So you're dirt tired, you can hardly see straight and you haven't had time to brush your teeth for...who knows how long. You're afraid if the neighbor sees you she's going to think zombies have invaded your house, BUT you decide to go ahead and read that huge sleep book sitting on your shelf because you CANNOT go on living like this. But guess what. That book you just spent every last free second reading turns out to be exactly what you
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Sleeping Through The Night - Jodi Mindell, Ph.D.
I was pleasantly surprised when I read Sleeping Through the Night. I expected it to be really technical, full of lots of medial jargon and, well, badly written. This isn't to say that all psychologist, like Mindell, are boring and dry and all those who run a sleep clinic are overly technical-but it seems to be a bit of a trend I've noticed :)
This book was well organized, simple to understand, provided enough information about sleep basics without overwhelming you with too much detail, and, most importantly, it provided a lot of
This book was well organized, simple to understand, provided enough information about sleep basics without overwhelming you with too much detail, and, most importantly, it provided a lot of
Book Reviews Index (Other)
Book Reviews/Recommendations (Other)
Book Anyone? (children's books)
It's a Book, Not a Bible
Me. Reading Like a Mad Woman.
The Read-Aloud Handbook
Book Anyone? (children's books)
It's a Book, Not a Bible
Me. Reading Like a Mad Woman.
The Read-Aloud Handbook
Book Reviews Index (Sleep)
Book Reviews/Recommendations (Sleep)
- Babywise
- Bedtiming
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC)
- No-Cry Sleep Solution, The: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
- Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber)
- The Baby Sleep Solution (Suzy Giordano)
- The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW)
- The Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers
- The Happiest Baby on the Block
- THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward
Book Anyone?
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
--Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
Happy International Literacy Day!
If you didn't know already, you can often get some great deals on books today (September 8) since it is literacy day. Sorry I didn't let you now about this sooner!
I thought I'd mention a few of my children's favorite books as part of literacy day. They love tons of books but these are some of the ones they are
The Baby Sleep Solution - Book Review
A huge plus of The Baby Sleep Solution can be seen just by glancing at it. It is short, and short is a tired parents' dream. Sure, it skips over all the science behind the sleep and doesn't go much into problem solving techniques, but many people are
The Read-Aloud Handbook - Book Review
THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward
After hearing about The Wonder Weeks for several months from other moms I finally got to reading it when my last child was born. I am so glad I did.
So, what are the Wonder Weeks? You know how children have growth spurts where they physically grow a huge amount in a short time? Well, the same thing happens with
Bedtiming
Developmental psychologists Lewis and Granic wrote Bedtiming after they discovered optimal developmental periods to sleep train your child between the ages of 0-4 years (see when to sleep train and when not to right here). So how did they find these periods? Children have similar cognitive development stages at certain ages that correlate with emotional stages. During certain emotional stages children are more vulnerable than others (e.g. separation anxiety). Sleep training your child during the less vulnerable periods will lead to
No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night (book review)
It's a Book, Not a Bible
While your instinct as a mom is certainly a great guide, sometimes things like books or friends can give you information to help you get through tough situations. I feel the combination of these things, the reading of your baby's cues, as well as other knowledge you have gained throughout the years, helps you make the
The Complete Sleep Guide for Contented Babies and Toddlers (book review)
The Happiest Baby on the Block (Karp) - Book Review
The key to turning this calming reflex on is the
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber) - Book Review
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (HSHHC) Book Review
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child does suggests allowing your child to cry as long as necessary at night which I know some people will have a hard time with. BUT, it focuses on perfect timing, among other things, to prevent crying at sleep times (see Wake time) which is a great concept.
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (TBW)
Babywise - Book Review
While I do not agree with 100% of this book and don't particularly enjoy the writing style of it, I generally like and agree with the information in it. The main points in this book include: promoting full feedings instead of snacking, frequent daytime feedings and awake periods (with the EWS cycle) to help baby distinguish day from night, teaching a baby to fall asleep on his own and the importance of sleep to both a baby and his parents.
The thing you need to be careful about while implementing the strategies in this book is to not become too obsessed about doing everything perfect, realize that every baby is different and don't be too strict with your routine. This method of parenting will work better for some babies than it will for others. Babywise kind of makes you think that your baby will follow the "routine" or "schedule" exactly but that is definitely not the case. There are going to be ups and downs along the way.
Just in case you're wondering, I did use the scheduling principles in Babywise (which were pretty much the same as the baby whisperer) and successfully nursed all my children past a year. I wanted to point this out since I am sick and tired of all the remarks that babies will be malnourished on Babywise. That is not true. If you are following the Babywise principles correctly which tell you to feed baby when he is hungry and to monitor weight and output, you should be fine.
Here is a great article about Babywise myths. There are a bunch of other "wise" books out there to help you with every stage of development. See "wise" books here.
Many people who like Babywise also really like The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. This book is similar to Babywise but doesn't agree with ever letting your child cry by himself which Babywise agrees with to an extent. Terrific Toddlers by Mel Hayde is also a great series that goes along well with Babywise.
Me. Reading Like a Mad Woman.
I've read A LOT of books on sleep. I know. Totally lame. When I told my sister this she said that I must miss studying so much from when I was in school that I use this as a substitute. Hmmm. Maybe she's right. Seriously though, my son was a terrible sleeper when he was a newborn and it stressed me out like crazy. I mean, I couldn't get the little guy to sleep for
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