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The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways To Solve All Your Naptime Problems (2008)

by Elizabeth Pantley(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

007159695X (ISBN13: 9780071596954)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

McGraw-Hill

review 1: There was some really good information in this book. However, I have to say personally I still lean heavily towards the baby-wise way of thinking. Ms. Pantley tended to over demonize the baby-wise method as if you left your baby starving and crying all night long. It made me wonder if she'd actually read Mr. Ezzo & Mr. Bucknam's books. However, I agree that some of her ideas would provide a happy medium if used in addition to the baby-wise method. I'm sorry we are just really not for co-sleeping with your child in a 'family bed' scenario which may be where many of my biases came from. If you believe in the family bed this book would be very beneficial to you and your child.
review 2: My husband and I have really no interest in the cry it out method. Both of us... more work and we enjoy our daughter's bedtime. Not only is it one of our treasured bonding times, but in some ways it becomes a little bit of "me" time. How else would I get so much reading done? This book doesn't make me feel like I am going to screw up my child because I rock her to sleep or let her take naps on me. It has helped me to recognize how important that time really is to me and my husband and let us shrug off the mainstream naysayers.That being said, there are times when I want her to sleep in her crib for longer naps. Pantley gives us some common sense techniques in helping us do that. For instance, my daughter will go from lap to crib fairly well, but then will only sleep for approximately 30 minutes. Reading this book helped me identify that she may only be going through one sleep cycle. During that awakening period between cycles, she finds herself in the crib and wakes up fully rather than drifting back into another sleep cycle. Some of the suggestions are to incorporate a lovey and preemptively go in her room before the 30 minute mark to help sooth her down as soon as she stirs.We are starting to incorporate some suggestions. I am hopeful that over time these will work.This book is a must have for anyone not interested in letting your child cry it out. It does have a lot of common sense, but it is nice to have it presented in a way that helps me combine it all easily. less

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