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Need a sleep book recommendation

MrsL621MrsL621
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DD is almost 6 months and she wakes to eat 1-2 times a night.  I have no problem feeding her during the night. But, when she wakes up to eat, she's up for 1-2 hours (usually closer to 2). It takes a good hour to get her to fall asleep and get into a deep enough sleep to be able to put her in bed.  Naps are miserable as well. She won't sleep more than 20-30 minutes (on a good day) at a time in her crib. Then she's cranky shortly after because she didn't sleep long enough. So, basically I want something that will help with falling asleep & staying asleep in her crib. We started trying No Cry Sleep Solution a while back with very little imporvement. Thanks!
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  • meg1974meg1974 member

    I'm in the process of trying NCSS. I'm making the sleep logs now. I also bought NC Nap Solution, which I haven't started reading yet. I have the same problem as you w/naps.

    I heard Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child has some good tips. It does mention CIO, but I understand it just lists it as one option, not the only option.

    GL!



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  • llyynnllyynn member
    Heathy sleep habits, happy child is a great book.
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  • MrsWaneeMrsWanee

    Solve Your Child's Sleep Problem by Richard Ferber

    he is the head of the national pediatric sleep disorder center and teaches at harvard med. he is very misunderstood on the bump. a lot of his book isn't just about "CIO" but explains many different facets of sleep. it has a lot of things in there that you can also use with older kids. and he has a section on there for babies who need a lot of night feedings. your LO is old enough to do it. we just started today, and he's doing better than i expected.

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  • DragonflyerDragonflyer
    The Sleep easy Solution has been a lifesaver with both my boys. We just started with Finn and he dropped a feeding the first night and is sleeping 7 to 8 hour stretches with no night wakings after three days except once to eat around 3 or 4. Not trying to wean him of that yet. We put him down at night wide awake and he is asleep within five minutes. He doesn't cry. Only cried the first night on and off for 27 minutes. He was asleep before our third reassurance check. Naps are a bit harder but they are going really well too. I am suddenly getting 7 or more hours of sleep at night where I was getting 4. He has become a completely different baby, crying less during the day, and smiling. He would never nap anywhere but our arms before. I think he was just so overtired all the time. All the pedi visits and tummy meds and I think our problems were sleep related. I started this with my first at eight months and it was much harder. It took a bit longer for him not to fuss. With Finn, the changes were literally over 1 night. He had a couple of Late night wakings but always went immediately back to sleep once we went in there and spoke to him. We do rub his back occasionally if he seems to be upset or need extra reassurance.
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  • b.heatherb.heather member

    Ditto the recommendations for SleepEasy Solution. We saw a difference overnight with our LO. Naps took a bit longer, but we started over Christmas and today, for example, here was our nap schedule:

    nap one - no crying, slept 2 hours

    nap two - cried for 22 minutes (with checkins), slept for 45 minutes

    nap three - no crying, slept for 1 hour

    This is putting DD down drowsy  but awake, no paci. Before we were lucky if a nap lasted 45 minutes and we usually spent up to an hour trying to get her into the crib with all the fussing.

    Good luck to you, and congrats on taking charge of helping you baby learn good sleep habits!

     

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  • water-fairywater-fairy
    We picked up NCSS and HSHHC. I'm reading the first, DH the second. He likes it, I haven't had much time to really read mine but so far I like NCSS.
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  • MrsWaneeMrsWanee

    NCSS is great in theory, but the author even admits it could take up to 8 weeks. i really don't want to wait that long.

    HSHHC is really long, but has some helpful information. i use his 2 hour awake rule.

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