Ferber Baby Sleep Book

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Ferber Baby Sleep Book

Ferber Baby Sleep Book

Moms Who Did NOT Use CIO/Ferber, At What Age Did Your Baby Sleep Through The Night?How many hours of straight sleeping (cause I've read that 'through the night' means about 5 hours, in one book)? [ Read More ]

Lies That Baby Books/other Moms/pediatricians Tell You About Baby Sleep Patterns?1. If you put the Baby in his crib drowsy but awake he will learn to self soothe back to sleep. ~Right, only if he's on his back. What about when he rolls to his belly? 2. Try not to feed or pacify Baby to Sleep because then they will learn to only soothe themselves back to Sleep through sucking. ~ No sucking. Check. Um, but wait, I've been doing that for 3 months now. When exactly does the self soothing kick in? 3. He must be hungry. Give him some rice cereal and he'll be sleeping through the night in a week. ~ Cool. Rice Cereal, check. This must be true because so many people give me that advice. Um, in a week you said? Cause it's been a month. 4. Babies thrive on routine, so implement a bedtime routine so your Baby knows it's time for sleep. ~ Since week 3. Same routine. He's now 6 months old. 5. Some babies wake up because they hear things around them. Use a white-noise maker or have the fan blowing. ~ Noise maker. Check. Humidifier. Check. Both of which make noise. 6. Check the temperature and make sure he is not to hot or cold. ~ Footed pj's, light blanket, ceramic heater keeping it around 76 degrees. 77 degrees, he sweats, 75 his hands get cold. Lots of trial and error. 7. It's time for you to let him cry. Try the Ferber method and he'll be sleeping within 3 nights. ~Yeah, that's not going to happen. 8. Babies who nap well during the day Sleep better at night. ~Two naps a day, both roughly 1.5-2 hours. 9. Put him to Sleep earlier and he will Sleep longer. ~Ok, but how much earlier than 6:30 can you get? Am I missing something. Seriously. He will NOT Sleep longer than 3 hours at a time. He soothes himself initially to Sleep and then won't soothe himself back to sleep. I feel like I've tried EVERYTHING. Anyone have any other tips that I may not have tried. Really. I will try anything other than cry-it-out. Please help. [ Read More ]

Any Infant Sleep Books You Would Recommend?I am trying to help my Baby develop healthy Sleep habits. Are there any books you would recommend I read that could be of help. I am not sure I am comfortable using the Ferber method...would prefer a gentler approach. My Baby is 6 months old. Thanks! [ Read More ]

Can Anyone Help Our 6 Mo. Old Sleep 'through' The Night? ?Hi, Our Baby is sleeping from ~7:30-midnight, then til 3:30, then wakes again at 5:45 :( Have tried consistent routines, putting her in jammies when she starts rubbing her eyes, bath, cuddle, bottle, no luck. We actually tried the Ferber method (i know, quite controversial) but we understand the importance of Sleep and a healthy child. You can not have a healthy child if they are sleeping poorly. I can't stomach that method, so we have tried other suggestions. Now, it seems she will not go into the crib w/o a bottle and is waking more than she ever used to! She seems to turn away w/ a lot of stim and I tried putting her in the crib by herself, maybe she wanted 'Lily' time. Please help, as we are lost. Have read Ferber's book, another called Sleeping Through the Night, and the Baby Whisperer. I feel we just got started very late-has terrible acid reflux and was in a swing for a long time. Thank you! [ Read More ]

Baby Nursing Every Two Hours And Catnaps...what Are Your LO's Sleeping Habits At 2.5 Months?Okay. I have accepted that my Baby will nurse every two hours and she is 2.5 months old. The problem I am having are her naps. If she eats this often, she take so many catnaps (45 minutes) and she is not happy when she wakes up. She sleeps well at night from 7pm to 7 am waking up about 2 times. If she is sleeping so much at night, why are the catnaps not enough? I have read Weissbluth and Ferber's Book and don't know where to go from there. Weissbluth writes that a Baby cannot stay awake longer than 1 to 2 hours and so far my LO stays up only 1.5 hours. So far right on. Also, he says that Sleep brings more Sleep but she has catnaps. In an interview with Ferber, he says that a reason for short naps may be that the Baby sleeps too much at night and has no more Sleep left for the day. Should I wake her up earlier? She could Sleep until 8 am if I let her. The problem with this is that she will have unconsolidated catnaps throughout the day. [ Read More ]

How Can I Get My Baby To Sleep 'right' ?my son is 8 months old. He won't Sleep 'normally' i guess you would say. i know all babies are diff. but mine refuses to Sleep over an hour at a time with out waking up crying and screaming and needing held. usually its around 1/2 hour to 40 min. sleeping intervals. he just started this is the last couple weeks. he refuses to Sleep on his own in his own bed. he thinks he has to Sleep in my arms only and if he wakes up not in my arms then he screams for over 45 min. if i pick him up or not. then he fights going to Sleep for 1 to 3 or a few times even more hours b/c he doesn't trust that i will continue holding him all night. i don't want him in my bed at night because i don't want him to be dependent on daddy and me to Sleep and also there is just plain out no room. we have a full size bed i believe and hunter likes to turn sideways in his Sleep and roll all around so i have to lay rigidly on my side in a totally straight line between him and hubby. he also REFUSES to go down even if i'm holding him before 2-3 am. my fiance is on 2nd shift schedule and i know that contributes to it, but he used to Sleep around 11 and not get up until the morning. now he stays up and cries and won't go to Sleep until he exhausts him self playing or crying (in my arms) i have tried food, bath =, book, bed routine and even modified the order and cut out the Book and still no go. i tried giving his bath in the morning thinking that a bath may have an exciting effect on him and be slowing him down time down and making it into play time in his eyes. So he finally falls asleep at like 2am, right? i then get into the shower (my only chance all day) and when i get out and get ready to lay down, he usually wakes up. i have to rock him, sometimes a bottle. this will last usually for about an hour or so then he will lay down. but back up in another hour screaming and crying and kicking. then all over again. the most he decides to Sleep is 2 or 3 hour stretches but those come once in a blue moon and only 1 per night and most often not even that. and that is the times i've caved and let him be in bed with us and needless to say i didn't Sleep good AT ALL. i have tried cutting out naps or shortening them during the day but then he just screams literally at the top of his lungs until i rock him to Sleep for a nap. then if i wake him up early from a nap, he is grumpy and fussy until another nap rolls around. i cannot Sleep during his naps either because i have other housework that needs done and people need me awake (i live with inlaws) now i have to point two things out here b/c i know if i do not these responses will come pouring in. 1.) his dad refuses to wake up or to stay up and take over a shift. all the night care is solely my job and there really is no changing that. 2.) i have tried both Ferber and plain old CIO. he just gets louder and louder and louder. he never calms down and after almost an hour of trying both methods he starts gagging and acting like he's not breathing so good from crying so hard and i picked him up. i have abandoned both those methods and would prefer a solution not including cio in anyway really. sorry for the length but you had to see where i was coming from. thank you my father in law goes to work 1st shift and my mother in law works 3rd and comes home and lays straight down for bed. he has 2 bottom teeth already and 2 top teeth poked through along with two more top teeth coming. i do credit this to teething a little bot but no teething remedies like oragel or teething tablets or tylenol work. i am so so exhausted he also wakes up immediately how ever gently i put him down. if i feed or rock him to Sleep then try and lay him down, he wakes up screaming instantly. he will not allow himself to be put down. i even put my shirt from the day down under him so my smell would be there but no go. he still woke up kicking and carrying on. [ Read More ]

Are Sleep Assosiations Really A 'disorder'???????Even I have Sleep assosiations. I like a bath, a cup of tea, a Book and then I sleep. So why do 'experts' on child Sleep bang on about 'disorders', 'bad Sleep patterns' and 'sleep assosiations'? My Baby likes to nod off in my arms after a feed, he has a little kiss and cuddle then I put him in his cot. Whats wrong with that? He also sleeps in his Baby wrap sling during the day - is it bad that he enjoys the closeness? Books like Ferber and Gina Ford saying 'ooh thats bad, they should learn to fall asleep on their own - cry themselves to Sleep if need be'. I tried it once and I've gotta say I cried more than my baby. Is it so bad to rock, feed and love your buba to sleep??????? I'm sick of being made to feel guilty for loving my baby! ETHEL: being a mother isn't working, is it not? its worked so far - Baby is very happy and hardly cries. [ Read More ]

Ferber Method While Teething?My baby's doc advised that we try the Ferber method or similar approaches to help my son Sleep through the night. He wakes up at least 4 times a night and stays up for at least 20 min at a time. He isn't hungry, and I'm with him all day so its not because he doesn't see me enough. I have only tried it 2 nights, and both times he ended up in my bed after a few rounds. He can fall asleep at first, but when he wakes up in the middle of the night its a different story. Anyways, he is starting to teeth, he doesnt have any yet but they'll be here soon. I'm not supposed to continue the Ferber method while he's teething am I? The Baby Book says to, but I really want some other opinions. Please dont respond if youdont approv eof or agree with the Ferber method, I have no desire to debate my methods with anyone! Thanks for the help, I appreciate it! I forgot to say that he is just over 6 months old... we have co-slept up until recently. And I know the consequences of picking him up when he screams and cries, but when he's teething and in pain I think its different from any other time.... [ Read More ]

Getting 5 Month Old To Sleep?My 5 month old was co sleeping for a while because he was sick. Now he wont Sleep in his crib without me. I cant handle sleeping next to him anymore, he wakes up every 2 hours expecting to nurse. Before I let him Sleep with me he used to go 8 hours straight without waking up. I want to get him back to that but he cries and cries when I put him in his crib. I got so many books on getting your Baby to Sleep but I dont have time read through them. Does anyone know the steps of when to go in and check wtih Baby and how long to let him cry, etc. I guess it may be the Ferber method? [ Read More ]

NEED. SLEEP. HELP. (11 Mt Old)?Some nights DS just completely throws us for a loop and gets up 2-3 times. I do understand how babies just do whatever the heck they want, and sleep-loss is a requirement of parenthood, but for an 11 month old who gets plenty of formula/food, adequate naps, and who has a bedtime routine that hasn't changed in months and who went long months sleeping 12 solid hours.. this just is crazy to me! It's exhausting - and we need a plan. Thus far, we have been going in and laying him back down (even though we have SEEN him go back down from sitting himself) turning his 'nap music' on. But we simply can't keep doing this - it has obviously become a habit... He's not even up yet this morn, so we plan to check him for popping teeth (maybe that's why?).. but without having to read a Ferber Book or anything, I am desperate for tips. We could cry-it-out, never done it for nighttime.. we almost did last night when he got up for the 3rd time around 4am, but I said it was kind of pointless at that point. I know it's all about what works for each individual family - but given our scenario, wwyd? he isn't just starting teething .. he has 8 teeth. But yeah, we're checking for more asap! He sometimes only gets 2 one hour naps/day, and from what I've read and been told, this is the bare minimum needed.... I'd hate to cut his naps down. [ Read More ]

Need Some Sleep Help For 11 Mt Old....?Some nights DS just completely throws us for a loop and gets up 2-3 times. I do understand how babies just do whatever the heck they want, and sleep-loss is a requirement of parenthood, but for an 11 month old who gets plenty of formula/food, adequate naps, and who has a bedtime routine that hasn't changed in months and who went long months sleeping 12 solid hours.. this just is crazy to me! It's exhausting - and we need a plan. Thus far, we have been going in and laying him back down (even though we have SEEN him go back down from sitting himself) turning his 'nap music' on. But we simply can't keep doing this - it has obviously become a habit... He's not even up yet this morn, so we plan to check him for popping teeth (maybe that's why?).. but without having to read a Ferber Book or anything, I am desperate for tips. We could cry-it-out, never done it for nighttime.. we almost did last night when he got up for the 3rd time around 4am, but I said it was kind of pointless at that point. I know it's all about what works for each individual family - but given our scenario, wwyd? [ Read More ]

Fed Up With Everyone's Sleep Solution For Children!?First, I am a first-time mother of a wonderful, funny, adorable 7 month old Baby boy. We began by breastfeeding and cosleeping. Due to various reasons, I decided to go ahead and crib train him around 5 months. I work fulltime and so I couldn't keep up with the breastfeeding - the main reason why we coslept. So, already knowing I was totally against Ferber, I decided to read the good night, Sleep tight Sleep solution Book that advocates putting them down while they are still awake but drowsy. I picked up on the setting a good routine and now my little one wakes at 7:30 (like clockwork) and usually takes 3 thirty minutes naps a day. He is usually always fed, bathed and in bed between 7:00 and 7:30. But now, the lay down while still drowsy thing doesn't work and he's been getting up for two hours at a time anywhere between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. So I've started rocking him back to sleep. Except it takes like 20 minutes or more to get him back to Sleep or we fight for a good hour early in the morning. I guess I'm just so frustrated one, because I'm not getting alot of Sleep but really, I kindof feel like a failure because EVERYTHING I read says put them to Sleep while they're drowsy or you're gonna regret it later or letting them soothe themselves to Sleep builds self-confidence or I'm creating a negative Sleep association or bad habit if I rock them to sleep. I mean, really?!? What do people think people BEFORE the internet did when they're kids wouldn't go to sleep, just lay them there and let them scream?? Is there ANYONE else that feels that way or that still rocks their kids to sleep? Or more specifically, has anyone's kids around 6-7 months started waking up for 1.5-2 hours in the early morning and wouldn't go back to sleep? The only thing I can think is he's started pulling himself up and standing. I've read that when kiddos discover new things, it can disturb their Sleep patterns. And btw, he's fed and changed when he wakes up for that long stretch. [ Read More ]

9 Month Old Still Does Not Sleep Through The Night, Has Anyone Tried This Method?Background: My Baby is 9 months old and is a SUPER happy baby. She is in the 95th percentile for both height and weight, weighing 22.2 lbs. She is a good eater. So there is no problem there and already has 8 teeth, and teeth have never bothered her at all. Problem: She is still waking 1 times, occasionally 2 to have a bottle and will not go back to Sleep without one. We have tried numerous methods to try to get her out of this habit, Ferber method, Sears method, Healthy Sleep Habit, Happy Child book, sound machines, etc. Nothing seems to work. I just recently read that this other method has worked for people and just want to know of people who have tried this, what was your experience Method: Gradually watering down my babies bottle at night so eventually it is only water they are waking up for. The thought is that if it is just water they are waking up for they won't bother to wake up. Has anyone tried this? [ Read More ]

When Do Babies/kids Outgrow Sleep Problems?First let me say I refuse to do 'cry it out' or Ferber, I just can't do it. That being said, I've tried every other book/method out there and my seven month old daughter is still a horrible sleeper - some nights she wakes every 45min to hour all night long. Once or twice she has slept 7 hours straight but most nights she sleeps maybe one 3 hour stretch then the rest of the night she wakes every hour. I've resigned myself to the fact that she will just have to outgrow her horrible Sleep patterns, but will it be when she's 5 years old or when she's a year old? If you had a bad sleeper as a baby, when did they outgrow it?? [ Read More ]

Ferber Baby Sleep Book