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The No Cry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

The No Cry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

A breakthrough approach that offers hope to exhausted parents looking for gentle ways to help their baby sleep without the heart-wrenching tears. Until now the only two ways to deal with sleepless nights were to let your baby cry herself to sleep or to become a sleep-deprived martyr and tough it out from dusk until dawn. The No-Cry Sleep Solution will show you how it is entirely possible and within your grasp to help your baby fall asleep peacefully–and stay asleep all night long.

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2 Stars Unfortunately it didnt work for us
We tried this for first 6 months as I didnt want to let my baby CIO. However after that, my baby was waking up more frequently 6-8 times, track record was 3 times per hour. I was so tired and the entire household was falling sick due to sleep deprivation. I decided to take a more firm yet gentle approach as advocated by Kim West, Good night Sleep Tight. I strongly recommend this book as we saw results on the first night. From 6.-8 times to 1 night waking and naps were longer and more quality once he has learn how to fall asleep on his own. Perhaps this book will work for babies with milder temperament and older babies who can comprehend and understand. Note that the author’s son was about 12 months when she successfully solved his sleep problems with her methods.

5 Stars So, you think you have learned it all?
You would think that after having 4 children I would have learned all the tips and tricks to sleeping at night… I will have to admit that wasn’t true… We used the CIO method because we felt that was our only choice with our oldest and when our 2nd child came we knew we did not want to do this again… So, I started reading and researching new method that were both gentle on us as well as our new son… I found this wonderful book… It was so helpful… I thought I’m set… A few years down the road and our 3rd child a daughter was born… I had re-read the book because she had different sleep issues then our 2nd child… After that I thought I know it all… Go down the road another few years and our 4th child a son is born… He is currently 11 months old… We started off suprisingly smoothly then around 7-8 months old things went wrong… I read this book yet again… I’m happy to report after a quick review we are all peacefully sleeping… Thank you for this awesome book… I recommend everyone to read and then reread this book with each child you have… I will probably read it again in a few years when our 5th child arrives… I know there will be something new that will help us… This book truly stands the test of time…

4 Stars it does work
This book is great for non-CIO parents. Have patience…it does take lots of effort and time…but for me - 15 days into it - it IS working And NO tears!

1 Star waste of money
The book is a complete waste of money. It is full of common sense tips and offers no good guide for putting your child to sleep. Pantley tells the reader about a group of mothers who achieved success by using her tips. However, she does not offer anything new, e.g. look for cues that your baby is sleepy and etc. Buy this book if you want to read about the sleep habits of the author’s childlen and a bunch of random kids. I was very disappointed with this book.

5 Stars A big difference
This book was a true blessing to us. While our daughter was a pretty good newborn (didn’t cry much at all), we quickly got frustrated with her being up until 10…10:30…11…or even midnight! We felt like we didn’t have a life because, well, we didn’t. That’s what prompted us to buy the book.

The biggest point that changed our life here was Elizabeth saying that babies should be put to sleep for the night at 7-7:30. I honestly didn’t believe it and she addressed that in the book…saying people would be scared that doing that would mean the baby would be awake at 3am. That was us.

We were thinking our daughter was napping when she fell asleep in the early evening because she’d usually wake up in ~30-45 minutes, staying up until much later. It was us who were causing the problem, since we’d play with her and have her active after she’d had that “nap”. So, we were astonished when we put her down for the night for the first time at 7-7:30 and she didn’t fully wake again until 7 the next morning (just a few brief nighttime wake-ups…which we’re working on). We also established a bedtime routine, as Elizabeth suggests. Again, astonished that babies take these cues and know what they mean after a short number of days. She completely winds down after her bath and is usually nearly asleep when I read her stories.

What I like best about this book is that Elizabeth is honest and matter-of-fact. Babies are human and that means change will take some time…and sometimes things will mess with the changes you make (like teething that hit us in the 5th and 6th month big-time). You just have to re-group and stay committed, knowing that you’re doing what’s best for your baby…and you! Elizabeth’s encouragement to persevere is just what you need to hear.

Now, my husband and I have time together — alone — in the evenings. And we’re getting much more sleep, which makes us better parents and better people out in the world.

I’m now reading the No-Cry Nap Solution…although naps are pretty good right now. Still, I figure if I get even a few tips to make things better, all the better for us and our baby.

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Parenting from the Inside Out

Parenting from the Inside Out

“Daniel Siegal and Mary Hartzell have quite deftly managed to translate highly complex neuroscientific and psychological matters into lay strategies for effective parenting. This is truly a must-read book for the parents and those aspiring to becomeparents”

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5 Stars Great insight~
Cracking the Parenting Code: 6 Clues to Solving the Mystery of Meeting Your Child’s Needs

I have read hundreds of parenting books being a parenting coach and workshop leader. No book has come close to nailing the real issues and problems in parenting, as this book. I use quotes from this book in my new book because the insight is timeless. I found it valuable in helping parent’s realize that the way they were parented affects how they parent. My copy of Parenting from the Inside Out is sliced and diced and underlined everywhere. If you truly want to connect with the heart of you child, this is the book to help you do just that!

4 Stars A Book in-line with Developing Trends
Increasingly, we are recognizing that the attachment and social history of the parent very much impacts the parent-child relationship. This is why greater emphasis is being placed on family-based approaches to therapy, rather than seeing the child alone. Particularly in challenging family situations–such as with foster and adopted kids–we now understand that parents must resolve losses from their own past in order to facilitate the child’s healing.

This is one of the first books to bring this reality to light. While the ‘how-to-do-it’ section is a bit brief, it lays the foundation for this premise in ways that parents and practitioners can easily understand. After this, read the newer works by Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.

I like how the authors balance the clinical (of Dr Siegel) with the practical (of Mary Hartzell). This brings a nice balance that makes the book accessible for most readers.

5 Stars parenting and so much more
This book is so much more than a parenting book. It helps you see why you do things the way you do. Then you are able to change. This makes you a better parent and a better person.Parenting from the Inside Out

5 Stars parenting
Very educational tool for a parent or a pre-parent…every person needs to read this book

5 Stars Parenting from the inside out
If you want to avoid making the same mistakes your parents made, if you know there is a better way of parenting than the one you have been exposed to, if you want to be a better parent. or if you want to parent with compassion and understanding.

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Lucky Seven

Lucky Seven

Before amy myers mother died when she was 7 she planned out the little girls life on a timeline including the fact that amy would marry her 7th boyfriend. When amy falls in love with 6 shes thrown for a tailspin because all of her mothers advice had worked perfectly. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/04/2005 Starring: Kimberly Williams Paisley Patrick Dempsey Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13

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5 Stars Reliable
seller was very quick in sending out item. Item was received in perfect condition

5 Stars Lucky Seven
I love this movie. I’d buy it again in a heartbeat if I needed it. I actually gave two copies for Christmas gifts.

Buy it, you’ll love it!

5 Stars yay…it’s on dvd
I watched this movie on lifetime network and am so happy to find it on dvd. I was sad to erase it from my dvr. such a cute story. gotta love patrick dempsey!

5 Stars Lucky Seven
LOVE this cutie little movie—so corny but a fun loving movie that you can watch again and again!~

4 Stars solid romantic comedy
This is pretty standard romantic comedy fare. It basically boils down to one woman making a choice between two men. Yes, it’s predictable, which is not necessarily a bad thing in this genre. You’ll know right away which guy she’ll end up with, but it’s the guy you want her to end up with and there are some light moments along the way.

The DVD also has some trailers and a making-of featurette.

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