S/O sleep training, helpful books

[gibbinator]

He's doing better than the 5-7wake ups per night during the 4mw, but he's still only doing one good 4-5hr stretch followed by 2.5hr intervals and needing to be rocked or nursed to sleep.

Being Mrs Frugal McCheaperson, I'm pretty desperate if I'm considering dropping some coin on a book. Ferber and NCSS get tossed around a lot but I'm not super familiar with the philosophies besides CIO vs other

So if there were only one book you could recommend, which would it be and why?

[Saudade]

No suggestions but could you get the books from the library?

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Ferber. I got it from the library (and get it back every few months). It covers more than just baby sleep, so it would be a good one to buy. I'm a half-assed attachment parent, but usually by the time one is contemplating sleep training it's to get some sleep, and Ferber's stuff is pretty well organized and effective.

No-Cry sounds good (I mean, no crying!), but it doesn't really work. Or it works so slow no one has that kind of patience.

[gibbinator]

Dec 11, 2012 9:07:10 GMT -5 Saudade said:

No suggestions but could you get the books from the library?

I tried. They don't have anything published more recently than 1960

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I'm sure you can do a request for the books you want. I could do that in my town of 500 back in the 90's.

But Ferber is probably worth buying and old enough to get a used copy cheap.

[Saudade]

Dec 11, 2012 9:12:18 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

Dec 11, 2012 9:07:10 GMT -5 Saudade said:

No suggestions but could you get the books from the library?

I tried. They don't have anything published more recently than 1960

Does your library get books from other libraries? Our town has a very small library but we can still get books from the whole state of MN through different library systems. I got Feber and No Cry Sleep Solution and Happiest Baby on the Block.

However, DS is almost 10 months and still up every 2 hours. Sleep training fail.

[sometimesrunner]

I liked Ferber's book. Our LO was sleeping like yours, which wasn't horrible. Then he regressed to getting up every 2 hours to eat/get rocked which was when we finally decided to sleep train. M now goes down at 9:30ish and doesn't wake until 5:30ish. At that point he eats and goes back down until 8:00ish. Hands down sleep training has been our best parenting move. M is SO much happier, too.

[gibbinator]

Dec 11, 2012 10:49:59 GMT -5 @ojo said:

Troublesometots.com has good comparisons of different methods.

Do you have a Nook? I think I can share Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep.

I have an ereader app on my phone. Does that count? If you can share that way that'd be awesome

I did call my library and they can get me the Baby Whisperer book and Happiest Baby on the Block. Just have to wait a few days.