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How Babies Sleep: The Gentle, Science-Based Method to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
Sofia Axelrod
3.3 AVERAGE
12 reviews for:
How Babies Sleep: The Gentle, Science-Based Method to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
Sofia Axelrod
3.3 AVERAGE
Great book to understand sleep!
I really enjoyed reading this book. I wanted to start sleep training my almost 4 month old but didn’t really like the other options I saw. Within three days my baby was sleeping better!
I really enjoyed reading this book. I wanted to start sleep training my almost 4 month old but didn’t really like the other options I saw. Within three days my baby was sleeping better!
I picked this one up because it was based in science. There's no doubt the author is very knowledgeable about sleep in fruit flies. I guess it depends on your parenting technique. This was just not for me.
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Charts and practical bullet points are most helpful.
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Once again, I can’t really rate this book fully bc I haven’t tried any of the advice. But that said, the method is based firmly in science and described very clearly with step by step directions. She also acknowledges that all babies are different and while the principles are the same, adaptation for your life and family are necessary. I did feel like the section on why adequate parental sleep is so important (ie, protection against PPD) should have been before the section on gentle sleep training, and not after.
It alternates between some very solid scientific stuff (the author studies sleep genes in fruit flies) and the usual parenting advice drivel that is repetitious and based on opinion. It gave me time to realize how different people's sleep patterns are (if not their actual sleep hour needs, according to the author) just listening to how very impaired this person was from minor disturbances of her sleep. I don't really have that, but can see why sleep becomes this fraught (and thereby, profitable) topic for parents.
Honestly, if Ferber makes your skin crawl, I think the approach here will actually be fine for you (it's just crying it out, but with shorter intervals and a lot of emphasis put on darkness and not overnapping during the day).
The author does have some very snarky ways of referring to other approaches. Attachment parenting becomes "baby-directed", like oh, you let your baby make all the decisions? How's that working out for you? And also does a lot of references APA's safe sleep recommendations when it comes to condemning bedsharing, but not when she wants to kick her baby out of her room at 2 months. Or give them muslin cloths to suck on?
Anyway, worth a read. My life is better now, and reading this book was part of the steps that got me there.
Honestly, if Ferber makes your skin crawl, I think the approach here will actually be fine for you (it's just crying it out, but with shorter intervals and a lot of emphasis put on darkness and not overnapping during the day).
The author does have some very snarky ways of referring to other approaches. Attachment parenting becomes "baby-directed", like oh, you let your baby make all the decisions? How's that working out for you? And also does a lot of references APA's safe sleep recommendations when it comes to condemning bedsharing, but not when she wants to kick her baby out of her room at 2 months. Or give them muslin cloths to suck on?
Anyway, worth a read. My life is better now, and reading this book was part of the steps that got me there.
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Super straightforward approach to baby sleep. Sometimes the author gets a bit in the weeds about the science behind her method, but I think that’s still useful for times parents just have to make a judgment call. I was looking for a science based approach to baby sleep written by someone who has been a primary caretaker of children, and this fits the bill. Straight forward, intuitive, and flexible so you can use this technique with different approaches. Very happy with it.
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
The title of this book pretty much describes what it's about--babies and sleep. The author goes over everything about what sleep is, the importance of it (for parents and baby) and details on night/nap sleep training. As a new first time mother to a 6 month old, I have actually read up A LOT on sleep training and the techniques, so most of the information in the book I already knew. One thing though I really enjoyed were the more science based information on things and case studies/real life stories. She has great charts to reference and an easy to read chart on quick solutions to sleep issues with your baby.
I definitely recommend this for parents who are interested in sleep training and want to know more detailed information on the topic. New parents need to take note on the section with helpful tools and equipment. Everything she listed we have/use and they really do help out. We were able to have our baby sleep through the night (up to 10 hrs straight) and nap successfully in about 1.5 weeks by using techniques she mentions in this book.
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The title of this book pretty much describes what it's about--babies and sleep. The author goes over everything about what sleep is, the importance of it (for parents and baby) and details on night/nap sleep training. As a new first time mother to a 6 month old, I have actually read up A LOT on sleep training and the techniques, so most of the information in the book I already knew. One thing though I really enjoyed were the more science based information on things and case studies/real life stories. She has great charts to reference and an easy to read chart on quick solutions to sleep issues with your baby.
I definitely recommend this for parents who are interested in sleep training and want to know more detailed information on the topic. New parents need to take note on the section with helpful tools and equipment. Everything she listed we have/use and they really do help out. We were able to have our baby sleep through the night (up to 10 hrs straight) and nap successfully in about 1.5 weeks by using techniques she mentions in this book.
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