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Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide for Parents (Paperback)

by Richard Ferber (Author)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (17 April 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0863181228
ISBN-13: 978-0863181221
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.6 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 93,231 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When your child isn't sleeping, chances are that you aren't either. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems--the tired parent's essential reading for more than 10 years--offers valuable advice and concrete help when lullabies aren't enough to lull your child into dreamland. Based on Ferber's research as the director of Boston's Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital, the book is a practical, easy-to-understand guide to common sleeping problems for children aged one to six. Detailed case histories on night waking, difficulty sleeping and more serious disorders such as sleep apnea and sleepwalking help illustrate a wide variety of problems and their solutions. New parents will benefit from Ferber's proactive advice on developing good sleeping patterns and daily schedules to ensure that sleeping problems don't develop in the first place. You'll also find a bibliography of children's books on bedtime, sleep and dreaming, as well as a list of helpful organizations. Here's a book that is sure to put you and your whole family to sleep--in this case, that's a good thing.

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Drawing on six years of research, Richard Ferber shows practical ways of ensuring restful nights for both children and parents. He tells you exactly how to cope with problems such as your child refusing to go to bed, or having trouble falling asleep.

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5.0 out of 5 stars At the end of your tether?, 23 Oct 2001

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'At the end of your tether?' is the title of the first chapter of this book. Last Thursday morning I most certainly was at the end of my tether. My 9 month old son had been up through the night and then awake from 3am - by 7am I was tearful and thought I had to do something about this! I logged on to Amazon, read the reviews for this book and bought it. It arrived on Friday and this is now Tuesday night - after reading the book we started the recommended treatment on Sunday night. The first night was awful having to listen to him cry but it worked and he slept through after waking up just once. Last night he slept 11 hours which is wonderful for my husband and I. Don't wait 8 weeks like we did - buy this book now!

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4.0 out of 5 stars It really works - if you can go through with it!, 31 Jan 2002

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This is a good read - it helped me learn about sleep and sleeping disorders and identify what I was and wasn't doing right so far. The book answered most of my questions and gave some steady, practical advice on how to solve my toddler's sleeping problems.
However as a mother of a high-need child and a follower of attachment parenting style, the book was somewhat too "down to earth" and suggested techniques somewhat cruel - I could not follow them in full and don't believe many mothers could.
Nevertheless I will keep it in my library and definitely recommend it to all parent as good learning & reference book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book gave us our lives back!, 16 Dec 1999

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Our eight month old daughter was a nightmare to put down to sleep - she had to be rocked, sung to and stroked to sleep EVERY time she woke up. She wouldn't go to "bed" until after 11pm and was up at 7am, so I had no time without her in the evenings. In desparation, I contacted my health visitor and she recommended this book. After three days of following the advice in the book, she would fall asleep BY HERSELF in her cot without much fuss. After a week, she genuinely looked pleased to be put in the cot . I couldn't believe the difference. The book gave us so much confidence and REALLY sensible advice. There are lots of case studies, and its so reassuring to hear other families problems!! This book should be given out to all Mothers on the NHS - we wished we read it months ago. Our baby is much happier during the day, and has a much healthier appetite. I'm a lot less stressed and tired, and the household runs smoother.

One tip - do the controlled crying BEFORE you baby can stand/crawl in the cot if you can.

After reading this book I felt like I had been converted to a new religion and "seen the light". BUY IT!!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars great
I was looking fo help with my nine month old. this book gave me a real push to get him to go the whole night. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book saved us!
Our first child was a dreadful sleeper. We never managed to get more than 3-5 hours of sleep a night. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Robert Willis

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, best book I bought!
This book is brilliant, Dr Ferber not only explains how and why his techniques work but also gives case studies and examples of children that the techniques have been used on. Read more

Published on 8 May 2005 by Mrs. E. A. Green

5.0 out of 5 stars I was at my wits end...
This book is absolutely FANTASTIC, I wish I had read it before my baby was even born! At 6 months he was still waking up 3 or 4 times after going to sleep, and then starting the... Read more

Published on 9 Feb 2005 by tanyacard

4.0 out of 5 stars It really works - if you can go through with it!
This is a good read - it helped me learn about sleep and sleeping disorders and identify what I was and wasn't doing right so far. Read more

Published on 31 Jan 2002 by tamara73

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!
All I can say, is after 6 months of two hourly feeds, our baby sleept through the night. He did it on the first night!
Stick with the plan in the book, it works. Read more

Published on 12 Oct 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars it works!
I'm buying this book as last time I borrowed it - from a friend after 6 mnths of broken nights. I read it the same day, we started putting it into practice the same night, and... Read more

Published on 12 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars We have our life back!!!
My wife and I read the reviews with a little trepidation - would it work for us? After a year of broken nights and very early mornings we were beginning to wonder if Nye would... Read more

Published on 23 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Reassuring, practical guide.. Weve done it and it works!!!
We never did read the whole book (we were much too tired after 10 months of waking sometimes hourly through-out the night) however; you can dip in and get what you need. Read more

Published on 22 April 2001 by cathy@davidandrew.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars Understanding sleep
I borrowed this from a friend to read out of interest, even though my baby started sleeping really well from about three months. Read more

Published on 1 Mar 2001 by ros@ellis-thiro.demon.co.uk

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