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The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Pantley
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Author: Elizabeth Pantley
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. in: March, 2002
ISBN: 0071381392
Pages: 208
Measurements: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00718
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0071381390
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One of the most widely acclaimed and best selling books on the topic of baby care and parenting. It ranks #151 in books on Amazon.com as of February 12, 2007. |
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Do you know toddlers and infats have no sense of time. Its not just when you say "5 minutes honey" and they say "are we there yet" one minute later, infants have even less sense of any sort of time, and 5 minutes of crying when they are scared, lonely, or confused can seem like an eternity. If I called out for help at night I would expect my family to be there for me quickly and I felt it should be no different for an infant.
This books helps people who feel the same as I do, to find a gentle solution to crying it out without going as far as attachment parenting. It discusses the appropriate expectation parents should have of their infants (including appropraite age and times for sleeping through the night and napping) as well as many different techniques.
Most of the advice is pretty much setting a schedual for your baby, training them to go to sleep like many other books have in the past, just in a gentler way. The "No-cry" in her book doesn't mean no whinning, no fussing, she just means no crying. she encourages you to leave a fussy baby, who is not crying, lay and helps parents differentiate when their child is upset or just awake. Because of the type of book it is, its very much set to a schedual for your baby and you to get the baby in a routine and helping them fall asleep without to much assistance or nursing. In that it is very organised, and because its tear free her methods take a lot of work on the parents part. But then again if you didn't want to take care of your child then why become a parent? Raising children right is work so this is a great alternative to taking the easy way out. This book covers options for every caring parent, whether nursing or not, so that your baby can sleep well through the night.
However if you are a more flexible person when it comes to betime routine and sleep scheduals that doesn't mean this book is invaluable. I had a high needs baby and instead I was happy to nurse him to sleep every night, often he would fall asleep with a smile on his face. As he was older and I felt he was more capable of falling asleeping by himself I turned to this book for help in weaning him off night nursing as it covers a lot of gentle ways to put your child to sleep without nursing him fully to sleep.
I didn't follow the entire plan she had in place but just read and used many of her selections that seemed more real world to me as I am not very good schedual keeper. Some I didn't even believe would work (such as after your child is done nursing gently push his mouth closed under his chin and he will stop rooting around for a nurse) once in a while It would take 2 tries with this but over all it worked wonderfully!!
whether you are a organised schedualed mom, or a flexible mom the solutions in here can be used to lovingly get your child to sleep.
(From quoting an American reader)
Target readers:
First-time parents, grandparents, nursery nurses, pediatricians, therapists, caregivers, babycare consultants, anyone who plans to have a baby, and gift-givers to new parents.
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Elizabeth Pantley, author and parent educator, is frequently quoted in numerous magazines including Parents and Parenting. She and her husband live in Washington state with their four children - and all sleep through the night.
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From Publisher
A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep - with no tears
There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented in Elizabeth Pantley's sanity-saving book The No-Cry Sleep Solution.
Pantley's successful solution has been tested and proven effective by scores of mothers and their babies from across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Based on her research, Pantley's guide provides you with effective strategies to overcoming naptime and nighttime problems. The No-Cry Sleep Solution offers clearly explained, step-by-step ideas that steer your little ones toward a good night's sleep - all with no crying.
Tips from The No-Cry Sleep Solution:
- Uncover the stumbling blocks that prevent baby from sleeping through the night
- Determine - and work with - baby's biological sleep rhythms
- Create a customized, step-by-step plan to get baby to sleep through the night
- Use the Persistent Gentle Removal System to teach baby to fall asleep without breast-feeding, bottlefeeding, or using a pacifier
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Ferraro (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
"... then read each page of this book, and re-read them as you may need to do - as I had to when I was so sleep-deprived with my second child. I was determined not to get into the habit/the routine of all night nursing that I did with my daughter until she was 15 months old! I did not have any faith in the theories and the books that were out there about babies and sleep and figured that I would just work it out on my own."
I picked this book up on a whim when I saw it as I was leaving a store. I got into the car and started reading. My husband drove the car and my four month old slept. I realized that I (we - my husband and I) needed to get to work immediately; I was ready becasue I was tired. I worked and worked and tried the techniques every day. It is hard work, but that is what parenting is! It takes patience and hope - especially when you are going on a few hours of broken sleep. With assistance from my husband, we helped our little guy sleep for longer periods of time throughout the night, until I eventually weaned him... it took months, however, I knew it would not last forever and I knew everything would be okay.
Just reading Ms. Pantley's words calmed me. It was a wonderful guide. Working to help the baby sleep so I could sleep was a journey - just as parenting is. I am proud to say that I have two happy, healthy children - 2 1/2 and five years old! It all worked out! Yes- they sometimes come into our bed in the middle of the night, but so do all of the kids I know who cried for hours and hours during their infancy! I embrace these times, because I realize that our children will only need us in this way for such a short time.
Obviously, the sooner you can start a "program" the better. Babies cry louder as they get older and habits are obviously harder to break as they grow older! Good Luck! |
C. Scanner (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
Hurray, my daughter finally learned how to sleep! It took us two months and it was not easy, but without tears and in a very gentle and loving way. I've read The No-Cry Sleep Solution when Lea was 7 months and waking 8-10 times a night, more than every hour. First I just picked some ideas from the book, she responded fast and the night awakenings became shorter each but not less often. It took us two months, but I have to admit that we had to stop to apply this method 3 times for about one week each time, 2 times because of teething and once as I got sick. I was amazed to find out that stopping and going back to the old habits of nursing all night long for one week was not setting us back to the starting point. As soon as the teeth were through we could continue the effort where we stopped. But it took us a long time and at the end I got very desparate and decided to apply more ideas from the book even the ones which I did not like in the beginning. And then the miracle happened!
I'm so thankful for this book and recommend it to everyone!
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Tracy (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I love this book! It helped me have compassion for my children through the sleepless nights by showing me why they were awake. It taught me patience by showing me how things will change. It gave me courage to slowly change things and be okay with the way things are.
It has worked for both of my very different children. For my oldest, it allowed us to slowly transition her out of our bed and into her own bed compassionately. It taught us that some people (adults and children alike) need long periods of time to wind down before falling asleep. It reminded me of how lonely it can be to be awake and in bed alone while the rest of the family is elsewhere. She now happily falls asleep in her own bed, in her own room.
For my youngest, The No-Cry Sleep Solution allowed us to start good, consistent, routines from the very beginning. It helped us set up sleep associations in addition to breastfeeding even though we were co-sleeping. When my youngest was ready to transition to his own bed, he did it easily. He now falls asleep in his own bed without a fuss.
We never did the sleep logs. We did love the suggestion to try one new idea and then wait 10 days before evaluating it for success. Before The No-Cry Sleep Solution we would try something for a couple of nights, decide it didn't work, and try something new before the first change even had a chance to take effect. By reviewing each change in our routine only once per 10 days (unless it was a real mess), we learned to patiently watch our children grow and learn.
I recommend this book to every friend who complains they have a child who is not sleeping well. |
Natasha Grossman (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I've never understood how something that is practiced in most parts of the world and by virtually every indigenous culture could be wrong. Yet, our western culture tells us that we should sleep far from our babies and that they should be taught how to sleep independently from us from the day they are born. This has never seemed natural to me. When did you last see a raccoon put her babies in a neighboring tree, or watch your family pet set up a sleeping area for her puppies or kittens on the other side of the house from her own?
Given this lack of understanding, by my own culture, for what seems to be the most natural and humane way of creating a sense of safety and connection for our children, I've never been able to figure out how children make the natural transition from requiring help from their parents to sleep, to sleeping independently. I have traveled all over the world and have never met and adult who still sleeps with his/her parents, so I supposed there was a way that this all worked out - but I could never uncover the mystery of this transition on my own.
Frustrated by all of the parenting books that seemed to fly in the face of the natural connection between mother and child - and instead focus on how we can make sure that parents get enough sleep by training our children to do what is most convenient for us - I was thrilled to find The No-Cry Sleep Solution.
Finally, a book that respects the needs of the child, and the relationship between children and parents, The No-Cry Sleep Solutions offers gentle, respectful and loving methods for teaching our children to sleep independently. It is honest in the need for commitment on the parents' part to give the child the time necessary to make this important transition, while offering many ideas for how to make this transition as smooth as possible.
I am grateful for this book and for its' focus on the needs of the child while understanding the desires of parents. |
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