a book which has been invaluable

I am mother of a little girl of 4 months, she met many sleep problems, and this book has really helped us. At first, like many young parents I think we have managed his sleep by the 'easy way out' ': she fell asleep at the breast, or in the arm in the rocking, and when she was asleep, we to dump in bed, and we left the room in secret ... It worked until she was about 2 months, 2 months and a half: there, when to dump us in his bed asleep, she s' started to wake up after 5-10 minutes, so for her to sleep, I ended up keeping it on me ... day and night! I did not want the Ferber method (letting babies cry until they fall asleep); I bought the book by Elizabeth Pantley and tried his method, but without success: I fully agree Cathryn Tobin who says she '' sins by its excessive sweetness': the results are so long in coming that we do not take the shot, especially at night, where we no longer manage to fight against sleep, and eventually returns to his old habits. In the end, the book of Cathryn Tobin has been very valuable: it opened our eyes to three fundamental points: first, we must lay the baby in bed while still awake: I had to beginning of hard to believe, but this is the absolute key to sleeping baby. I would bounce off the comment that says it is the sole idea of ​​this book, and once we know that, we can save on reading: I do not agree; it is certainly the key idea of ​​this book, but the author of a share gives advice to achieve it when the child is reluctant (because his purpose is very human, and it does not matter to her either let the baby sob), and secondly, it explains that if the baby grumbles, this is not to say that he wants to stay with us, but rather that he is tired and wants that we help to get to sleep because he can not do it alone. Second key idea of ​​the book lay the baby after 2 hours of waking up is essential because if you exceed this time, bedtime becomes infernal because contrary to popular belief, the baby is more tired, the less sleep. Finally, this book explains to parents that to sleep is one of the things we must teach his child as amazing as it may seem, children need help with this, and to achieve this, adults must know the pitfalls to avoid.
In short, this book gave us in the right direction; thanks to his advice, we got in 2-3 weeks already considerable results (3 naps during the day that last between 1 and 2:30 each, and 3 beaches sleep 4 hours the night). I highly recommend it to all parents whose babies are in the "window of opportunity" (2-9 months), and have sleep problems. Read during pregnancy is even ideal to start with a good foundation to start with. Finally, I also recommend to associate reading the book Tracy Hogg, "Secrets of a baby charmer" which, as its title does not indicate, conducts a thorough review of sleep child. With routine "EASY" it offers (the baby wakes up and eats it, then he plays, and after 2 hours of awakening is the layer and then has a time range to care self and recover), its purpose is very complementary with that of Dr Tobin because a baby following a regular rhythm sleep much more easily.
Other supplementary reading that seems to me: "Improve sleep small" Andrea Grace. We find it well on large baby sleeping principles enunciated by Cathryn Tobin, but with "case studies" and "action plans" very concrete (if you are in such a situation, the first night you do this, if it happens that you do this, the 2nd night you like this, etc).

By cons, ATTENTION: before starting the program '' is made dodo in bed '', make sure that your baby's sleep problems could not come GERD (the list of symptoms is easily found on the Internet; attention to pediatricians who, for some, considerably minimize bp). A baby who has a real GERD is poorly lying down, and it is useless to insist, we must use other methods to help him sleep, including methods '' prohibited '' by the Dr Tobin!

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