Healthy Living Books Books

Rating: - Immediate results without traumatizing !!!!
My husband an I didn't have the heart to let our daughter cry it out like everyone suggested we do. Exhaustion was wearing us down, I started searching for other options. Thankfully we found other parents like us who didn't want to traumatize their children for the sake of a few z's.

The no cry sleep solution was a godsend. It showed us that our daughter's night waking was normal, but just because it was normal didn't mean we couldn't change it. Within days our daughter night wakings went from 6-12 time a night to 1-2 times. I can't explain what a difference it has made.

The strategies are simple to follow and results are immediate. I am so proud of our decision and have recommended this book to anyone with a baby. I know you and your child will benefit.

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Rating: - Worth it's Weight in Gold and Diamonds!!!
This is the only review I have ever written and only because I feel so strongly about this book. It has helped my family more than all the other books we have put together and everyone would benefit from at least some aspect of this real childcare book.

I am now the proud father of a very happy and confident 12 week-old who can sleep 8 hours at a time, even in a strange house, and who rarely if ever cries. He would certainly not be that way without following the methods and philosophy of this book. We are lucky but we have made it that way through following this book and using a couple of equally life-changing products.

My simple guide is:

1. Read this book and then to use the methods within it - they do take time and effort but you will benefit many times over from your investment.
2. Invest in an Amby Baby hammock.
3. Invest in a Bugaboo Frog.
4. If you are breastfeeding, follow a gluten and dairy free diet.

You will definitely nurture a happier baby!!!

My sincerest thanks to Elizabeth Pantley from all of our family xxxxx

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Rating: - it works
I bought this book before my DD was born and have referred to it constantly for the past 13 months of her life. It has proved to be a constant source of encouragement and has really helped me through various stages of sleep training, beginning with early infancy and through to early toddlerhood.

Babies are constantly changing, and along with various developmental stages, teething, sickness, weaning etc, their sleep habits also change. This book provides all the loving techniques to help your little one eventually learn to sleep by themselves without subjecting them or you to a sense of loss or neglect. CIO may work in some cases, but it's often as traumatic on the parents as it is on the baby and I didn't want to have that memory associated with this stage of my DD's life. Instead we have travelled the road of consistent change over time, progressing from co-sleeping and nursing through the night to independent crib sleep with several night wakings for nursing through to only one early morning waking at present that requires very little intervention for me to help my DD back to sleep. The single most important point was teaching my DD to fall asleep by herself at night without me in the room. After that, everything else fell into place over time (it doesn't happen overnight but it's a gradual and loving journey like any other skill your child will learn in their first years). In fact, the first night my DD fell asleep by herself and didn't cry out for me in the middle of the night, I actually felt a sense of loss. Now of course I relish my new found freedom and continuous hours of sleep.

Other important lessons covered in this book include help with naptimes (ie. getting my DD to sleep using whatever method worked during the day really helped with night time sleep), keeping logs (proved to be really motivational and helped to keep the plan on track over time) and the Pantley gentle removal plan which helped to wean my DD from night time nursing. I know there will be ongoing challenges as my DD has further teething episodes or illness, but I'm now armed with the skills to help her through those times with all the love and sensitivity that Elizabeth's book has provided me with.

I would encourage any new parent or any parent experiencing sleepless nights to at least read this book as it is an invaluable addition to your parenting library.

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Rating: - Good book for a read once or twice
I bought this book and found it helpful. I would not recommend that you buy this book.. just borrow it from the library and read it a few time then give it back. Chapters include - safety first, worry & cot death, how do we sleep, do babies sleep, sleep problems, how much do babies & toddler sleep, realistic expectation, teach baby to sleep, sleep log & plan, analyze success and ten day sleep plan

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Rating: - Just plain inspirational.
This book is so encouraging and comforting - when faced with sleepless nights and a much-loved babe it made me feel understood in a way that not much else did.
Elizabeth Pantly has done what almost no other sleep experts have done: she has researched sleep FACTS extensively, and compiled what is effectively a list of parenting prescriptions that very often help iron out 'problems' with infant sleep - none of which involve leaving your baby to scream miserably alone in a dark room.
Not much of the list is new or revolutionary but all of it is important and relevant, and having it all laid out in one place by someone who shares your parenting ethos is invaluable. Having read a great deal on sleep myself before buying this book, I can gaurentee that it refers to quality research and statistics, unlike others on the market which seem to be based solely on the authors idea of how babies SHOULD be (EG - one prominant 'sleep specialist' insists that it is abnormal for a nine month old to consistantly wake at night. This is at complete varience with all stats I have seen coming from reputable sources who are merely researching and not trying to sell anyone anything!)
Pantley's book is also very honest - she does not gaurentee instant sucess or easy solutions. What she does provide is very thorough coverage of her topic and quality reasoning and experience of her own, meaning that you are in good hands here, and not likely to find a 'better' answer elsewhere.
Personally, I love this book, and I can say this as someone for whom the 'solution' did not work. There are a number of reasons for this, which are easier to see now that I have emerged from the trees of sleep deprivation and can see the woods again! It is fair to say that these 'solutions' really do require the committment of the whole family, not just Mum!
In our case, we ended up at the final stage of the book, the chapter for those for whom it is just not working, though the 'crying it out in Dad's arms' thing was a far cry from the hard-core 'cry it out alone' tradition. (In our case, using this last resort was the result of back injury that left me temporarily unable to move. And it worked. And things got even better once our kid cut 3 teeth in one week and learned to walk!)
I have used this book to night-parent 2 very different babies - Nightmare-sleeper-baby became excellent sleeper toddler and continues to slumber blissfully all night long.
Angel-sleeper-baby has hit some rough spots at certain crucial developmental stages (teething and learning to crawl at present)that have severly strained our nighttime relationship...with Pantly's help, I have the courage to listen to my baby and be patient with her needs. She rewards me by sleeping well when she can and I know that her sense of nighttime security will pay dividends to me...real soon I hope!