Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition by Richard Ferber
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Book Reviews of Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
Book Review: Very helpful for a tired momma
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Book Review: A must read
Summary: 5 Stars
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. Book Review: Don't believe the naysayers
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Book Review: The only book that helped us see results
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the last book in the line of many many books that I read...I kept putting it off for fear that "Feberizing" my child would cause him great harm. But my son was still waking up many times a night and seemed ravenous each time. Even my pediatrician couldn't explain why my son kept waking up...he said it sounded like we were doing everything right. After reading the new expanded edition, I find it hard to believe why Ferber has such a bad rap as being harsh. There are several different approaches listed in the book and they all use love and care....with a little bit of crying (we had NO luck after months of the "No Cry Sleep Solution"). This is the only book that showed me the real problem with my son's frequent night wakings...he needed to be weaned off of his nighttime feedings. It is working...I can't believe it. After 4 months of sleep training, something is finally working. Every baby is different and other books might work for other people...but I am so thankful I finally picked up this book. Book Review: Co-sleeping mom and dad are now Ferber converts
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I co-slept with our daughter for 14 months, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Those months were really great, and I think during the early months it's a life-saver for mom to get some sleep while nursing all night.
I still think 4 months is too early to "sleep train," but maybe 14 months is too long for some parents to wait. There's probably a middle ground somewhere, but nevertheless I feel like by 14 months our daughter was really ready to sleep on her own. We both read Ferber's book, picked a week when we didn't have many other responsibilities, prepared for the worst - and then.
Easy. She barely cried - 22 minutes total (broken up into 3, 5 then 10 minute intervals) - to begin with, woke up twice the first night, crying even less each time. The second night was easier, the third night she slept 10 hours without a peep.
Now, she prompts us when it's time for sleep by getting her toothbrush and book. Bedtime is easier that it ever was even during co-sleeping, when it sometimes took me an hour to get her to sleep!
We are now 1 month post "sleep training," and most nights she has slept straight through the night. The few times she has woken up, she either falls back asleep after 2 second of crying, or goes right back to sleep when my husband reassures her. Mostly she is just quiet as a mouse.
Yes, we are all getting better sleep, but it's even larger than that. She is happier during the day, she seems MORE confident than before. I think some of the bad experiences with Ferber are due to 1) not actually reading the book 2) not following the instructions in the book 3) doing it too early - i.e. expecting a 4 month old to sleep through the night 4) doing it too late - i.e. when the child can get out of their crib.
I can't recommend this book enough. Dr. Sears is great, I read his books too, but frankly it is so obvious that Ferber is the expert on sleep. Cosleep early to make breastfeeding easier, but by all means give your child the skill to fall asleep on their own when they are ready.