Question by Rachael: Has anyone had luck with the “No-cry Sleep Solution”?
I have officially reached the end of my rope. My 6 month old daughter has co-slept with us since she was born. 2 months ago, my husband, who suffers from chronic insomnia, was prescribed a new sleep aid medication and his doctor warned that he should not take it and share a bed with an infant. So I went out and bought “The No-cry Sleep Solution” by Elizabeth Pantley.
I have followed the advice this book to the letter. I obsessively track my baby’s sleep progress, I bought her a lovey, I make sleep plans and tweak them every couple of weeks, but NOTHING has improved. My daughter will not sleep in her crib for more than an hour at a time, and usually won’t allow me to put her down there at all. I’ve tried using Ms. Pantley’s “phases” for transitioning a baby to the crib, but we’ve never been able to get past Phase One. Lately, the baby hasn’t been letting me put her down in the crib at all. Meanwhile, my husband is sleeping on the couch. Help?
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Answer by bettersee
try Dr. sears sleep book
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I’m not familiar with that book, but this book absolutely saved my sanity when my little guy was a baby and he’s a great little sleeper now.
Good Night Sleep Tight: The Sleep Ladys Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Happy by Kim West
I have read the book, but never put it into practice, my daughter was a good sleeper, and I read the book for reference.
However, I do have two friends from my mom’s group that did the “program”, and they both said it took a while to have their babies make progress. They said once babies finally took to their crib, it just started working.
Funny…we were just talking about this a mom’s group this morning!
I understand it is frustrating….keep trying though! Hopefully she will get the hang of it soon!
When my son was 3 weeks old he was lactose intolerant. He went from sleeping 6-7 hours to 1 hour max. Then while he was up he would do nothing but scream. After taking him to several doctors, I was told I was feeding him too much to every other possible diagnosis. Finally, my doctor told me to quit feeding him and switch to soy formula, that worked, but he had developed a horrible habit of waking up every hour.
At eight weeks old the problem was fixed, but sleeping was not. I was going back to work in 4 weeks and knew I could not handle waking up every hour. I was so tired, I wouldn’t know where I laid him down when he started to cry again. That really scared me, so I researched the internet and found “The Sleep Sense” by Dana Obleman. http://www.sleepsense.net/
I decided to give it a try because of her money back guarantee and she said the baby would sleep through the night in 4 weeks! PERFECT! I followed her book exactly for 4 weeks (it was an e-book that I downloaded). I read each chapter that pertained to my son’s age and took notes to develop the plan.
A few days before I went back to work he was sleeping through the night (12-13 hours!) I couldn’t believe it. The first week was a little rough. It took a couple rough days before he would even sleep longer than an hour, but I kept with it and sure enough, each day and each week after that was longer and longer.
I strongly recommend this book.
Good luck! I know how frustruating and tiring this can be. I hope your daughter sleeps well on her own very soon.