Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
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Book Reviews of Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Great book for anyone whose child is not naturally a great sleeper. After months of doing whatever we needed to for a colicky baby, we needed to establish some good sleep routines and habits. While letting a child cry it out is never anyone's first choice, it might be the best. Over a year later, I still refer to the book to check what is normal for our son's age. With a new baby on the way (hopefully not a colicky one!) we will have this as a reference and maybe have a more rested home a little sooner this time.Book Review: Use your own judgement
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the 1 star reviews and I think those parents are missing the point. I knew we had a problem when our daughter would cry as soon as you put her down and then as soon as you walked in the room to check on her she would laugh and smile. That told me that nothing was wrong with crying at night, she was fed, changed and warm. She just did not want to go to sleep. I will tell you trying to achieve the 15 hours of sleep a day for our daughter is very difficult-she doesn't nap well. But the doctor is right sleep begets sleep! When she sleeps well at night she naps better. When she naps well she sleeps better at night.Book Review: Worked for me!
Summary: 4 Stars
A dear friend gave me this book while I was pregnant with my son and preparing my daughter, who was 2, to share her room with her new baby brother.
Being a little apprehensive because there was so much information in the book, I first scanned through to her age group and began reading.
I applied the principles, beginning with "the rules."
1. Stay in Bed
2. Go to sleep
3. Be quiet
or Mommy will put up the gate (of course it was before she could climb it)
I swear it took 4 nights to acheive, but she began staying in her bed and going to sleep without fussing.
To this day, nearly 5 years later, she goes to sleep extremely well.
I truly believe the main key to any method is consistency.
As long as Mom or Dad can stay CONSISTENT nearly any method will acheive the desired result.
I still have the book and because of moving into a new area we are going to end up breaking it out to refresh our memories and applying the principles to our son... again, we need consistency!
Book Review: Great Book but Hard to Implement
Summary: 4 Stars
I highly recommend this book if you are not sure whether or not you need to make a change to your child's sleep habits. Dr. Weissbluth makes a convincing argument (backed by data) for taking your child's sleep habits as seriously as you would take their eating habits.
However, if you already know you want to make a change then it is difficult to come up with an action plan from this book. In that case, I highly recommend "The Sleepeasy Solution"The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5 book or dvd The Sleepeasy Solution: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Baby or Toddler to Sleep. The Sleepeasy Solution is MUCH easier to use.
So, get this book if you need help understanding the effects of poor sleep habits on your child and get the sleepeasy solution if you need to make a change to their habits.
Book Review: Happy ZZZZZZs
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read numerous books, articles and blogs on how to help a baby sleep better and this book provides the best constructive advice - bar none. Our daughter is 7 mths old and I only wish I had read this book months ago.