense and worked for us.
booksofafeather's review
3.0
Compared to the Weissbluth book I find this one to be much more realistic for most families. Mostly because it's less stress and less emotionally trying for both parent and child than complete CIO. I skipped parts for now that didn't apply to use (much later school age sleep problems, twins/siblings, nightmares) but may go back to them in the future. I feel like this is much more likely to help teach a child to fall asleep, whereas I think complete CIO / extinction mostly just has a child pass out from exhausted crying and/or stop crying out because no one will come to them, not because they've learned to fall asleep.
However, my criticism would be that it doesn't talk too much about problem solving tougher cases. The book assumes your child will cry only a little (and it doesn't specify how much 'some' or 'a little' is considered) or what to do if the normal soothing techniques presented don't work. In fact occasionally the book will reference a special case and then tell you it's so rare they're not even going to cover it.... which does not help those parents who DO have that case and the book does not even reference other resources for dealing with those cases.
However, my criticism would be that it doesn't talk too much about problem solving tougher cases. The book assumes your child will cry only a little (and it doesn't specify how much 'some' or 'a little' is considered) or what to do if the normal soothing techniques presented don't work. In fact occasionally the book will reference a special case and then tell you it's so rare they're not even going to cover it.... which does not help those parents who DO have that case and the book does not even reference other resources for dealing with those cases.
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