Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

GracieLou Freebush · September 2011

Do you recommend it and why? I watched Happiest Baby on the Block and love the 5 S's. Does HSHHC address more of a schedule? My DD sleeps 8-10 hours at night but isn't going down until 11pm-1am and I'd prefer an earlier bedtime but can't seem to make it work.

SweetieD21 · September 2011

I LOVE this book. I recommend it to every new mom I know. My DS goes to bed at 730-8pm every night and sleeps until 630-730am, most of the time sleeps through the night, every once in a while wakes up around 3-4am to eat. He is also usually a really good napper. I also have Happiest Baby on the Block but prefer HSHHC.

kewltif · September 2011

I didn't find a lot of good step by step advice in this book. I much preferred The Baby Whisperer.

GracieLou Freebush · September 2011

kewltif:
I didn't find a lot of good step by step advice in this book. I much preferred The Baby Whisperer.

I haven't heard of this one. Can you tell me a little about it?

KatieRL1979 · September 2011

Love this book!! Seriously it saved my sanity when DD was born because it explains things - the why this happens at what age stuff. When you "get it" it's easier to cope when you know what to expect.

JSanFran · September 2011

HSHHC is great for explaining the why's for good sleep and recommendations for naps and healthy sleep...but as PP said, not so great at step by step on how to go about setting these good routines. Its like us FTM need a coach sitting with us telling us how to do everything! lol Its a great book for its "substance".

I'd love to hear about baby whisperer too...lots of people said it was great. However...I've got Baby 411 AND another Baby Wise and I'm about booked out. I'm going to just do a hybrid lol! and it is working so far. LO sleeps 11ish hours almost every night. Its the naps I need help with

sammie135 · September 2011

I loved this book. It was so helpful for me. It has great information on Sleep and why it's important and on how much sleep a baby should get based on their age. The thing I liked the most was that tyou don't have to read the whole book to get the inforamtion you need. TYou can read the chapters that are helpful to you and then read the other when you have time. I also found that the action plan at the end of each chapter help me outline what I needed to do.

JuJuBe3 · September 2011

I didn't care for that book. It made me feel like an awful mother for doing what I had to do at the time to get my baby to sleep and creating bad habits. He was super fussy for about 2-2.5 months. I also don't believe in extinction, so not the right book for us. There is a lot of good science in that book, but not good methods, IMO.

If I do any form of CIO, it will be with intervals of soothing, a la Ferber or West.

TokenFemale · September 2011

I thought it was really interesting on the science of sleep and the need for sufficient sleep, but he really pushes CIO (Extinction not periodic checking). He says to use any method you feel comfortable with to get your baby to sleep but then criticizes every method but extinction.

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