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Ferber and CIO

DaniellekristaDaniellekrista member
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I was reading Michael William's (the guy that wrote The Blind Side) book Home Game. He mentioned in his book that Ferber later recanted the CIO method. Has anyone else heard this?

 

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Re: Ferber and CIO

  • eclecticmamaeclecticmama

    Yes, he has. Here is a link to an article from the Wall Street Journal in 2005 that talks about it: https://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB113202093371197166-lMyQjAxMDE1MzEyNjAxMjYwWj.html

     

    Edited to add a link to an MSNBC video about it, too:

    https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10056203/

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  • erinkate23erinkate23

    Sort of.  He didn't recant as much as clarify in future versions.  Somewhere along the line, Ferber became synonymous with CIO, and that's not what he ever intended.  He never advocated for letting a child scream unattended for hours, and wanted crying to be a last resort for older babies and families who absolutely needed sleep to be healthy.  

    Only a very small part of Dr. Ferber's books are about CIO; most are about sleep patterns, disorders, and understanding how sleep works.  He gets a bad rep that he generally doesn't deserve.

    Newer editions of the book include a forward that really explains it, you can read it through Amazon, on page xviii:

    https://www.amazon.com/Solve-Your-Childs-Sleep-Problems/dp/0743201639/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1#reader_0743201639

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  • LouiseB2001LouiseB2001 member
    imageerinkate23:

    Sort of.  He didn't recant as much as clarify in future versions.  Somewhere along the line, Ferber became synonymous with CIO, and that's not what he ever intended.  He never advocated for letting a child scream unattended for hours, and wanted crying to be a last resort for older babies and families who absolutely needed sleep to be healthy.  

    Only a very small part of Dr. Ferber's books are about CIO; most are about sleep patterns, disorders, and understanding how sleep works.  He gets a bad rep that he generally doesn't deserve.

    Newer editions of the book include a forward that really explains it, you can read it through Amazon, on page xviii:

    https://www.amazon.com/Solve-Your-Childs-Sleep-Problems/dp/0743201639/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1#reader_0743201639

    Thanks for pointing this out, I have avoided his book like the plague because of the rep it has. Now I just bought it! Just reading the new intro it seems as he has a differentiated set of solutions tailored to the child, and also, come to think of it, he is a doctor who does research on sleep. Most of the other books I have read are written by (very experienced though) health professionals who aren't doctors or who are general pediatricians.  

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  • lanie30lanie30 member
    The book is amazing, with only like 3 pages on crying methods. It always cracks me up when people are so "I'd NEVER do ferber." When they don't know what they're talkinga bout. Ferber teaches about sleep cycles, and has a ton of different solutions. He really taught me so much about sleep even for a 3 year old. Its a great book. I laugh when people are so dismissive of the knowledge they need.
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