The No Cry Sleep Solution

[lukaelmo]

Does anyone have a copy of this book? Is it any good? Does it have anything about night wakings in it?

I am at my wit's end with the dude's night wakings...

[draught]

I don't have it but have heard that it is good - have you tried the library? That was how I found the book that I used (but I am a controlled crying person so my book would not be what you are after!)

[lukaelmo]

Nah, I haven't tried anywhere yet... I just feel as though I have read about every method there is and can't really find one that I agree with, and that I think will work for me, the dude and DP.

What I would really like is a solution right now, that I could implement tonight before I go to bed :laughing: .

Failing that, I will take my sorry little butt to Mary Ryan's up the road tomorrow.

[zenifa]

I know its been a while since you last post - but I've just borrowed this book from the library, sounds like we've been doing most of what she is suggesting - still don't understand why it takes hours to get my DD to sleep at night.
She has gone from 3 naps to 2 (mid morning and mid afternoon) and has started to get up later (9am) but won't go to bed at night before 8.30pm (sometimes even 9.30pm) despite having a nighttime routine and trying to get her to sleep at 7pm?
Has anyone used the techniques in this book successfully?

[Sonja]

We're starting the NCSS this weekend so will keep you posted as to how we go. She has a number of different suggestions so it would be difficult to know whether or not it was successful unless you compare two babies with the same issue whose parents adopt the same solution.

[Tea Lady]

Hmmm we're not following the "program" exactly but we're sitting in the room until DD goes to sleep - E Pantley alleges that you can gradually move further and further away and eventually outside the room (at least that's my recollection) but if I go more than about 1m from the cot DD screams (and sometimes she screams if I'm standing next to the cot :banghead: ). She has improved over the last few months in being generally happier about going to sleep, but it still takes around 30 mins and doesn't seem to be getting shorter, which would be fine if we didn't have to stay in the room the whole time.

We had most success eliminating night wakings once the human dummy (me)stopped going in and DH went in instead. DD was not impressed the 1st couple of nights, but DH is more determined than me, and once she got the message that she had to go back to sleep without milk she started sleeping all the way through :smiliedance:

Anyway, good luck finding something that works. :)