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Ferber vs. Weissbluth (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) method?

peighton48182003peighton48182003 member
in Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Can anyone tell me the difference between the two?  I hear a lot about Ferber, but honestly don't know much about his method or Weissbluth. I know Weissbluth wrote the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, which I see around a lot. My dd is 3 1/2 mths and I'm looking at buying a sleeping training book to read before we implement.  Also, when did you start any sleep training?

 

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Re: Ferber vs. Weissbluth (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) method?

  • MomlovesEloiseMomlovesEloise member

    Weissenbluth is a more harsh approach to CIO than Ferber. He talks about elimination over a  more gradual method. You can do a gradual CIO according to Weissbluth but he says it takes longer. Ferber's approach is about comforting them while teaching them to self soothe. So you go in and comfort at different time intervals. I have read them both and would suggest doing the same if you are interested in different approaches. 

    I've decided CIO is not for me. But if I did sleep train, it wouldn't be until DD was 7-9 months old and only as a last resort. 

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  • laura&rylaura&ry
    Can't tell you much about the differences, but Weissbluth is in our pedi practice.  You can read some of this stuff without buying the book on our pedi website, if you want to get some ideas on his beliefs  www.sweetbabies.com
     
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  • BejebusBejebus
    Whether you end up going with his method or not, Ferber's book is FULL of awesome information on infant and child sleep. We did his progressive waiting method for DS when he was 5 months old, I went back to it for moving DS to his toddler bed, and read it to remind myself about infant sleep needs when DD was a newborn. Ferber's achieved minor deity status in our household.
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  • peighton48182003peighton48182003 member
    Thanks for everyone's response!  I think I'm going to try Ferber's book. Can anyone let me know the name of his book?  Does he only have one or numerousn ones?
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