Lots of good ideas for new moms. I haven't read the book, but got it for my daughter who has 4 month old twins. Obviously, she can use all the help she can get. =)

As a mother of two and a breastfeeding counselor, I recommend this book to every parent I meet. What is great about this book is that it doesn't give one cut and dry method. It teaches you all about your baby's needs so that you can determine what to do to help your baby sleep.

I used this book when our second baby was waking me every two hours. The cry it out method was not for me. I have, admittedly, tried it and was left with an exhausted, wiped out baby the next day. Elizabeth's suggestions are wonderful. I read through the book, realized what my baby was missing, made the necessary changes and now everyone is sleeping soundly. I highly recommend this book to all parents!

I am a family physican and I recently had a baby. I have spent many hours reading childcare and sleep books and studies. The No Cry Sleep Solution techniques work! And they are gentle! It is important to realize that these techniques take some experimenation and patience. I believe that these techniques accomplish what parents want for their children- close bonded relationships while still getting good sleep. I recommend this book to many of my patients!

When my daughter was born, we noticed very quickly that she -- just like her Daddy had when he was young -- liked to fight sleep. My husband and I didn't feel that letting her "cry it out" was the best way to get her to sleep, but we didn't know what else to try. Exhausted from sleep deprivation and worried that I would never be able to convince my little princess that sleep is a good thing, I was at my wits' end. I heard about the No-Cry Sleep Solution in a Mommy and Me class at the hospital, so I checked a copy out from the library and even sent an e-mail to Ms. Pantley. The tips in the book and the kind and reassuring e-mail response I received from Ms. Pantley helped immensely. Each person is different, so every suggestion offered in the book won't work for everyone in every situation. However, there is a big enough variety of tips that something is bound to work. I found several that helped my daughter go to sleep more easily. Different suggestions work for my newborn son, who has a much more easygoing disposition. Recently, a co-worker of mine was desperately looking for ways to get her new baby to sleep more easily -- without resorting to the "crying it out" methods. I lent her my book, and she, too, has had great luck with the suggestions in it. Her little one is sleeping much better and her own outlook has improved greatly. Thanks, Elizabeth!

This is a fabulous book! After much advice from other people who thought they knew the perfect solution to help my son get to sleep, I discovered this book, read it and put it into practice. My son now goes to sleep easily and usually sleeps through the night. I don't know how I got along without this book! Easy to read and helpful "workbook" pages, too!

I was despairing of the sleep issues that my daughter was suffering from but also down-hearted by all the professional literature that advocated letting your child cry at bedtime or naptime. So I thought to myself there must be a book out there that focuses on helping your child sleep without crying being part of the process. And then I found Elizabeth Pantley's books which even had 'no-cry' in the title which was very encouraging. The fantastic thing about these books (including 'The No-cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Pre-schoolers') is that Pantley offers you a whole range of solutions and you choose the one/ones best suited to you and your child. It was interesting to learn the basics of how babies sleep, including their sleep cycles and the importance of naps. And reassuring to discover that sleep issues in children are not uncommon. It was so refreshing to read a book written by a mother of four and not just an academic or someone with many letters after their name. If you are as sleep deprived as we were you will be pleased to know that the book is fantastically well laid-out with many headings and sub-headings so that you can easily navigate the text. When I bought the book, the first thing I did was sit down with a cup of tea, the book and a notepad and I jotted down every option that we hadn't tried already (e.g. soothing music, getting our daughter used to the crib by putting her in to play) and then systematically tried them out over the following days. Take heart, somewhere in this book you will find the answers you are looking for. Good luck!

My 12 month old son cried hysterically for over 1 1/2 hours when I attempted Pantley's method. It was a horrible ordeal for both of us. After realizing that there is no such thing as a "no cry" solution, I looked elsewhere and found myself reading the revised version Ferber's book. Up to that point, I had been adamantly opposed to allowing my son to cry it out as I though it was barbaric. Turns out my understanding of Ferber's method was incorrect. We are on day three of "Ferberization" and it is going well. Sure, it is hard to listen to my little guy cry but as his mom I must do what is best for him. I recommend saving your $$$ on this book and buying the Ferber book. It is a fabulous, informative, and easy read.

Elizabeth Pantley is an excellent writer who puts a different spin on how to look at sleep and napping. When my infant wouldn't sleep through the night (after having two who slept beautifully) her book allowed me the patience I was missing to realize that some babies don't create sleep patterns until at least 4 months of age. But she also provided several tips for helping when I just couldn't let my helpless infant "cry it out." My favorite piece of advice that I relate to everyone with an infant is when she explains, how would you feel if you woke up on the kitchen floor and didn't know how you got there? I never thought about it that way before but it makes perfect sense to me. Thanks, Elizabeth for all of your wonderful books and advice!

Elizabeth Pantley offers the most gentle and effective way to get your child to have healthier and more peaceful sleep. After applying the no-cry techniques my 18 month old sleeps peacefully both days and nights. I am still grateful to my dear friend for highly recommending this book to me.

As a first-time mom, I generally find myself in over my head. When our seven-month old daughter began waking every one to two hours at night, we didn't know what to do. She had been sleeping all the way through, until an illness and two teeth disrupted everything! Everyone, from family and friends to our trusted and well-liked pediatrician, suggested we let her cry and comfort her at intervals. I couldn't do it. I tried... our daughter was hoarse, I cried, and none of us slept. So I googled alternatives to that method and found this book.

It is hard to go against well-meant advice-- especially when you are a first-time parent. But if you make a plan and follow it, using the solutions laid out in Ms. Pantley's book, it will work. You may have to adjust your plan after a few days, but stick with it. It really did work for us.

Every baby is different and so is every family. That is what makes so much sense about Ms. Pantley's book - she lays out a variety of suggestions and you get to pick what you think will work for you.

As poor napping, frequent feeding, and nursing to sleep were our main problems, we started there. Naps improved dramatically right away (two days!), and night sleep soon followed. We went from 6 or more wake-ups at night to 1, all within two weeks. This book was exactly what we needed.

Before ending up with this book, I read the following: Solving Your Child's Sleep Problems, BabyWise, Happiest Baby on the Block... and few others. They were all fine books - just not right for us or our daughter. The No-Cry Sleep Solution was "it" for us.

I would recommend this book to all new parents before baby is born as well as those who are in the midst of a baby sleeping problem. The book is easy to read, is full of a wealth of methods for helping baby sleep and is written from a very loving perspective. Several suggestions were very helpful to us. While many suggestions are common sense, they are great for new parents (like us).

Our Dr had told us there were only two things to do when our baby developed a sleep problem- cry-it-out or bring him to bed with us. We were pleased to find that there are other alternatives to helping baby sleep.

This book is written from an anti cry-it-out philosophy (as the title suggests). I strongly agree with that position, however, readers who begin this book in favor of cry-it-out may find this no-cry position irritating.

All in all, we loved this book. It was the best sleep book available and I've read most of the popular baby sleep books.

While my child is still not sleeping through the night, by anybody's definition of the term, bedtime is no longer punctuated by my baby's wails. She is now 11 months old, and still doesn't sleep well. She goes to bed around 8, wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30, and naps for 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day. She has already dropped down to one nap. The problem is that she wakes up several times at night, even though she is no longer nursing.

Pantley's book is not going to fix that. What it did do was make going to bed a more relaxing time for me and my baby. She used to scream when I put her in bed, now she coos and giggles instead (usually). Pantley's book is filled with suggestions for techniques which may assist your baby in falling asleep and staying asleep. It also has a lot of background information on sleeping in general. The concept is to try what you think will work for you and what you can live with, and see what works. Some ideas don't work for some babies, but there are enough in there that you should find something that helps. And yes, you may already be doing some of what she suggests, but that doesn't mean the whole book is worthless. Pantley's sleep logs are not overly burdensome, and the fact that you only do them every 10 days is further support that she is not promising a quick fix to your baby's sleeping problems. What she is providing are sensible ideas that over the long term should have your baby sleeping better.

I'm hoping that with time -none of this will change over night- my baby will use the techniques she now uses to initially fall asleep to get herself back to sleep without the full wake up and crying that we have now.

Pantley's No-Cry Sleep Solution saved our family's sanity. Thanks to her compassionate and creative approach, both my 3 year old and my 1 year old are much better sleepers than before. Hers is not a method that tries for overnight success (though you might see immediate improvement, depending on where you are). Rather, she encourages parents to look at the big picture through sleep logs and by presenting insightful information, such as explaining sleep cycles.

The no-cry approach provides a wide range of possible solutions and suggestions, depending on your particular situation (are you breastfeeding? cosleeping?) and once you've developed your plan to solve your child's particular sleep issues, her process allows you to see what is working and tinker with the plan as needed. Pantley presents a very sensible and smart approach, and it really works! I especially liked using the wall chart for sleep routines. Two years later, we are still using this with my son, and it still contributes to his good sleeping habits. Thank you, Elizabeth Pantley, for this wonderful book!

I have read the No-Cry Sleep Solution multiple times. I'd love to say that I am a success story, that my 9 mo. old son slept through the night after 20 days of Mrs. Pantley's methods. However, we just aren't there yet. But I take comfort in the methods presented in this book.

I cannot let my baby cry, even if I am so frustrated with the lack of sleep that I am the one that ends up crying instead. Knowing there is a method out there, that has worked for other moms without letting your infant cry all alone gives me the strength to press on and keep trying.

I have found that there are many mother's out there with different opinions about crying it out. Some moms believe it is a path to self-soothing. I agree that self-soothing is important for a child to learn. But I don't feel that abruptly going from comforting your child to sleep to leaving them alone to cry is the best way to do it.

There are tons of gentle, gradual and loving ways to help your child learn to not need you in the night presented in this book. As I mentioned earlier, I have not yet achieved complete success. However I have seen progress directly related to using the No-Cry methods.

Of course all babies are different, and sometimes circumstances get in the way. Teething, illness and change in schedule (like the holidays) can all affect the progress your child makes towards sound night sleeping. The wonderful thing about the No-Cry Sleep Solution is that Mrs. Pantley is so honest and upfront about what to expect. If you want to help your child sleep without crying it out, you will have to make a few sacrifices. It won't be instant, and it won't be easy.

So what happens if you are at your wits end? If you feel like another night without any sleep is going to make you insane? Mrs. Pantley provides as a last resort a temperate alternative to crying it out. The specifics are outlined in her wonderful book. Your baby will cry if you use this method, but Mrs. Pantley quotes Dr. Williams Sears as saying "If you resent it, change it." Mrs. Pantley says, in essence, that if you are becomeing angry or resentful towards your baby, or if you are simply on the edge of losing your mind, it's important to change your situation, even if it means a few nights of crying (albeit with you in the room, or even holding your child in your arms). You must do whatever is necessary to maintain a healthy relationship with your child, though it may in the end result in the sacrifice of the no-crying methods.

All in all, the No-Cry Sleep Solution is a great book for helping your child sleep through the night gently and gradually. Yes, it requires perserverance, and yes, it requires a few extra nights of sleeplessness before progress is made. If crying it out is not a method that suits your parenting style, then this is the best book for you.

This book is a wonderfully written book and very practical. It is sensitively written and has helped me learn so much about sleep patterns.

It is very detailed, informative and non-judgemental. I look forward to reading other books that follow from this author.

I am a parent of a three month old who refuses to go to sleep easily and stay asleep for more than 30 min at a time. With a husband who works away from home for weeks at a time, sleep deprivation is not something I can take lightly. I read many books in my search for answers to getting better sleep, both for myself and my child. I found The No-Cry Sleep Solution the best book by far. I am not an advocate of letting my child cry and this book allowed me to "train my child" without tears. The suggestions in this book allow you to customize a practical sleep plan that works for you and your child, even when you think nothing will!

My toddler was not falling asleep until well after 10pm, then waking up for hours in the middle of the night. We were at our wits end and were referred to this book by a friend. Nothing had worked before this, so we were not hopeful, but followed the steps in the book anyway.

To our joy and surprise, after a few weeks of sticking closely to the advice, our child was sleeping through the night. No waking, no crying before bedtime and our nights were once again pleasant. We established a schedule that we stick to today, a year later. It has made our relationship with our child calmer and more loving because we are not all sleep deprived! We love this book!

I've looked and looked for a book that matches my parenting style and gives me peace about the decisions for my child. Elizabeth's books are just that. This book offers clear cut guideance, practical tips and useful information-a go to source for helping your child sleep. I will read and re-read this book often, and I always recommend it above all others to my mother friends. Very Well Written!

I received this book as a gift and I absolutely love it!!! I love how the theory's are from a mom, have scientific proof and they work. The book is very easy to read and understand, not like some other books that it takes two passes through the entire book before it starts to sink in. At 8 months, my daughter is finally sleeping 9 hours a night, uninterrupted.(After about 6 weeks of trying Elizabeth's Method.) This book eased my mind about a lot of misconceptions about sleep. I have shared this book with many other moms and they were so intrigued that they also bought the book themselves and have found success for their children. You will not be disappointed by this book!!! For us and many of my friends it was a life saver. My only regret was that I did not read it before my baby was born so I did not have to undo what had already been done, I could have used the theories right off the bat!!!

This book puzzles me--such mixed reviews! Let me add my two cents here. i would say that there were a few good ideas but overall the book is repetitive. I believe the author has a strong opinion in favor of her method to the exclusion of all other methods, but the idea of keeping sleep logs is just ridiculous to me. I am too sleep deprived myself to be able to stick to that consistently; my motivation to do so is at zero due to my lack of belief in the efficacy of doing so. What is starting to work for us thus far is this: after 3 months or so, children naturally are able to drink more and therefore sleep for longer periods. We also notice that when we allow him to be fully active (which is what he desires) and engage with him as much as possible, he simply tires himself out and voila, he sleeps for longer periods. Still, it's 3 hours at a stretch mostly and 4 hours once in a while. We have learned to accept the fact that the first few months are simply like this for our baby and we are hopeful that he will sleep longer as time goes by. I have friends who have tried the cry it out with great success in just a few days. I am not too thrilled about the idea of letting our baby cry it out, but if nothing else works in a few months, then that's what we will try for a few days....Eventually, people sleep cause they are tired. And he will too. And that's when we will!

I read the preceding printing of this book in 2003. The book is loaded with suggestions for encouraging babies to fall asleep on their own, nap longer, etc. Maybe something in it will work for you. But for me it was useless--perhaps worse than useless. After I read this, my 6-month-old woke up more often and resisted sleep more strenuously than before I started applying Pantley's tips to encourage him to sleep through the night. (Maybe he guessed that I was trying to pull something over on him.) If her plans don't work for you, Elizabeth Pantley concludes that you're not following them with enough discipline. While her suggestions seem common-sensical enough, executing her techniques can be involved. The whole exercise starts to feel like a convoluted magic trick, where the magic never works but because the steps are so tricky, you can never be sure that the fault doesn't lie with you. Who knows, maybe you didn't include quite enough claw of toad?

My 4 month old refuses to sleep. He sleeps about 5 hours a day (3 hours at night and then 10 minute catnaps). This book was worthless. It didn't suggest anything I hadn't already tried! Also, I kept waiting for the kicker....what would definitely put my baby to sleep. I'm sorry to say that I never did find an absolute answer. Too bad my baby can't read....this book might put him to sleep.

my wife really wanted the book. we have the one for toddlers and it really helped out a lot. the condition of the book was great and the price was right.

The energy of the book is relaxing. The author is showing us how calmness, patience, and careful observation can help our babies relax to sleep. It seems much better than other sleep books. There does seem to be come lack of concrete advice, but some mother's might find gems that will help. Basically the book shows you how to take care of your baby and be mindful of their sleep habits. We noticed with our baby, if the lights are on at night, she thinks it is day time and it can alter her sleep pattern. Babies are very sensitive to lights.

Review is by Ramiel Nagel author of Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6) & Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition (First Edition).

As a working Mom of two this book was a great help to me! My first child was not always the best sleeper and after a year of going to work surviving with my IV of coffee in the morning, my sister gave me this book. Before getting this book, we did try to let my daughter "cry it out", only to watch her throw up in her crib from being so upset- I knew that wasn't an option ever again!! This book works- thanks sis!Mommy's High Heel Shoes

I had great success when using this book when my daughter (now almost 5) was a baby. My husband and I were exhausted - she was born a month early and had sleep issues almost from the word "go." Once we read this book and started incorporating some of the suggestions, her sleep habits were right where they needed to be.

The concepts are basic and common sense. It's just incredibly difficult to implement them when you are working and already sleep deprived.

I really delved into this book hoping this would be the solution for my baby. I think perhaps if I had gotten my hands on it when my baby was younger I would have had more success. My baby is four months and just won't go to sleep on her own no matter what I tried. She was still crying every night and inevitably I still ended up rocking her back to sleep. On the upside this book has helped me establish a more consistent routine which I think really works for my baby. Now if only I could get some help on how to get baby to sleep without crying...

At first when I read this book it seemed too involved and I was a tad bit turned off by what seemed like a lot of work. I set the book aside and admittedly didn't follow it to the T. I did however implement some of the basic ideas, no nursing/sucking to sleep and gradually assisting to sleep less and less etc and what I have now is a baby that puts himself to sleep without ever having to let him cry it out. I did try the cry it out method, I tried it after reading this book thinking that this book was too involved but I just couldn't do it and I don't think my son had the personality for it too. So back to the book I went. To my total shock I started noticing I was doing less and less to assist him to sleep until I just started trying to put him down awake (sleepy of course and after a good dose of cuddling too) and he would just roll over and go to sleep. I am truly impressed I really didn't think there was ever any possibility that a baby would eventually be able to put himself to sleep without some form of crying it out. Not my little man, we did it!! He is six months, I read this book when he was less then three months old and just started implementing the suggestions prior to any habits forming. I think that is vital, to start this BEFORE you develop any bad sleep habits. Also I am pretty sure had I followed this book with more dedication he would have been putting himself to sleep a lot sooner but hey, I did what was comfortable for me and my family and it worked out all without having to leave him to cry it out in a hysterical fit of sadness and frustration. I am a happy mama!!!

For anyone who is looking for someone to tell them "DO THIS! IT WILL WORK IMMEDIATELY!" This book is not for you!

Pantley reminds you several times in her text that her ideas are gentle and are "designed" to work over time, not overnight. Although she does admit that if you stick with it and are as disciplined in your administration of her ideas as you wish your child to be when it comes to bedtime that you can see results faster. Pantley presents TONS of ideas and helpful hints on how to help your child get a better nights sleep with out traumatizing them or you! She presents her ideas in a well organized easy to read and understand manner. Her sleep logs are very helpful for turning a possibly chaotic problem into an extremely manageable one. This book is for everyone, from the parent looking to help their good sleeper sleep better AAAALL the way to the parent who hasn't had a single good nights sleep since day one. Her section on how babies sleep & their "normal" sleeping pattern was very informative and is key to helping you understand the hows, whens and whys of a child's sleep. This book is a wise purchase!

Pluses:
*Invaluable explanation of how baby sleep cycles work. Specifically, a baby starts out in a very light form of sleep and is easily awoken. After 20 minutes s/he cycles into a deeper sleep mode and remains that way for about 40 minutes before starting the cycle all over again. What this means for parents: If you're holding or wearing a sleeping baby, you need to wait 20 minutes after s/he falls asleep before placing him/her in a crib - otherwise s/he'll probably wake up.
*An acknowledgment that many "sleep solutions" won't work for babies under 4 months. Honestly, when it comes to sleep in the first insane 3+ months, it's whatever works works. I liked the fact that Pantley listed a number of different activities to try in getting a newborn to sleep. I appreciated not being chided for failing to get my 2 week old asleep by putting him in his crib while still awake (the holy grail of all sleep advice!).
*The safety guidelines for co-sleeping are thorough and excellent.

Minus:
*The writing style is a little...amateurish. The friend who gave me this book said, "You'll discover some useful info in here, but you'll probably find yourself disliking the author." She was right. Pantley is obviously very proud of her parenting skills and as a result, sometimes comes off as rather smug. A lot of the "research" from this book is pasted together from other sources. And on the whole, this book could have benefited from another round of editing (someone needed to tell the author not to share that she's used the bathroom wearing a child!)

I was almost crazy when by chance or destiny I found this book on Amazon. I knew in my heart I could not let my baby cry-it-out. Yet, I was finding no alternatives and was really frustrated not being able to sleep at all. This book showed me the way to greatly improve my child's sleep while making her feel safe and loved. I am very thankful to Elizabeth Pantley for taking the time to share this so important knowledge. If you don't beleive in letting your baby cry - this book is essential for you.

I was hopeful that this approach was going to work for our little one. She had colic for the first 3.5 months and cried a lot. Therefore i was looking for a sleep approach that didn't require additional crying. We didn't start any real sleep "training" until 4 months. And bottomline... we have come to the conclusion, some crying must occur. I know that ALL babies are different, but this approach was not the one for us.

God bless you all for whom this book helped but it just didn't do the trick for us. I must admit that there is some great general advice in there but when I got this book I was desperate and needed help immediately, not a month to 3 months down the road. Ms. Pantley's advice is definitely gentle but very, very time consuming. She even says that it may take 30-120 days to work. Well, how much of that is the techniques or is the child just more developmentally ready to sleep better? If you have lots of time and are not at the end of your rope then give this a try but if you are desperate like I was then I don't think you should waste your time with this.
A little background: I am a stay-at-home mom and spent most days home alone with my baby. I ended up holding my child for every nap and co-slept with her as well. In addition, I nursed her to sleep every time. At this point my child never slept more than 3 hours at a time and usually only 1-2 hours........ for 5 months!!! The moment I put her down she'd scream so I just continued to hold her. I was so sleep deprived that I was going nutty. I knew I had to do something and I got this book b/c the thought of letting my baby "cry it out" absolutely broke my heart.
Well, I tried Ms. Pantley's advice for 2 weeks and I was seeing very, very little progress. I then decided that I just needed to bite the bullet and get the other popular books that were a little more "strong armed" and see if any of them seemed more practical. I gravitated toward those that were written by experts (and MD and PhD who actually work in the area of child sleep disorders), those being Dr. Ferber and Mindell. After reading both, I realized that the "cry it out" method isn't as cruel as it sounds and it was what I had to try. (In fact, I think Ferber's term "progressive waiting" more aptly describes the technique.) Well, I'm here to tell you that it worked just like they say- by day 3 it was drastically better! The most she ever cried was 45 minutes and that was not the screaming banshee I was afraid she'd be. After 2 nights she was pretty consistenly sleeping 8-9 hours straight.
I think that those of you who are at the end of your rope like I was really need to bypass this book and give the "progressive waiting" aka "cry it out" method a try. If it gets too bad, then stop, but give it a try at least. It was the best thing I did for my baby and me.

Great buy! This book was written by someone who has experienced sleepless night and knows what she is talking about. This is not some doctor behind a desk writing a book. This is a mother. I dont believe in crying it out. I feel its inhumane,however each to their own.The book is easy to understand and there are step by step instructions including a log sheet to see the sleeping improve.I am still in the process of following this book but I really enjoyed reading it.I have many many baby sleeping books. I actually think I have most of the sleeping books and if I knew about this book earlier,I would not have wasted so much money on all the others. If there is a baby sleeping book out there to buy....This is it!

I'm not a mother who could let my daughter cry. Everyone told me my sleep problems were a result of "giving in to easily." Then I found this wonderful book. Finally, someone who understands the ache in a mother's heart when her baby is crying. This book will not dissappoint. You have to work at it, but isn't that what being a parent is all about?
My daughter is now sleeping almost through the night. I'm a happier mother and that makes everyone happy.

We did the Ferber method of sleep training with my son when he was 5 months old, and it worked very well at that age. He was a great sleeper and napper from that point until at 8 months old when he got a cold/stuffy nose that hung around for 2 weeks - during which time he couldn't sleep well and in order for him to be able to breathe through his nose at all, we had to hold him upright against our chests, so that's what we did for him to fall asleep for naps and at bedtime. After the cold finally went away and we attempted to go back to our old routine of laying him down (sleepy but awake) to sleep, he would start crying, and was by then able to pull himself up to standing, which made the whole process much worse.

After a few days of attempting to retrain with the Ferber method, I decided it wasn't worth it. Even though I knew the Ferber method would probably work again eventually, all I could think was: how many days of misery would it take, and then what would happen the next time he got sick or we traveled? I definitely did not want to go through the stress and guilt of hearing him cry if we would have to retrain with the Ferber method each time something like that happened.

So, I decided to read the No Cry Sleep Solution. She gives many good pointers for helping your baby to fall asleep as well as to sleep longer, both at naps and at bedtime/through the night. We were already employing the majority of her ideas, but I did get new information that I feel is sound advice. The best evidence is that my son will now allow us to lay him down for naps and at bedtime as he's sleepy, but falls asleep on his own, with no crying. I admit this approach requires more patience and time initially, but in my opinion it was totally worth it to avoid the days of crying! I would suggest reading this book to any parent interested in learning good techniques for helping their baby to sleep well. I initially checked this out through the library but intend to buy one to have on hand for future reference with our next child(ren)!

Pros
-This book was easy to read and relate to.
-May introduce some new ideas
-May be a good book to read before you start reading Ferber.
-Better reference for Nursing moms.

Cons
- Most things discussed in this book most people already know.
- Her gental removal plan turned my great nurser into a biter. He would start to dose and I would remove the nipple. After a few times he would jerk himself awake and bite down because he was affraid I would take it away!
- Doesn't really go into changes in schedules and traveling that well.

Overall the one thing I did get from this book, was to improve his naps and this would improve his night time sleep. I ended up doing a more gentle Cry it out method and it has turned my 8 time-a-night waker into 1 time and with only 15 mins of crying MAX.

The No-Cry Sleep Solution book helped us to help our baby get into a healthy sleep rhythm in a gentle, gradual, intuitive way that felt right. Reading the book made me feel calm and, as a result, I was able to carry out the advice in the book with confidence and see results quickly.

It's very obvious that this book was written by an experienced, compassionate, caring mother. Her tone is very pleasant and reassuring and her message and methods are clear.

If you need guidance during the rough period when it seems your baby will never have a consistent sleep schedule and you feel like all the other books are either self-contradictory or simply not working, definitely try The No-Sleep Solution.

Our 10-month old sleeps very well already. But once in a while she'll wake up through out the night, while other nights she sleeps through. I bought this book to make sure we are doing the right things. I am impressed with the research the author has done. I now know what we are doing right on the nights our baby sleeps through and what we have done wrong when she keeps getting up at night. This is a must-read for all parents! The book even provides advices to use when your baby reaches different ages. I really don't have much time to read, so I read this book while my baby plays in her crib before she falls asleep. I can then use the advices I learned on her next nap. No more crying to sleep! No more guilt!

I bought this book because I was exhausted and about 650 people had given it positive reviews. It actually does work!!! Within 12 days, my son was sleeping through the night, and I re-entered the world of functioning, thinking human beings!! Pantley has taken a very scientific approach to developing this method, and it shows. It seems to be geared more toward co-sleeping families, but she includes advice for crib-sleepers as well.

I am so tired of the pressure that is placed on a mother to get her baby to be "good". This book is a wonderful tool. It gives you option after option and doesn't give "rules". You take what you can use and what works for you in your family. I love it when she says you can do whatever it takes. . . even if it means nursing again to get your baby to sleep. It gives me a huge sense of control to allows me to forgive myself instead of thinking I'm a bad mother for not following the rules.

It is also a very easy-to-read book. I was over half way through it before I knew it and I didn't expect to find time to read without falling asleep. I am totally in love with this book.

After just the first few chapters, I started implimenting a routine and a regular naptime based on his cues and it was almost instant that my 10 1/2 month old son started going to sleep without a fight. Now we are working on sleeping for longer stretches. The methods in this book are so stress free! I know we will make our goals with the help of the No-Cry Sleep solutions.

My friends are amazed that I can walk into the room of my sleeping 7 month old and put up his clothes and he never wakes up. This is because we set him up on the right foundation from the beginning. Every mom and dad should read this book and realize the potential that even a 6-7 week old baby has regarding there sleep habits.
This is now the only gift that I give to mom's at baby showers and if anyone ever ask for any ideas on sleepy I refer them to this book. Thank you Mrs. Pantley for sharing such wonderful tips and ideas and making me realize that I am doing the best possible job that I can. BZ of AL

Well, there's a good chance that you can find portions that relate to your baby too. I'm actually reading this book at the 4 month point... almost 2 months after I started to systematically and logically come to many of the same conclusions as this author (and of course borrowing ideas from other books that I've read). I'm not sure if I would have understood her many practical points just by reading them but they are certainly dead on when compared with my months of studious logging, suspicions, and experiments. Unless you have the time to hide out in a cabin with your baby and spouse for almost two months as I did, you may never be sufficiently isolated from social commitments to see the patterns that the author describes succinctly. With the holidays upon us and the baby's needs evolving, this book is a good source of reminders on how to stay focused on the baby and her needs -- which will in turn keep the whole family happy!

Well, there's a good chance that you can find portions that relate to your baby too. I'm actually reading this book at the 4 month point... almost 2 months after I systematically and logically came to many of the same conclusions as this author. I'm not sure if I would have understood her many practical points just by reading them but they are certainly dead on when compared with my months of studious logging, suspicions, and experiments. Unless you have the time to hide out in a cabin with your baby and spouse for almost two months as I did, you may never be sufficiently isolated from social commitments to see the patterns that the author describes succinctly. With the holidays upon us and the baby's needs evolving, this book is a good source of reminders on how to stay focused on the baby and her needs -- which will in turn keep the whole family happy!

I have a 6 month old daughter that has never slept more than 1.5 hours at anytime and never on her own. She had terrible acid reflux that went undiagnosed until she was 3 months old and the Dr's kept telling me she was "colicky". Laying down pained her so I did what any compassionate parent does, I walked her to sleep and held her for naps and at night she slept on her side curled up into me so she could nurse as it was the only thing that soothed her (she won't take a paci). She wakes up 5-8 times each night and can't soothe herself, so nurses, sometimes waking up for 1 hour or more. After 6 long months of this, I am back to work and need my sleep more than ever, so at my Dr's advice (and multiple other peoples), I bought Dr. Ferber's book. I was not comfortable having my little girl cry and was not comfortable with the system and happen to run accross this book. I figured it could not hurt to try and last resort, I may need to let her "cry it out". Parents in the same situation: PLEASE TRY THIS FIRST, IT WORKED FOR US IMMEDIATELY!!
I cringe thinking that I would have set her in her crib and just left her to cry when all I had to do is lay her in 1/2 asleep (usually she wakes up and cries for us to pick her up) and talk to her in a soothing voice while touching, kissing and reassuring her. It took her 45 minutes to fall asleep and when she finally did, each time she woke up, she was able to soothe herself as she fell asleep there. She still woke up 3 times between 8-7pm to eat, but this was the FIRST night! I know it sounds so common sense, but what this book gave us was confidence to stick to the plan and take baby steps. I know we have a long road ahead of us, but this was MAJOR progress for our little one - remember, she had NEVER let us put her in her crib and with these little changes and a new mindframe, it worked! PLEASE try this method first and if it doesn't work for you, move on to the next. We as parents love our children and all of them are different, so yes it may or may not work, but it is a GREAT place to start!

This book is a much more gentle way to have your baby get on a sleep schedule at night. I didn't want my son to "cry it out" and this book offered suggestions and methods to avoid just that. It is realistic (doesn't promise your 4-month old will sleep 12 hours straight) and helpful.

I highly recommend this book! Not only for the amazing tips Elizabeth Pantley provides, but for the encouragement & affirmation she also gives!

I implemented her program only three days ago, which by the way is very flexible to your own child's needs, and I am already seeing results! My 8mo. old took a two hour nap this morning!! I know things may vary, but going from to 15 minutes here, and 15 minutes there, I am truly thankful!!

With this book you will no longer beat yourself up or wonder if you are doing things "the right way." She so lovingly encourages you every step. She also provides an extremely helpful nap & night time logs. Along with the logs she includes a step-by-step plan of attack, if you will, for how you will progress in the program!

There were answers for everything: how to transition your baby from a family bed to their own bed. This was something I wondered about for months - and her ideas are so basic, so thoughtful, and simple!

I also love the pictures that are shown in the book. She used "test mommies" when writing this book, and throughout her book she uses their quotes or pictures as an almost guide to help one read through. I found the quotes extremely encouraging!

I can go on and on about this book! If you are thinking about this book it is because you are as sleep deprived as I was - THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU!!

I can remember not that long ago sitting in my daughter's room in the middle of the night thinking I must be the only mum in the world whose baby didn't sleep. I was lucky to get three hours sleep on any given night, and never three hours in a row. But thanks to Elizabeth Pantley and her book "the no-cry sleep solution" my little girl Milla has gone from a baby who breastfed 10 times a night to a gorgeous 18-month-old who sleeps between seven and ten hours straight!
Apart from being exhausted when Milla wasn't sleeping, I was miserable because of all the pressure being put on me to "do controlled crying" from extended family. One even said I was a "bad mother" for getting up at night for my girl and not teaching her to sleep by letting her "cry it out " for hours on end. Everything in my heart said controlled crying wasn't right for my Milla. She was a sensitive, gentle and caring girl who was very attached to her mummy. I loved my little girl too much to hear her cry because her mama wasn't there when she needed her.
After applying Pantley's gentle and practical tips, Milla is now sleeping peacefully - and knows that I am there for her when she needs me. I treasure every second with my little girl and am so glad I never abandoned her to cry. We have such a close and beautiful relationship. I feel like the luckiest mum in the world.
The first key point I learned from Pantley was that as long as Milla and I were getting enough sleep and we were happy - then we didn't have a problem - regardless of what anyone else thought. Milla now wakes once a night, between 5 and 6, and I give her early morning cuddles till get-up time. Controlled crying experts told me NEVER to cuddle my daughter back to sleep. I'm glad I ignored them because I treasure those mornings when I hold Milla in my arms and feel her soft breathing beside me. This is not a problem for us and a lovely start to our day.
Pantley's eight bedtime tips seemed rather simple and obvious at first - but once I put them into practice they actually worked. Milla no longer has a night light, has a long and quiet bedtime routine at the same time every night, no tv is allowed when Milla is in the room, she is now going to bed when her biological clock says is the right time for Milla (not what experts say) and while my husband calls me a "sleep Nazi", it works! And for those with sleep-log phobias, I still keep a meticulous sleep diary. It helps me notice subtle changes in Milla's sleep patterns as she grows older and her sleep needs change.
The final chapter in Pantley's book - Adult Sleep: Now It's Your Turn - was also a life saver. When Milla finally started sleeping well, I would lie awake for hours at night waiting for her to wake. I always tended to be a bit of an insomniac, and her tips for babies have actually also helped me!
I would strongly recommend this book to any mum who needs sleep and can't find it in her heart to do controlled crying. Pantley's approach might take a bit longer than controlled crying (though even controlled crying isn't guaranteed to fix sleep problems quickly and for life) but considering babies and toddlers grow up so quickly, it is worth the investment. My little girl goes to sleep with a sweet smile on her face, not tears!
Tanya from Australia.

The Pantley No Cry Sleep Solution has been a GREAT sleep help companion for us ever since we bought it for baby #1. The support and encouragement in this book gave my husband and I the stradegies we needed to stick to our gut resolve to NOT ignore our child when he was crying at night! Now that we have 4 children, we have 2 copies of this MUST-HAVE sleep resource. One to refer to whenever a new strategy was needed for our latest child . . . and another to loan out to friends and family when they were sleep deprived and desparate for immediate help! They say ANY sleep-solution will help if you follow it and use consistancy. But THIS is the one that freed my hubby and I to help our child w/o compromising our instinctive need continue to be there when our children need us in the night.

Good luck to you!
Blessings,
Kaycee Farrell
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