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Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems [Paperback]

Richard Ferber
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (327 customer reviews)


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Book Description

April 17, 1986

You've tried everything. Warm milk. Bedtime stories. Sharing your bed. But your child still has problems falling asleep. Dr. Richard Ferber can help. Director of the Sleep Laboratory and Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital in Boston, Dr. Ferber is widely recognized as the nation's leading authority on children's sleep problems.

Practical and easy to understand, Solve Your Childs' Sleep Problems tells you how to handle these situations in children aged one to six:

* Refusing to go to bed
* Colic and other medical problems
* Restlessness and insomnia
* Night terrors
* Bedwetting
* Headbanging and body rocking

And other problems that keep you and your child awake in the night.

Based on six years of intensive research in a top medical facility, Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems is packed with tips, suggestions, sample problems and solutions, and a bibliography of children's "go-to-sleep" books.



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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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Kirkus Reviews Those wrestling with a persistent or more serious problem will find this a real boon. -- Review

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Fireside; 1st Fireside Edition 1986 edition (April 17, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671620991
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671620998
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (327 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Ferber, M.D., is an associate professor of neurology at the Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital Boston. He lives in Newtonville, Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

We are so happy that we can finally get a good nights sleep and so is our baby. Joanne T. Lowndes  |  85 reviewers made a similar statement
Just drop it, and go back to working on the love thing. KD Jones  |  32 reviewers made a similar statement
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252 of 268 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I want to reassure parents who feel Ferber is cruel. Ferberizing was our last choice. We tried nursing/rocking to sleep and co-sleeping first. I knew Ferber would work because so many parents had said so; but at what cost?, was my strong feeling. We finally turned to Ferber after the other two methods failed us. With nursing to sleep, our 7-month-old baby would wake up and wail as soon as we place him in the crib; we would repeat this cycle for hours each night, which exhausted everyone and deprived him of time he should have spent sleeping. With co-sleeping, he didn't cry but slept on my schedule (ie, way shorter hours) and showed fatigue and stress because of that. That was actually the worst in terms of the baby being tired during the day. And I slept badly because I was so aware of him next to me (important, but my sleep is not the first priority, his is). With Ferber's method, he cried 35 minutes the first night, 5 minutes the second, 15 the third, and less than one minute last night. Each day I scrutinize him for any signs of trauma, alienation, any problem, and he is as happy and engaged as ever, and clearly not tired the way he used to be. It is unbelievably hard to not respond to your baby's cries, that's for sure. But you have to make up your own mind on how to handle this universal problem. Sears parents sometimes go a little nuts: I know babies who still nurse all night at age 2 years, who have never tasted solid food, their moms are zombies and dad sleeps on the couch. But I know they are doing what they feel is best for their families. The bottom line is every parent is trying to do what's best, we each make different choices, and we should respect each others choices. But one more benefit of Ferber--it is so fantastic to have some quality time alone with my husband again each night. You need to keep investing in your spouse too; not just in baby. Good luck to all!
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475 of 521 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Torn between Sears and Ferber March 14, 2000
Format:Paperback
Even if you disagree with this book's program, it's worth a read. There is a great deal of valuable information on how babies sleep, and the theory of sleep associations and how they relate to a baby's sleep patterns is convincing -- especially if you're a mother for whom this program worked.

On the other hand, this book desperately needs updating, especially as relates to breastfeeding. It's really meant for formula-fed infants who sleep in cribs in their own rooms. And the book rarely differentiates between 3-mo olds, 9-mo olds and 3-yr olds! Moreover, there is no information on how to maintain the good habits once you've "done" the program, which would have been useful.

There is at base an unbridgeable chasm between Ferber and William Sears, the renowned advocate of "attachment parenting." Sears claims that by not responding to a crying baby at night, you teach your baby that mommy is unresponsive. That the baby who doesn't cry at night has "given up." And that attachment can suffer as a result. (He even states that "Ferberized" children do continue to cry out frequently at night, but that their desensitized parents do not hear them.) Ferber claims that you can teach your baby that you are still "there," but that your brief visits are not worth all the crying. Ultimately the baby learns to go back to sleep readily on his or her own.

Until the book is updated, I recommend that parents familiarize themselves with both Ferber AND Sears, and then feel their way along. Many of my friends, like myself, practiced attachment parenting "by the book" for 6 months. Then, as the baby's increasing activity and alertness made this impossible, found varying degrees of success with "Ferberization." Flexibility and sensitivity to the baby are key.

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56 of 59 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars REDISCOVER YOUR SANITY October 1, 1998
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Format:Paperback
As a parent and an educator I never dreamed I'd reach the point of "Ferberizing" my baby. After all, wasn't this the toxic method that forced you to let your baby cry all night alone in a cold, dark prison-like bed? As a new Mom I was committed to the theoretical viewpoints of Dr. Sears and his colleagues, and was determined to make the family bed work for us. After 10 months of perseverence with little to no sleep at night I knew I had to make a drastic change for my own sanity. That is when I bought the Ferber book in an attempt to find a solution to our nighttime woes. As it turned out, I read the book in one night and was completely wrong about the process Dr. Ferber advocates. His logical, developmentally sound and behavioristic approach helped me to understand the improper sleep associations I was developing in my young one. After one week we were well on the road to recovery. I can now be a better parent to my child during the day since I am getting adequate sleep at night. This book has changed our lives! To all those who cringe at my words, I should add that I am still a staunch advocate of the family bed...if it works for you. I would never change the bonding my baby and I experienced sleeping together the first few months. However, there comes a time when you need to assess the health and happiness of the family unit. If you have reached the end of your rope at night, this book is the right one for you.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars So helpful!
Our son started having night terrors when he was 7 mo. We were totally freaked out! Our pediatrician recommended this book and gave us a few tips. Read more
Published 4 months ago by HRT7702
4.0 out of 5 stars Solve Your Child's Sleep Problmes
The purview of the book extends from infants to teenagers. Yet the focus is on small children. Thus, if I were a parent of a younger child, I think I would have had more of an... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Steven C. Thedford
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, helpful and IT WORKS!!!
My 12 months old daughter would wake up every night between 2-4 AM, drink a bottle and fall back asleep. Her pediatrician recommended this book to us. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lu Tom
5.0 out of 5 stars I was hesitant, but worked great for us!
I was very hesitant at first about this Sleep solution, but as Dr. Ferber says many times in this book.....I was at the end of my rope. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Melissa A. Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars A complete 360
I didn't read the book, but my SIL did and taught us the method to sleep-train our 7-month old. I concur that no method applies universally, but in our case it did from the first... Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Chen
5.0 out of 5 stars Ferber A+
I read Dr. Ferber's book in 1989 ....My second son was not happy as an infant until he crawled. He was so tired that I was desperate. A friend recommended "Feberizing" him. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Anne J. Hand
5.0 out of 5 stars Worked for us - immediately.
We tried a modified version of Ferber's method when our daughter was 4 months old. We moved her from our room to her own because we were keeping her up, but she didn't like being... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sasha
5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Worth It
I waited to try Ferber last. After months of struggling with the kinder-gentler methods of sleep training and failing again and again, I tried it. It was hard. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Crystal Capitano
4.0 out of 5 stars It really does work!
I have 9 months twins and My wife and I were just frustrated. On average, we used to spend around 1. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Krunal Sheth
1.0 out of 5 stars How to make your child lose trust in you
If when you say 'works' you mean your child will give up hoping that you will be there when they need you and stop bothering to ask then yes, it works. Read more
Published on October 17, 2010 by Stephanie
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