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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