The No-Cry Sleep Solution
First-time Mom: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Her intent = 4.5 stars Her writing = 3 stars Her theories = 3 stars Her experience = 1.5 stars Astonishing advice = 0 stars Her overall success = 2 stars Why do these so called experts see parenting styles as black or white? You leave your baby to cry it out, you are a detached emotionally unavailable par......more

OK, so here's the deal with The No Cry Sleep Solution. I got this book because I really did not want to let my baby cry it out. I was pretty much attachment parenting from the time my baby was born until, oh, about 3 days after reading this book! I did get a few good tidbits from the book, which is wh......more

This is NOT a sleep training book, this is a book educating loving parents about knowledgeable approach and correct expectations about babies. If you encounter on the internet phrases like "a 6 month old should sleep 12 hours a night", then most probably that's a sleep trainer's blog. Sleep trainers......more

While this book claims to be the third option for sleep-deprived parents (1 being: "cry-it-out," and 2 being "live with it"), I found that it was more like "live with it," with a couple of helpful pointers to make you feel like you are doing something. Or perhaps it works as the preparation phase be......more

This seems as good a place as any to point out how strangely vindictive most of these parenting books are. They actively make you feel bad for trying anything other than what they propose. This one offers advice on how to help your baby get to sleep if you don’t like the idea of letting him cry hims......more