I noticed the No-cry sleep solution on my bedside table yesterday and realized I haven't consulted it in a long time, which, I'm sure you will agree, is an excellent state of affairs.

I had little-to-no sleep issues with our newborn, and this is due at least in part to the fact that I read this book, following a friend's suggestion, very early on (during the first 2 months of her life as I breastfed her non-stop), before any sleep "problems" ever arised. I remember marvelling at all the details in the book and felt sorry for all the mothers who needed all that advice. I have since picked it up again as we went through a small series of night-snacking. The book reminded me of little things I had forgotten and we are off on another 12-hour-nights run for a long time.

Now that I look back, I realize that I was able to prevent many interrupted nights without much thought thanks simply to the knowledge acquired from reading all that experience-based advice and the words of other mothers quoted in the book. It was as if I had dozens of sisters, aunts and mothers shouldering me and teaching me what to expect as a new mother, and who can argue with the power of that!?

The three most important concepts in the whole book for me were the "vow" to fill baby's tummy before sleep, the routine before sleep, and confirming what my insctincts were already dictating: that when baby is crying, you go to her because her needs, whatever they may be, are necessarily legitimate.

My next read: The no-cry discipline solution. Can't wait to prevent more issues by being educated and supported by this wonderful author!

I cannot say enough great things about this book. I stumbled upon it at the bookstore a few weeks back. I was looking for anything to help me get out of the fog I was walking around in from lack of sleep. I have a 10 month old daughter who is "determined, stubborn, and strong willed". This is a quote from her pediatrician. We got to the point where she would wake up 8 to 10 times a night wanting to nurse and if she didn't she would SCREAM. I mean really scream!!!! She hated her crib and would get so upset that she would start hyperventilating.

The cover with the lovely sleeping baby pulled me in and by the first paragraph I was enthralled. What made me like this book so much was the easy, gentle, open suggestions for each UNIQUE family. We were seriously sleep deprived and I was crying at the drop of a hat. Pantley's book gave me suggestions for EVERY situation. She covered the breastfeeder, the bottle feeder, co-sleeping, crib sleeping etc. At first my husband rolled his eyes at me because he said NOTHING would work..she was just stubborn. He is now Pantley's second biggest fan! (behind me of course).

I am so delighted and amazed to say that our little girl is now sleeping through the night most nights. We made a plan, STUCK TO IT, and by the 3rd night she only woken up twice, AND she put herself back to sleep once!!! I can honestly tell you that the thought and love in which the author puts into this book makes you truly feel like you will make it through...and then if you use the book correctly, YOU DO! I am going on the 3rd night of sleeping through the night and it's only been 3 weeks since we started this. Since the 3rd night we've only had 2 night wakings max and we don't ever have to take her out of the crib if we have to intervene. Using Pantley's suggestions she now loves her crib! It's wonderful!

I was desperate and at the end of my rope. This book was a blessing! I recommend it to everyone.

I couldn't get past Pantley's phase 1. Whenever I put my child down, she screamed bloody murder. Pantley says if your child cries when you put them down, pick them up and start over again. It may take 4 or 5 tries, according to Pantley, in the beginning. Usually after the 8th try in two hours, we gave up and brought our daughter into bed with us. And then nobody got any quality sleep.

I have since found relief with Ferber. When I actually decided to read his book, it made a lot of sense. He's not the heartless monster that he's portrayed as by many people. After the 4th night of the Ferber method she was sleeping 11 hours with only brief periods of non-wakeful whimpering through the night. She probably spent less time crying with Ferber, than she did in the couple months I spent trying to work with Pantley's ideas.

That's the word I would use to describe the book. With my second daughter (who was just as the first one a terrible sleeper) a health visitor suggested I "let her cry it out". The result was both of us crying haf the night and now almost two years on, she still is a horrible sleeper.

When I was pregnant with the little one, I read this book. We started the system when she was just three weeks old and she is a delight. She'll fall asleep on her own at night. When she wakes up for a feed, she'll drink, and go back to sleep.....just like that! No dummy's, no walking her to sleep, no endless crying, just blissfull sleep!

She is happy, content and well rested, and I'll be too....as soon as I teach my middle daughter to sleep ;-)

I found this book after an intense research of a solution to make may baby sleep a few hours all together because after 10 months without sleeping well my mind and body were not responding correctly. Despite of it, I could not even think of the idea of letting my baby cry out and make him suffer because an egoist need of mine. I did not why but my baby needed me to sleep a I had to be with him because I have decided to have a child a I had a responsibility for that.

When I read the book I found all its comments and experiences completely reasonable. And I could also understand many of behaviors of my baby.

I get identified with it so I knew I could be able to try those techniques. So I use all the patience that I had had for 10 month to dedicate 20 days to prove them. And it worked. My baby started to sleep more hours each night. I also used to thinking that might not happen in the short time but it did.

I recommend this book to all the mothers that love their baby and need to sleep but knowing that their baby are sleeping happy and peacefully too, knowing that their mothers love them and they will be there for them if they needs them.

I am very thankful with the book and Elizabeth Pantley for being so generous to sharing her experience and solutions to help other mother to change that non-nice situation.

Give the book and your baby a chance and your life will change.

Daniela from Argentina
I am a proud mother of my loving baby

If you are looking for a book that gives you a wonderful alternative to "cry it out", this is the book for you! I disagreed with doing anything but firm love to help my child learn to sleep and this book allows you to do that, plus with the variety of techniques, it seems to give longer lasting results without having to "reteach" your child after a sickness, etc...thank you Elizabeth!!

I bought this book with the hope that it would be the ultimate solution to all of my nighttime woes. Within the first two chapters it had me reduced to tears. It pretty much states the fact that if you ever let your child cry, you are denying them the basic need of their parent. I could not read past that. I have never felt like throwing a book in the trash until that day. I have since met other Moms who have read this book and have also found it unhelpful to the point of going past guilt and feeling like prisoners to their babies. Not wanting their infants to "suffer" by letting them cry. I would not recommend this book to any parent, guardian, grandparent, not to anyone who spends any kind of time with young children.

I first used the ideas from this book with my daughter, who has special needs. The moment I picked up the book, it made so much sense to me—to change a habit carefully, step by step, rather than trying to quit what we’d been doing since birth “cold turkey.” It took several months of patient work, but it was worth it. Every book I read tells me that children with her needs generally sleep poorly, but my daughter sleeps all night, every night. She is well-rested and that makes her better able to face her challenges and learn and grow. Since my son was born I haven’t worried about his sleep because I knew I could count on this book—and indeed, he is also learning how to sleep well. With patience, this book provides excellent long-term results and many peaceful nights.

This book has by far been the most helpful book that I have read pertaining to parenting books. Within a month of starting this book my son went from waking up twice a night to sleeping for 11 hours straight (he was 3.5 months by this point) I love her gentle aproach to sleep and how simple she made the aproach. I would definetly recommend this book to any and all parents with young children.

What a powerful book. I was recommended this book by my daughters peds doctor and it helped me and my daughter 100%.
Her words were just powerful.
My daughter sleep without the assitance of me for an hour or two laying with her!! wonderful book. Highly recommend it for baby showers too!!!!

I've read a lot of the books that are out there on sleep for babies, and this the only one I've found that's not cry-it-out dressed up in a new package to sell more books. There are no quick fixes in this book, but changing (or creating) sleep habits doesn't happen overnight! This is not a one size fits all solution, but you will find a variety of different tools to use to help YOUR child sleep better.

I'm a new mom and had no idea about baby stuff. My baby was about 2 months and I was totally sleep deprived...I didn't know what to do, everyone was telling me to let him "cry it out" - but I couldn't.

Elizabeth's book really helped me to avoid the "crying out" solution and taught me so many valuable things which I think has helped my baby sleep better. I HIGHLY recommend this book to every mom. Good Luck!

I LOVE this book...

Elizabeth Pantley's book was recommended to me from my daughter's peditrician... OH MY... I NEVER like hearing her cry for long periods of time, and hated the thought of that.. I am so happy and blessed that I found this book.
Elizabeth found a gentle way to get your little angel to sleep, without all of the screaming and crying some other methods rave on.

This book is a MUST for a new mommy, what a great gift for a baby shower!!!!!

Finally, finally - a book that new moms can read and then feel good about themselves. I was so worried that I was the only new mom out there who couldn't bear to hear her baby crying herself to sleep every night, that I was starting to think I was in the wrong. The author does a fantastic job explaining that as moms we are wired to respond to our babies, and there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe this book is a little "duh," but that's exactly what I needed to hear - that the things I was trying such as a bedtime routine, etc., is just fine, and soon my baby will get it. Have you ever met a person yet that hasn't eventually learned to put themselves to sleep?? A great read!!! You should buy it!!

HI
I purchased this book from the advice of my daughter's pediatrician.
I never like the idea of my child CRYING herself to sleep. Mrs. Pantley offers a gentle way and very effective.
This book helped my daughter who is now almost 4, this book is a must for any expecting mommy and for the new MOMs and dad's too :)

A++++

This book is full of useless excerpts from other books and spends more time promoting breastfeeding and co-sleeping than anything. All the suggestions are, well, the only way to describe them are "duh!". If I hadn't of tried all of them all already on my own, I wouldn't be buying books looking for more answers. If you've already tried creating a night time routine and putting them to bed when they're already tired, you're already doing everything the author suggests.

I would recommend this to every parent of a newborn. There are so many tips included, in hindsight I can't even put my finger on one specific thing that was the solution. You just have to go through the little program and you'll see the results. I know when you're so sleep-deprived, having to read a book, let alone do any of the little assignments seems overwhelming, but it will pay off!
In the first 3 months it seemed my son never slept more than 45 minutes at one time. I was beyond worn out and those nights were endless. Within two weeks of using these strategies he was sleeping 5 hours at night and by 4 months old he was sleeping at least 12 hours straight at night and 2 big naps thru the day. Now, at 17 months, he goes to sleep so happily at 7 pm, sleeps thru to 7 or 8 am and wakes up happy and refreshed, with a 2 hour nap each afternoon. I wish I had had access to this book for my older daughter.
This makes for a much better mental state for all involved!
All this without being forced to "cry it out."

My son was waking up every hour or so and would not nap. After reading this book and following a plan for a month he is now sleeping all night and taking a daily two hour nap. I'm telling everyone who will listen about this great book.

I tried this solution when my 6 month old was no longer sleeping through the night. He was waking 2x a night for a bottle. After a month of this, I tried E. Pantley's solution for 2 more months. This did not help us at all, and I spent more time awake than asleep. We went from 2x a night, to 4-6x. I would not recommend this book, as I also found that when you are searching for a solution, there is more reading and writing to do, then solving the problem.

Just to say how great the "no cry sleep solution" is. I did not discover the book until 2mths ago and what a difference it has made to my sons sleeping habits! My son has been an awful sleeper since birth. He is now 22mths and has gone from;

*having no regular sleep pattern, being breastfed to sleep and waking up to six times a night to be fed
to;
*regular naptime, bedtime routine, falling to sleep with a story and sleeping most nights from 9.30pm to 7.30am.

I could not believe it (especially as he has been a poor sleeper for such a long time). I found the book very interesting to read and the ideas simple to implement. There is a section that tells you how to log progress and I found this a real help with keeping me focused.

I am so happy to find a book which actually looks at the needs of parents and children (rather than just encouraging parents to 'leave' the child to struggle with sleep). My only regret is that I didn't find the book earlier and could have saved myself, husband and most importantly, son from struggling with sleep issues for so long.