Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
by Richard Ferber

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition
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Book Summary Information

Author: Richard Ferber
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-23
ISBN: 0743201639
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Fireside
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Book Review: Works well if the baby is old enough
Summary: 4 Stars

I almost wrote a review several months ago when we tried this with our 4-month old. It didn't work at all and after a week of crying all night, I gave up. I tried again just last week when my son was 9 months old and it worked beautifully after only three nights. He went from waking every 2-3 hours to sleeping from anywhere from 10 to 12 hours depending on the night. I have three kids and have tried the more moderate approaches before (Pantley, Sears). The other approaches are more appealing to me as a mom, but I have to say that I don't think they're as effective. Ferber makes two points that are particularly relevant: a) habits are important. If a baby is used to being nursed to sleep, a baby will want to be nursed to sleep all the time. Imagine having your pillow taken away and you realize the issue. It would take awhile to recalibrate. b) eating during the night when the digestive system is shut down is not good for sleep. I tend to think this makes sense and saw the results when my son would wake around 2:30-3. He would then nurse every hour or two until 8 am. I think this is because he wasn't sleeping as soundly with his digestive system cranking away. All this is to say that I think Ferber is really the way to go. If you try it for 3 or 4 days and it's not working, consider the age of the child and try again when the baby is older. I can't say how grateful I am to finally have 8 hours of sleep. Wish I had tried again sooner!

Summary of Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition

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 since it was published twenty years ago, 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 banging

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems offers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.


When your child isn't sleeping, chances are that you aren't either. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems--a tired parent's essential for more than 10 years--offers valuable advice and concrete help when lullabies aren't enough to lull your child into dreamland. Based on Ferber's research as the director of Boston's Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital, the book is a practical, easy-to-understand guide to common sleeping problems for children ages one to six. Detailed case histories on night waking, difficulty sleeping, and more serious disorders such as sleep apnea and sleepwalking help illustrate a wide variety of problems and their solutions. New parents will benefit from Ferber's proactive advice on developing good sleeping patterns and daily schedules to ensure that sleeping problems don't develop in the first place. You'll also find a bibliography of children's books on bedtime, sleep, and dreaming, as well as a list of helpful organizations. Here's a book that is sure to put you and your whole family to sleep--in this case, that's a good thing.

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