SLEEP (Child's Magazine Guide to) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Tamara Eberlein (Author) "As many as 50 percent of children under the age of 6 have some type of bedtime problem, estimates the National Sleep Foundation..." (more)
Key Phrases: Deborah Madansky, Clare Gunther, Jennifer Trillo (more...)

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Product Description

Offers real-world solutions to bedraggled parents, presenting proven methods to increasing the number of sleep hours per night, feeling less fatigued during the day, finding more time and energy, and improving a child's daytime demeanor.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671880381
• ISBN-13: 978-0671880385
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,724,599 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A godsend, July 10, 2000

By A Customer

This book is quick and easy to read - an absolute necessity when you're sleep-deprived. It describes problems in a simple straighforward manner and then offers many different alternatives to solve them. It explains the rationale of how these problems develop and why various solutions work. That allows each parent to decide individually how to best solve their own problem. It is very well cross-referenced within the text so that if you find you are in the wrong section, you can easily find the right one - very useful when you want to go back a reread some particular information.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You need this book, September 14, 2000

By A Customer

This book saved my sanity. It is great because it gives you choices and options so you chose what you feel comfortable with. Three friends had babies about the same time I did, they could not believe how great my son slept. I loaned them the book, now their children are amazing sleepers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not right for pre-toddler, very cheap book, February 25, 2003

By	Kendra J. Hoffman "Kendra" (Chaska, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book for help with my 8 month old's sleep pattern, and found it to be completely unhelpful. It quotes studies but does not give footnotes or other support as to WHAT studies, or any data about the studies (how many children were involved, etc.) In the sections I read, the only person quoted was Dr. Ferber.

I did like the section on determining what kind of sleeping problem the child has, but when I turned to the section for help with that problem (for me, it was a "trained night crier"), despite the book claiming that there were "fortunately...many options," the two options were cry it out (the "cold turkey" approach) and cry it out, but check on the baby every 5 - 10 - 15 minutes (the "reassuring" approach). Then the chapter ends!

The clincher for me, though, was how cheap the book itself is. The printing is on brown, easy-to-tear pages and goes all the way to the edges of the page - two marks of the truly mass mass-market paperback. Plus, the whole cover pulled completely off the spine - the glue just totally gave way - the very first time I tried to read it!

I think this book might contain better and more varied advice for parents whose children are older - there are a lot of solutions involving discussing, cajoling, and otherwise verbally interacting with your child. But for this mom, it really didn't fit the bill.