Have you read "Healthy sleep habits happy child"?

Yes, I've read it. That book is nonsense. He makes ludicrous claims -- breastfeeding isn't protective against SIDS (it is, a lot, according to actual research), outright lies about his detractors, and...oh, throw it out the window, please. The worst part are all the little anecdotes that try to manipulate mothers into going against their instincts.

Please, do some reading about the lack of research behind books like that: http://talaris.org/pdf/research/CIOPoster.pdf

Also see http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/04.09/Chil...

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/handout2.asp

I would suggest, after throwing it out the window, "Nighttime Parenting" (Sears) or "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" (Pantley) if you are really worried about dealing with baby sleep problems, but baby is only 9 weeks old...what's the worry or rush? I mean, do you expect sleep problems?

Good sleep advice: http://kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/index.html

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child

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I've read bits of it. Like most books of it's type, it has some logical, valid advice. But that is buried in a lot of ridiculous stuff, about how babies *must* sleep in a certain pattern (go to bed at the time that Weisbluth thinks is right for them, not what works for your baby and your family). I don't recall exactly what he said about nursing to sleep, but I'd bet that he says "Dont' do it." Babies must learn to 'self soothe' at an early age .... And the bit where he says that you should leave a baby to scream himself to sleep -- if he vomits you leave him to lie in it until he passes out, at which point you can go in and clean him up ... any author who recommends THAT is beyond the pale.

I didn't read healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child but I did read The Baby Whisperer by Tracey Hogg. I didn't follow it to a "T" but I got a few ideas from the sleep chapter. Although the sleep chapter is not very long, I found it pretty helpful. I gave me some ideas on how to get my son to self soothe and fall asleep on his own. I read it when my son was about 6 or 7 weeks old and after a couple of weeks, he was sleeping 6 hours straight. How is your son sleeping at night currently?

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Elizabeth Pantley has a book called The No-Cry Sleep Solution. It's great. It's really easy to read, and it is short. It's also very intuitive, but we have been told for so long to ignore our instincts when it comes to our children.

I've heard that Healthy Sleep habits is not so intuitive.

Honestly?

I thought it was horrible, and he made me feel like it was ok to leave my child screaming.

If you read some of the "stories"...they are enough to make you put the book down anyway...hug your baby...and deal.

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I hope a lot of the posters agree with me, then. How is he sleeping now?

You may not NEED a book. I, like you, was WAY too bust in the beginning of momma-hood to read. About a month ago I started going through the books I got as gifts. This, was one of them...

You will learn as you go...books are a help...but they don't know your baby.

Weisbluth (sp?) gives you all these scenarios...and in most of them...baby is left crying alone. I especially "liked" the "flip to the chapter if you are ready to go back to work and need sleep..." kind of deal.

He puts the parents needs before the baby.

Parents have been here longer then the baby. Parents can "deal"...even I knew that.

Congrats on the little one.

Poster below me...that will help more then a book. Good answer Roxy.

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I did read it, all of it. And before having our baby, I thought it was the most sensible book out there on sleep issues. That was, until we had our baby.

Our son is just over 8 months old, and started waking up in the middle of the night, after having slept through the night from very early on. We are, of course, at a loss as to what to do.

He started teething, which we believed enticed the waking-up at 2:30 AM nightly routine. We both work, so instead of spending 20 precious minutes trying to put H back to sleep by cuddling with him, and maybe more time if he woke up again as soon as we laid him down in his crib, we just started bringing him into our bed. He would sleep wonderfully. But we sort of fear that we are establishing a bad habit, or rather, a habit that will be hard to break when he is older.

Following the teething, we went away on vacation just recently, and during the days we were away H slept in bed with us. I think it was the fact that we had a pack n play which does not measure up to his crib, I felt he would be more comfortable sleeping with us in bed -- which he did for 8 days.

So we are now back, he still wakes up, and we go to him, cuddle him and rock him back to sleep. And lay him down in his crib.

So we are back to wondering what is the best strategy to teach him how to go back to sleeping through the night. In his crib.

And whenever I research, Weissbluth is the last one that comes to mind. He is great to give out sleep data, to teach you about what you should expect in terms of your baby's sleep cycle, to teach first-time moms (like myself) on how to read a sleepy baby, on good and bad practices. The book is all very scientific. But I found little to no palpable advice that could be put into practice to solve sleep issues.

We are in the process of discussing how we are going to teach H to go back to sleeping through the night in his crib. But we are thinking of methods closer to the Tracey Hogg (The baby whisperer) style, or a modified Sear's style. We simply cannot see how letting a baby cry can be beneficial to any of the parties involved, particularly a little one who knows only what we have been teaching him. I think other writers put a little bit more heart and soul into their books than Weissbluth.

Sorry about the essay, but hope it will help.