The Baby Sleep Solution: A Proven Program to Teach Your Baby to Sleep Twelve Hours a Night

My daughter never slept. No naps. Tough nights. She was a miserable infant. I read many sleep books with minimal success...until this one. I started right at 3 months and within 10 days my baby was sleeping 12 hours. Her days were better, her nights were silent and now at a 1 1/2 years she is the best sleeper I've ever seen. My second baby just turned 3 months yesterday and slept 12 hours last night without a peep. This book is brilliant. Two things: 1) you have to have the discipline to follow through, or don't bother. 2) I don't recommend doing this with breastfeeding. I tried, and it didn't work at all. As soon as I switched to formula, it worked like a charm.

I read this book when my son was 7 weeks old. A friend at work suggested it so I figured I'd give it a shot! We were doing well in the sleep department but not sleeping through the night. We started pumping (per the books recommendation [br]) and ensuring that he was getting his total ounces during the day (another br). We were sleeping from 9pm-7am by 9 weeks!! I liked the books other tips for helping the baby fall asleep on his own, etc.

I cannot praise this book enough. I started to use the methodology when my daughter was 4 months old and it took 2 weeks flat to get her to sleep through the night. The book explains everything very logically, but doesn't go into unnecessary detail, which is critical since which sleep-deprived parent has the time to read tomes? The method the author suggests is not unsafe as one reviewer was concerned about, ie the extending feedings 4 hrs apart, particularly by the time the baby is 3 months old. I double-checked it w/our pediatrician & he said it is perfectly fine, because a baby's stomach is big enough by that stage that they can drink more during each feeding. The author also recommends increasing the time between feedings in very small increments, ie can be as little as 10 min a day, so it's extremely gradual. You also don't HAVE to let the baby sleep the whole 12 hrs. I actually used the method to get her to sleep just 8hrs in a row, which still gets you a full night sleep. It's very easy to modify Giordano's suggestions to suit what you feel comfortable with. I know several moms in my playgroup who used this book & found it to be very effective.

I bought this book because my husband and I were up all night with our 7 month old baby who has only slept through the night (7-8 hours at most) a handful of times since he was born. He also had to be bounced over and over and over to get him to go to sleep or be breastfed. He only took 30 minute naps during the day, and he took 4-5 naps a day!!! I also have a 2 year old to chase around so I have been a walking zombie for the past 7 months!! I already tried Weisbluth, Pantley and another sleep book and none of them worked. I read your book and thought that I would at least try putting him on the eating every 4 hour schedule and not letting him fall asleep and then slowly try (maybe) to work on naps and then maybe on the letting him put himself to sleep part. I wasn't at all expecting to be sitting here 4 days later at 8:00 pm with my baby sound asleep (who also put himself to sleep ) typing on the computer! I thought that there was no way that my very needy baby would ever be able to put himself to sleep , to tell you the truth I really wasn't even considering trying! The first day that I put him on the every 4 hour schedule he ate every 4 hours and took 2 naps at about 2 hours each and them slept for 11 hours only waking once but putting himself back to sleep. Every night since I have crossed my fingers and he has slept 11 to 12 hours straight through. My life feels so much different than it did last week!! He is a new baby and I am a new mom! Just wish I would have read this book earlier! It is short and easy to read, unlike the other books I read that go on & on for 300+ pages.

I understand that there are different views on attachment versus a more scheduled approach to parenting. For those who want to explore a more scheduled approach, I strongly encourage it. I have 2 children, each has been on a schedule. It makes them feel secure, they know what to expect and when, it helps regulate their digestive systems, and they don't "snack" all day long. Of course, with an infant you feed on demand, as the book says-- but as they progress, so too can they progress into a schedule. My baby was in the NICU born as a preemie and at one of the best NICUs in the world she was on a 3 hour feeding schedule-- this was what the best NICU doctors did. . not me. And this is a baby not even near a 40 week old delivered baby. . .so something to think about (and I did breast feed her for 8 months). Lack of sleep for parents causes serious issues and can lead to depression, abuse, etc. It's not for convenience sake-- it is for the sake of the health of the family. I don't want to criticize attachment parenting beliefs, but my observation has been that these children and their families tend to really suffer from lack of sleep, lack of organization and structure in the long run. It (attachment parenting) has an appealing approach on the surface, but my experience has been that for many families a baby/child who sleeps regularly on a schedule benefits everyone emotionally, physically, and intellectually. But as always, do what feels best for you and your family.