- Paperback: 462 pages
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (2 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405319674
- ISBN-13: 978-1405319676
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 254,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Does your child refuse to go to sleep? Wake in the night? Have nightmares, wet the bed or sleep walk?
In this major new revision of his bestselling classic, Dr Ferber provides proven strategies for helping your child get a good night's sleep.
Topics covered include bedtime routines, night time waking, day time naps, sleep abnormalities, co-sleeping, nightmares, sleepwalking, snoring, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, head banging, travel and jet lag.
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems offers priceless advice for a whole new generation of anxious, overtired parents.
About the Author
Dr Richard Ferber is the Director of the Centre for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston and is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School. He writes and researches widely in the field. He has two sons and lives in the US.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Broadly speaking I am into attachment parenting and have always been fundamentally against the idea of teaching your child to sleep through letting them cry. Ferber and controlled crying were dirty words in our house. But after nine months of appalling sleep, with the problem getting worse not better, I thought I should at least hear what the 'opposition' has to say.
And it is interesting. This guy knows a LOT more about sleep than Sears or Pantley put together as far as I can tell. In fact this is the first book that has even described our problem - namely our baby has different sleep associations for different points in the night. It includes a lot of detailed information about sleep behaviour and patterns, and indeed one of the charts could have been drawn just for us, it so closely matches our son's sleep pattern.
He is also a lot less 'tough love' than I expected, and encourages the reader to be reasonable about their expectations of their child's sleep. He seems happy with the idea that room-sharing and co-sleeping work for lots of families, and gives ideas about how to implement his solutions alongside these approaches.
Why four stars? He might be an expert on sleep, but he isn't a specialist on breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is an art not a science, and I still contest the point that all babies have no nutritional need to feed beyond four months. And like all books in the genre, it makes it all sound just a little to simple, as if this is the magic cure for all babies of all temperaments.
This is still a book with controlled crying at its core, and I haven't yet decided if the approach is right for us. But even if you would never, ever even contemplate letting your child cry to sleep, I would still recommend this book as an invaluable reference about child sleep. I would imagine that you would have more success with approaches such as the No Cry Sleep Solution if you have read this first to truly understand the problem you are dealing with.
And it is interesting. This guy knows a LOT more about sleep than Sears or Pantley put together as far as I can tell. In fact this is the first book that has even described our problem - namely our baby has different sleep associations for different points in the night. It includes a lot of detailed information about sleep behaviour and patterns, and indeed one of the charts could have been drawn just for us, it so closely matches our son's sleep pattern.
He is also a lot less 'tough love' than I expected, and encourages the reader to be reasonable about their expectations of their child's sleep. He seems happy with the idea that room-sharing and co-sleeping work for lots of families, and gives ideas about how to implement his solutions alongside these approaches.
Why four stars? He might be an expert on sleep, but he isn't a specialist on breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is an art not a science, and I still contest the point that all babies have no nutritional need to feed beyond four months. And like all books in the genre, it makes it all sound just a little to simple, as if this is the magic cure for all babies of all temperaments.
This is still a book with controlled crying at its core, and I haven't yet decided if the approach is right for us. But even if you would never, ever even contemplate letting your child cry to sleep, I would still recommend this book as an invaluable reference about child sleep. I would imagine that you would have more success with approaches such as the No Cry Sleep Solution if you have read this first to truly understand the problem you are dealing with.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A really, really superb and practical book. So many of our friends have dog-eared copies that have been handed on with ringing endorsements along the lines of "forget the rest, this guy really knows what he is talking about". That's how we got our copy - long since passed on to other worthy recipients.
The difference with Furber is that in contrast to the legion of self-proclaimed pundits he is a clinician with authoritative knowledge of the physiological basis of sleep, and many years experience of treating sleep disorders in children (and adults).
The first part of the book is a layman's summary of the rhythms and nature of normal sleep; which is then used as a basis for explaining what can go wrong and what to do about it. It is worth getting the book for this alone - and it certainly added enormously to our understanding of how our 'softly softly' approach was actually reinforcing our own son's nighttime waking patterns.
And I can honestly say that having (with some trepidation) followed the book's very straightforward and un-traumatic approach, within a week we have had a happily sleeping toddler for the past year. Hooray!
The difference with Furber is that in contrast to the legion of self-proclaimed pundits he is a clinician with authoritative knowledge of the physiological basis of sleep, and many years experience of treating sleep disorders in children (and adults).
The first part of the book is a layman's summary of the rhythms and nature of normal sleep; which is then used as a basis for explaining what can go wrong and what to do about it. It is worth getting the book for this alone - and it certainly added enormously to our understanding of how our 'softly softly' approach was actually reinforcing our own son's nighttime waking patterns.
And I can honestly say that having (with some trepidation) followed the book's very straightforward and un-traumatic approach, within a week we have had a happily sleeping toddler for the past year. Hooray!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
My wife and I are good parents. We think that because mostly we have a contented daughter who is good natured and sleeps really well... mostly.
Imagine the shock and bewilderment when after 21 months of blissful sleep our daughter had a cold, the MMR jab and frightening stormy weather one night all happening at once and her sleep was sent off balance. The next 6 weeks got progressively worse - need a light on, wake up at 2, 4 and then 6. Cry for up to 2 hours when put down. Arghhhh! (and some people would be happy if it was only _that_ bad).
Really our sleep episode wasn't that bad but in comparison to the bliss we had before it was a nightmare. We ended up being fractious and tired and frustrated and not knowing quite how long this 'phase she is going through' would last.
I read around and put my faith in this book. I like to have someone giving me some structure when I think I have tried everything else. Richard Ferber is a genius. Like all good books, when you read this one you think "I already know that" but it helps you to work out what it is that you could do differently.
So 2 evenings reading the important bits (the book even tells you which bits you NEED to read and which you can skip) and 4 days after putting this into practice we are back to a blissful routine. Bed at 7, wake up at 7!
Thank you Richard Ferber.
Imagine the shock and bewilderment when after 21 months of blissful sleep our daughter had a cold, the MMR jab and frightening stormy weather one night all happening at once and her sleep was sent off balance. The next 6 weeks got progressively worse - need a light on, wake up at 2, 4 and then 6. Cry for up to 2 hours when put down. Arghhhh! (and some people would be happy if it was only _that_ bad).
Really our sleep episode wasn't that bad but in comparison to the bliss we had before it was a nightmare. We ended up being fractious and tired and frustrated and not knowing quite how long this 'phase she is going through' would last.
I read around and put my faith in this book. I like to have someone giving me some structure when I think I have tried everything else. Richard Ferber is a genius. Like all good books, when you read this one you think "I already know that" but it helps you to work out what it is that you could do differently.
So 2 evenings reading the important bits (the book even tells you which bits you NEED to read and which you can skip) and 4 days after putting this into practice we are back to a blissful routine. Bed at 7, wake up at 7!
Thank you Richard Ferber.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
AMAZING!
My 4 month old son was waking every 2 hours for a feed or for us to put the dummy back in his mouth during the night. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anna
did not think was any good
me and my wife did not find it helpfull at all you are better of going to your local nhs sleep clinic
Published 9 months ago by R. F. Wakeling
A God send
If you've ever felt like you could not function due to broken/lack of sleep, this book is for you. This book was recommended to me and I'm duty bound to do the same. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lorraine
A more helpful source for sleepless parents then controlled crying
This book was suggested by health visitor and although reluctant to read more, months of poor sleep left me no other option. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ursula
It's simple and it works
This has been a revelation, is simple and works.
From the age of 6 months my just turned 1 year old has had night after night of broken sleep. Read more
From the age of 6 months my just turned 1 year old has had night after night of broken sleep. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ceegeey
Indispensable for all parents!
We used this book when we had problems getting our first child to settle at night many years ago. The "obvious" and sensible advice did the trick within a week. Read more
Published 21 months ago by KiwiPom
Life-changing book for the exhausted parent!
This book is very enlightening, practical & detailed! It gives just the right amount of background on sleep to understand what's going on & make appropriate adjustments. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by E. Hudson
A must have if you're struggling in the eraly days
Obviously a book isn't going to make any miracle and get your baby to sleep. But having a guide and just being reinsured that you're on the right track is a nice start.
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by Chrysante Dimbitsara
Best purchase we ever made!
Now I am very sceptical when it comes to these sorts of books, but we were at desperation station! As soon as the book came, my head was in in, and I am not saying it is for... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by Coops
Sleep problems
This book is at first glance a bit boring and a heavy read! But when in need of help and advice to get my identical twin girls sleeping through the night I was prepared to try... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by E. Dobson
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