A short booklet

This booklet is only a few ideas taken from other Sears books. I was desperate for sleep and needed help but this didn't do it. I finally found the book that Sears recommends called No Cry Sleep Solution which is compatible with all Sear's teaching and has great solutions.

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Good in theory....

I do much of the attatched parenting method. We breastfeed, cosleep some of the time, wear our baby, and respond immediately to cries. At four months old, my baby was still getting up every hour and a half. I couldn't do it anymore. These techniques are great if your baby is sleeping for three hour stretches, but for us, having a baby that was up every hour or so was getting to be too much. We did two nights of crying it out and we now have a baby that sleeps. He is happy, well-rested and an absolute joy. Heaven!

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Dr. Sears is impractical (...)

Dr. Sears style of attachment parenting sounded pretty attractive before my child was born, but the reality of applying his theories has proven to be less than perfect. I resent the notion that a baby should be "attached" to mom at all hours of the day and night as a means of ensuring that the child does not feel abandoned. The truth of the matter is that moms need sleep too in order to be the best possible parent. In addition, babies need to learn how to fall asleep and return to sleep without the [mother] in order to get a head start on long-term sleeping skills. Our society, and our families, demand this (...)

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