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The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
The NoCry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
Author: Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears
ISBN-13: 9780071381390
ISBN-10: 0071381392
Publication Date: 3/28/2002
Pages: 208
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 200 ratings
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Book Type: Paperback
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23 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

flashbeagle avatar reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
This is an excellent approach to sleep training from a compassionate, intelligent, logical, nurturing mom. My only criticism is the book is a bit long for a sleep-deprived parent to read but worth the time if you can hang in there. It does have some excellent ideas. No doubt about it, Pantley knows her stuff.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
Features lots of different ideas, so you can work out what is most effective for your child. Much better than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The logging may seem like a bit of overkill (sure did to my husband) but as a first-time mom it really helped me to see that there really WAS a pattern to my daughter's behavior. Once I could see the pattern, I could see how to adjust it.
BethanyG avatar reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
This book was very helpful to us when our daughter was a baby. From birth, she refused to sleep unless someone was holding her or lying next to her in bed. We tried the Ferber method, but quickly realized it was unsuited to our particular needs, and this book gave us insight into reasons our daughter might be having trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep. It also gave us some ideas for specific techniques to use to help ease our daughter into better sleep habits. It didn't end up being the final solution for us, but it did reassure us greatly that there WAS a solution. (For the record, she's 2 now and sleeps well all night long in her own room, and has since she was 17 months old.)
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
This book helped me through many a long series of sleepless nights. Not an easy solution, but what parenting is easy? Rather, this book helps the reader tune into the child and help the child learn to sleep.
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Helpful Score: 6
Excellent book for parents who want their babies to be well-rested without using the "cry-it-out" method.
glbirch avatar reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 205 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Has a lot of good ideas in one place! I had seen this book referenced everywhere and used some ideas with my most recent baby.
SwissMaedel avatar reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I usually don't like parenting books, but this is a must have for every mother. I didn't get this book until I had baby number three. I sincerely wish I had bought it back when I was pregnant with my first child. Elizabeth writes likes she's talking to a friend, in a non-judgemental way, encouraging mothers to do what works best for your family. She has some great tips that have helped me help my baby to sleep through the night.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Wonderful insight to help with a baby who doesn't sleep!!
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Some good common sense for new moms, and a lovely and loving alternative to the "cry it out" option.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Great book on gentle methods to help your baby sleep better.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on
Helpful Score: 3
Goood book to read if you're looking for a different approach from "crying it out". Unfortunately, it did not work for us as we were already employing many of the mini-methods the author recommends (and there are about a dozen). We had to use a different approach with our difficult sleeper. Every baby is different; hopefully this book will be more helpful to someone else.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
These methods sound good, and I know they have worked for some of our friends, but they did not work for us.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very helpful book in getting my children to sleep well without crying it out.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A bbok for any parent who doesn't want to let thier child "cry it out" to get to sleep.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 167 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Lots of helpful advice. Wish I had gotten it sooner.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 223 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
lots of good ideas. sometimes just reading it helped at 3am when baby wouldn't sleep.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I found the ideas in this book to be helpful.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very helpful for parents that want to gradually help their babies learn to sleep on their own. No cold turkey crying it out. Very reassuring.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very effective. Our baby has been sleeping through the night since 6 weeks!
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Really helpful tips.
reviewed The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
It did help a bit with our cranky newborn.
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Some helpful information but this did not work for our son. Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child was more successful. Good Luck all of you new parents out there.
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The title is a bit misleading, but this book is worth reading if you are struggling with a baby who won't sleep.