Solve your child's sleep problems

by Richard Ferber

Paperback, 2006

Call number

618.92/8498

Publication

New York : Fireside Book, 2006.

Pages

xxi; 440

Description

Does your child: Have difficulty falling asleep? Wake in the middle of the night? Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears? Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class? Snore, wet the bed, or head bang? In the first major revision of his bestselling, groundbreaking classic, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation's foremost authority on children's sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day.Incorporating new research, Dr. Ferber provides important basic information that all parents should know regarding the nature of sleep and the development of normal sleep and body rhythms throughout childhood. He discusses the causes of most sleep problems from birth to adolescence and recommends an array of proven solutions for each so that parents can choose the strategy that works best for them. Topics covered in detail include: Bedtime difficulties and nighttime wakings Effective strategies for naps Sleep schedule abnormalities A balanced look at co-sleeping New insights into the nature of sleep terrors and sleepwalking Problems in setting limits Sleep apnea, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and head bangingSolve Your Child's Sleep Problems offers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

xxi, 440 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0743201639 / 9780743201636

User reviews

LibraryThing member piefuchs
Whether or not you believe in crying it out - read this book. Ferber suggested method for breaking sleep associations is conterversial (and misrepresented) and in all honesty I am not sure it is for me. That said, I learnt more about sleep from reading this book than I did from any other book and
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regret neither buying nor reading it. This book goes through how to set a schedule for your child and delves into more setting more realistic expectations of sleeping hours and explains how to detect sleep disorders that go beyond wanting to feed at night. Do not dismiss this book off hand based on someone else opinion of CIO - this book can teach you a lot.
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LibraryThing member herebedragons
I hated this book, and I complete disagree with his suggested method of allowing your child to cry his/herself to sleep.
LibraryThing member jenpbarr
Excellent book. Totally misinterpreted by the masses. Contrary to popular misconception, Ferber does not suggest "cry it out". This book is the only method that worked for my daughter. Sleep is a beautiful thing. If you are against letting your child cry in short intervals where you provide comfort
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in order to teach them to self soothe, then this book is not for you.
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LibraryThing member librarybrandy
Could be subtitled "How To Get Out of Your Child's Way So He Can Get Some Sleep." I skipped around and read the relevant (to me) parts, mostly on sleep associations and creating healthy habits/sleep hygiene, and then bookmarked the Ferberizing chart (page 74, for those in need). By the third night,
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we were looking at each other and asking "was it supposed to work that easily?"
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LibraryThing member Ponetic
Ferber's book about solving the problems of your child's sleep is an excellent work that uses the science of sleep to help troubled parents such as my mother to get their restless children to sleep. Many parents disagree with his methods and see it as an awful 'cry it out' method which involves
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letting the child scream all night when Ferber's method uses visits with increasing intervals in time. His book is still a great book for any parents having trouble and should be considered a must-read for parents having trouble.
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