Baby & Toddler Sleep Program: How to Get Your Child to Sleep Through the Night, Every Night [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author), Jane Bidder (Author) "Jeremy was 9 months old He was the second child and his parents were astonished an how different he was from the firstborn Jeremy cried..." (more)
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Product Description

Here's an easy-to-follow program to make bedtime a stress-free time for you and your child. Written for tired parents across North America by a child psychiatrist and professor, this amazing baby and toddler sleep program helps take the agony out of bedtime. With proven success, it helps you and your family create a calm and peaceful sleep routine (even for very young children). Helpful techniques and tips take you step-by-step toward a full night's sleep. Learn:

How routines affect your child's sleep.
What sleep patterns are normal for babies and children.
How to prevent a two-year-old from having a tantrum at the words, "Time for bed."
How to help your child cope with nighttime fears.
How to follow a 3-Day Sleep Program to start good habits

The Baby and Toddler Sleep Program is an easy-to-follow routine for the whole family. Clear guidelines, practical and effective tips help reduce stress for you and your child, and assure the whole family more of that precious commoditysleep.

This is an accessible book for tired and frazzled parents (particularly those new to parenting). It gives parents the know-how to be firm, even with a four-year-old. Charts and boxes help make the reading quick and easy. The Baby and Toddler Sleep Program is a must-have guide for new and experienced parents alike. It can make the difference between a six-year-long battle of wills and a guided change of behavior.

About the Author

Jane Bidder has been journalist for more than 20 years. She has been a regular contributor to British magazines and newspaper including Woman, Woman & Home, The Times and The Daily Telegraph. She is married with 3 children.

John Pearce, M.D., has written a wide range of practical books for parents. He speaks at national and international conferences on childcare issues and is a member of numerous professional organizations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Fisher Books; 1 edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555611753
• ISBN-13: 978-1555611750
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #843,279 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A terrible idea!, April 1, 2001

By	"anonymouse2000" (Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews

If you are looking for a book on selfisness, this is it! As new parents, my wife and I were looking for something like this to get our son to sleep through the night. We made the double mistake of; a, buying this book and b, trying out the ideas in it. After a few nights of staying up, listening to our frightened child cry for his parents (and all of us getting less sleep than before I might add) we tossed out the book and went back to our old sleep patterns. So what if your child doesn't sleep through the night? Do you? Each and every night? Not likely. Everyone is different and what most new parents don't need is to be shamed into thinking this is the best system for them (see pages 77-78) he says 'shame' so many times I lost count! Save your money. Listen to your child and to your heart instead, belive me your can't go wrong that way!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Good Nights Sleep!, October 11, 2000

By A Customer

I'm a first time parent and I have been having trouble with my eight month old waking up in the middle of the night, and not falling back to sleep on his own. I initially chose this book because it looked easy to read and was relatively short (I don't have alot of extra time for reading). I already had an idea of what my husband and I had done and what we were doing wrong. This book confirmed my thoughts and reinforced my beliefs about how to fix the problem. The book also helped me to convince my husband that waking up in the night is normal for a baby (and everyone else), that it is best not to rush in and pick him up as soon as he cries, and it is o.k. to let him cry for awhile. I know I would have had a hard time getting my husband to read a longer, more complicated and technical book. After only one night of following the advice in the book, my son fell back to sleep on his own and I had the best nights sleep that I've had in eight months! We did not have a major sleep problem, and some of the information is common sense, however, the book let me, a first time parent, know that my problem was not out of the ordinary and that my instincts about babies and sleep were correct. The book also offered additional information about sleep of which I was unaware, that will help with this baby now and in the future, and gave advice that I will definately follow in getting a second child off to the right start sleep-wise.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for selfish, self-centered parents., October 26, 2004

By	Momma McIntosh "Devoted Mother of Two" (Southern by birth... Currently freezing in Michigan) - See all my reviews

Unfortunately, I did not do enough research before purchasing this book. If you are a selfish parent who can't stand being inconvenienced by your child and can live with listening to your child scream her heart out, sob until she's hiccuping, and have to fall asleep like that... hey, go for it. I lasted fifteen minutes and then said to myself... this is INSANE. She's crying, I'm standing outside her room crying, my tough Marine husband is practically in tears... for what? My two-year-old daughter will sleep through the night in her own bed eventually. Right now, she needs me to come in with her a few times a night. If that's what she needs, that's what she needs, and her needs are more important than mine. That's called parenting. All I can say to someone who can actually listen to their dear one sob and ignore it as described in this book.... well, you should have stuck with houseplants and left the parenting for those who don't mind the inconvenience of dealing with a living thing with feelings. This is an awful, awful book. Don't buy it. Buy Sears instead.