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13 Reddit comments about Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep:

u/RubyRhod · 40 pointsr/AskMen

Is it this one: Healthy Sleep Happy Baby: 30 Empower Strategies to Soothe Your Little One to Sleep https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YI15QHY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_iNFEzbRT0HZA5

Or this one: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553394800/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_QNFEzbC7AS1BX

u/CohibaVancouver · 14 pointsr/Fitness

Dad of two kids here.

Buy these two books -

https://www.amazon.com/Happiest-Block-Revised-Updated-Second/dp/0553393235

https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0553394800

...read them twice and commit to them.

"Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" is sometimes difficult to put into practice, but once you do, your kid will sleep through the night. If you don't believe me, believe the Amazon reviews.

The other thing I would suggest is if you have the money and space, bring the gym home. I have a rowing machine at home. You don't need a gym to do pushups, sit-ups and burpees.

u/marbel · 4 pointsr/Parenting

I didn’t have a nanny in my plan, either! I can only say it’s a mix between you getting used to less sleep, and making sure the baby is getting enough. I can not say enough how much this book changed my world: healthy sleep habits happy child. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0553394800/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517599049&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=healthy+sleep+habits+happy+child&dpPl=1&dpID=51LFPG307GL&ref=plSrch

I started it when my first baby was 2 wks old and am still devoted to it after my second child.

It gets SO MUCH better!

u/danibberg · 4 pointsr/getdisciplined

I've been there. You previously had a good routine so there's no much to add since you know how it's done. It will get easier in a few months as your child gets older and start sleeping through the night. This book will help to keep you and your partner sane: https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0553394800/.

u/TheHatOnTheCat · 3 pointsr/beyondthebump

No idea about the head thing. Probably fine? Ask your doc.

According to Dr. Weissbluth newborns need to be put to sleep after 2 hours of wakefulness or earlier at the first sign of sleepiness. Being awake for more then two hours at a time makes a newborn overtired. He also warns that fussiness peaks at 6 weeks and even easy babies may be more fussy and harder to console about this age. It shall pass. Around 8 weeks sleep starts to normalize.

Dr. Weissbluth also writes to never wake a sleeping baby. Personaly, as our little bug originally had day night reversal we did practice the wake her if she was sleeping past 3 hours in the middle of the day (this was a night stretch that belongs at night, and off different medical advice) but you should not just stop babies from napping.

Have you looked at the Happiest Baby on the Block 5 Ss? (Google it.) You can watch the DvD or even just youtube videos if you don't want to read the whole book, or first to get the general idea. There are baby soothing startgies and Dr. Karp claims they work better together. For example adding swaddling, white noise, and/or a pacifier might make your baby do better with bouncing. We did find the swaddling, shaking, and shushing shockingly effective on our newborn. (She doesn't like pacifiers.) Also, early on swaddling helped with sleep a lot.

Edit: Here is a video of Dr Karp's 5 Ss on Dr Phil. Also, instead of the blanket husband and I used the Halso Sleepsack Swadles and they were great. Much easier/fast then a balanket, good for baby's hips as they are tight around the torso but loose on hips/legs, and also allow you to switch to arms out at 2.5 months when she started sucking her hands to slef-sooth.

u/FastFishLooseFish · 2 pointsr/SanJoseSharks

Congratulations dude!

When do you drop the Baby Shark shirts?

This is the only book you need. The writing isn't great, but the info is gold.

u/Super_fluffy_bunnies · 2 pointsr/BabyBumps

Great question! I want to check out some of the other books mentioned here.

Our household also believes in free-range parenting, and I'm so with you on sleep being a priority. Our LO is 5 weeks old now, and I've found two that are helpful on sleep:

  • [Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child] (https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0553394800/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YJTSVZWD3FQYRA9HP7RK) by Marc Weisbluth
  • Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber

    The first book was recommended by a co-worker who had good luck with it. It gives a good overview of what to expect week-by-week, month-by-month and into childhood. Basically, it takes about 6 weeks for circadian rhythms to develop, so until then the goal is just to learn to put the baby down "drowsy, but awake," so that she learns how to self-soothe and fall asleep on her own, rather than depending on a parent to rock her to sleep. We're not sleeping through the night yet, but we're pretty consistently seeing 3 and 4 hour stretches at night, and naps are getting shorter to compensate.

    I'm only about halfway through Ferber, and I really like how it goes into sleep cycles. Basically, babies start with 5-10 minutes of REM, then fall into deep sleep. So when she's extra fussy and needs to be rocked to sleep, I know I can watch for the REM cycle to complete, then put her down when she's in deep sleep. Much of the sleep training content won't be appropriate until our baby is older. I like that it's not straight up "cry it out," but more strategies to get a baby/child to sleep with limited crying. Here's hoping that starting early works.

    BTW, I loved Expecting Better. Such a relief to drink coffee guilt-free. I think the author is working on an evidence-based book about infants, but I'm not sure when it will be out.
u/handywife6 · 2 pointsr/beyondthebump

I know they are so stinking pricey for what they are! I only bought one of them and it sorta worked for a while until he started rolling over and then it wasn’t on his chest anymore. Hang in there!

Might I recommend the book “Healthy sleep happy child” our pediatrician recommended this book to us and it covers all different ages and stages of sleep with different strategies. We moved our sons bedtime earlier which really helped and did one of the sleep training strategies in this and finally got our son to sleep through the night at 16 months - he is still a work in progress and we have to redo sleep training every so often when he gets sick or something changes. He’s always been a horrendous sleeper! He’s 2 1/2 now and sometimes wakes once in the night still.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553394800/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_cm.UBbZZXCDWB

u/stephinary · 2 pointsr/Parenting

I don't remember exactly what he says. I got the book from the library, so I don't have it on hand. My kid sleeps about 12 hours at night with one nap midday, 1-2 hours.


https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0553394800/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UGEDAMWRMQFC&keywords=weissbluth%27s+healthy+sleep+habits%2C+happy+child&qid=1549658452&sprefix=weissbluth%2Caps%2C278&sr=8-1

u/belchertina · 2 pointsr/breakingmom

You should check out https://www.preciouslittlesleep.com/. Read through the articles there. Then, if you need to, you can join the Facebook group and ask questions. They're super helpful. It's pro-sleep training, but honestly, it sounds like you're at that point. The real goal of sleep learning is that the baby learns to put himself to sleep independently, without boob/rocking/walking/etc., so that when he DOES wake up in the middle of the night, he can go back to sleep easily if he's not wet/hungry/sick. There will be crying, but it sounds like he's crying now, AND not getting the sleep he needs, so it will be an improvement! You and your SO really need to be on the same page with this, or it won't work. But if you're doing the heavy lifting right now (the walking, the boob, the naps during the day) then in my opinion, it's your decision. You'll most likely have a week or less of crying, and then magical sleep.

You may also want to read the Ferber book, and for extra credit, the Weissbluth book. They both explain the science behind sleep, which helped me tremendously. They also give lots of ideas for teaching your baby to sleep independently. We did the Ferber method around 6 months, and now I know that if he wakes up at night, he's wet or sick, and it doesn't happen often.

u/CooCooCoco · 2 pointsr/beyondthebump

Talk your pediatrician about dropping the night feeding. One of the books (healthy sleep, happy baby?) discusses the change in sleep patterns around this age and it's when they really begin to need to learn to put themselves (back) to sleep. At some point soon the night feed is about your supply and is a comfort feed for baby - they don't really need the overnight nutrition anymore. He's waking up and wanting you to put him back to sleep - it's not a great habit for him and you'll both be happier and better rested if he learns to put himself back to sleep.

I highly recommend the book at this age anyway. As their sleep needs change, their routine needs to change. The description you posted sounds like an overtired baby. Once he learns to put himself back to sleep that will help, but he may also need a nap or bedtime adjustment. I feel like the whole first year was just a long series of sleep adjustments while my girl consolidated her nap schedule.

Edited to add: hang in there! The 4 month sleep transition was hard! The rest of them are much easier!