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Save Our Sleep: Helping Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night, from Birth to Two Years (Paperback)
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Short Description for Save Our SleepIncludes sleep routines from birth to introducing solids for breast- and bottle-fed babies. This book contains useful information about feeding, weaning, common health concerns and special situations that can affect your baby's sleep pattern.
Full description- Publisher: VERMILION
- Published: 01 April 2010
- Format: Paperback 304 pages
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- Categories: Pregnancy, Birth & Baby Care
- ISBN 13: 9780091929503 ISBN 10: 0091929504
- Sales rank: 51
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Reviews for Save Our Sleep
Do Not Buy
This book lacks evidence. This book is not up to date with breastfeeding advice, and doesn't support healthy emotional development of babies. by nicole antonello
AVOID LIKE PLAGUE
Do yourself a favour and avoid all advice in this book. Quality recent research tells us that controlled crying is not healthy for infant development. No you do not have to suffer sleepless nights but you can use gentle methods like the no-cry sleep method. Happier baby and parents all round! by Helen Pollard
Do you want your kids to sleep or not?
I don't often write in these reivew things but I feel strongly that it is a kindness to help your child to learn how to sleep without you. If they need to cry a little bit, well then that is a small price to pay for a baby that is happy, rested and will sleep well for the rest of his/ her life. I started with this book at 4wk and after about a week of doubting whether it would work or not, he has pretty much been a great sleeper ever since. What I really like is that he never cries when he goes for naps in the day and then when going down at night, he has a lot of moaning and groaning but that is obviously his way of unwinding and he needs it. He then just falls asleep without crying or being upset. It may seem callous to some people but quite honestly I would rather be asleep than sitting next to / rocking / patting etc my kid. And he's going to thank me for it too. by Suzanna Spillane
This book changed my life
I was rocking or feeding my 5 month old to sleep for up to an hour, four times a day (he would only nap for half an hour at a time) before I decided I had to do something, as he was cranky all the time from lack of proper sleep, and I was getting increasingly tired and frustrated. A friend of mine put me onto Tizzie Hall's routine and although I never thought anything would work for my son, it only took me 3 days to get him onto her routine.
The routine is flexible, and you do not have to leave them to cry. In fact, I stayed in my baby's room rubbing him and singing to him (but not picking him up) until he fell asleep. Now I just plonk him in his cot and he goes straight to sleep, and has two naps of 1 1/2 hours.
I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, and the book is a little disjointed, but the key for me was the actual routine. The timings just seem to work. I have tried Gina Ford, but the gaps between feeds are too long for my little man, and the sleep times also don't suit him.
I believe it's cruel to not sleep-train your baby - even if it does involve a little harmless crying while you're in the room. At the end of the day, a baby who learns how to put himself to sleep is SO much happier. And parents are too.
Since having found out about Tizzie Hall, I have spoken to at least three other mums who it also works for. One even set up a shrine to Tizzie in her house! I'm not saying that it will work for every baby, as every baby is different. But I say buy the book, see what she has to say, try the routine (and stick with it rigidly for at least 5 days) and see if it works for you. I am about to purchase 3 more copies for friends who are pregnant because I believe in her routine so much. And for those who think a routine is too much work - I still manage to get out and about and socialise at least twice a day! by Angela Trixldetrimental to child psychology
The author of this book is not a parent herself and therefore has no emotional attachment to the children whom she let's cry (protest) themselves to sleep. she has no qualifications in psychology or related discipline. There are no references and therefore her methods are poorly supported by any evidence base. Letting your child cry themselves to sleep whether you call it self-soothing or protesting is detrimental to their psychological and emotional wellbeing and development. according to attachment theory for an infant to develop a into and emotional healthy and secure and confident human being a child needs a rapid response from their caregiver when in distress. This helps the child to believe that their voice is worthy of being heard, gives them a sense of feeling secure and develops a positive attachment relationship with their caregiver. This relationship sets the foundation for the relationships they form later in life. I tried this technique with my son and it near ripped my heart out of my chest. In the western world mothers take advice from so called experts like Tizzie Hall even when their intinctive feeling tells them that it's not the best for their child. Everyone I know who has used this technique reports that it was the hardest thing they have ever done to listen to their baby cry and not respond. This is a natural instinct - listen to it! The technique is convenient and fits into the western idealism of being in control and being convenient but it does nothing to rear an emotionally secure child. Personally, i dont know how the author sleeps at night. by Sian Ord
It worked for my family.
I used this book as a guide for my first baby (2 yrs) after it was highly recommended by a string of young mothers. I have also been referring to it for my second(4 months).
I think that routine is important-and healthy for children (and for me). They know what to expect from day to day- and so do you. The book outlines a suggested routine and uses a few case studies for some sleep problems- which was great to refer to.
My kids have slept well using this book - without the use of food/milk or me rocking them to sleep- which can be very tiring for a parent/carer- especially if you are doing that for every sleep! With my help- they learnt how to settle & resettle themselves (after I made sure they were fed, comfortable and safe).
I have spoken to a few people who have been to sleep school/ or have had specialists in their home and the theories are very similar/same to the book.
Since having my own I have learnt that everyone has different ways/ideas/theories, which I entirely respect. The important thing is that the child is in a safe and happy home. This book helped me to make sure my kids have a mother & father who was well slept & happy. by Tatiana BondA Grim Parenting Book
I bought this book and read it through, only to be shocked and disappointed. The author provides a callous method to parent young babies to sleep. I'm sure that this book eventually works for most people, but at what cost to the baby I wonder.
Tizzie Hall explains that it's OK to let your baby 'protest' (cry) for as long as necessary by themselves to eventually learn to self settle. There were so many frustrating pieces of advice in Tizzie's book that I don't even want to go any further than to simply plead with you, don't buy this book...Seek out gentler methods for your baby. I found Elizabeth Pantley's - No Cry Sleep Solution' fantastic. It was a 'one size does not fit all' book with tons of great of advice for almost every scenario and every parent.
I prefer to read advice that teaches me how to encourage my baby to sleep in a more gentle and nurturing way that maintains a strong connection between parent and child, especially speaking from a breastfeeding point of view.
Reading Tizzie's book surprisingly made me more confident and comfortable with my own mothering method. It made me realise that it's OK to do the opposite to what the 'Baby Whisperer' instructs. Especially when you find out her years of experience were mostly as a child and a nanny to someone else's children. by Kate- Top review
rubbish
There is some really bad breastfeeding advice here that goes against ABA recommendations. Book lacks referencing and goes against research regarding infant mental health. There are better parenting/sleep books out there that are evidence based. Don't waste your money. by Andrea Bennet
Don't waste your money
Author lacks qualifications and book lacks references. So many better parenting/sleep books out there by qualified professionals who actually know what they are talking about. Very bad breast feeding advice too - don't waste your money on this one. by blackjellybeanie
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