The basic idea is that kids NEED sleep and if we dont teach them how to stay asleep we're hurting them. basically it makes you feel ok letting them cry it out. i tried letting him cry for 5 min then soothing him then another 5...it took about 4 times (20min total crying) before he went to sleep for a whopping 20 minutes then i had to go in and nurse him.
I read this book and the advice has worked....for the most part. My son is just about 6mths old and wakes up once a night. He goes down at 730 and wakes at about 8 the next morning!
This is a terrible book! I am appalled it has even been recommended. Never, ever, ever let your baby cry it out...ever. All is does is teach you not to listen to him. Try the "No Cry Sleep Solution" or "Nighttime Parenting" by Dr. Sears.
well Julie, if your child doesn't know when it's night and when it's day, and you didn't sleep for months - you will try every possible method - whatever works
We're living with my parents now, to have that extra help around w/our first child. While that hasn't been going as planned, we also cannot come up with a way to teach the baby it's ok to sleep alone for the 12 hours she sleeps at night. However, slowly, we've started letting the baby cry a little before we soothe her back to sleep. And guess what she does! She will either wake up and cry for a couple minutes then stop to look around or start talking to herself or she will just wake up, find me or my husband looking at her and fall right back asleep.
It takes all kinds of situations to get people to write books about all kinds of techniques.
Good luck to everyone. And if anyone wants to loan me or sell their used copy to me, feel free! :)
