Review “Exhaustion is no longer the fate of all new parents. Now babies and toddlers―and their parents ―can sleep better and longer thanks to Dr. Karp’s practical advice and wisdom.” (Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post)“This book is a breakthrough! Poor sleep doesn’t just cause exhaustion; it even triggers obesity - of children and parents! With ingenuity and insight Dr. Karp reveals simple steps to boost sleep...and promote the health of the entire family.” (Francine Kaufman, MD, past-president American Diabetes Association, author of Diabesity)“What a great job! Dr. Karp weaves together modern science and ancient wisdom to dispel common sleep myths. His simple, clear advice will help your little one sleep through the night.” (Gary Freed, DO, FAAP, FACOP, Director, Pediatric Sleep Center, Emory University School of Medicine)“If you’re starting to feel ‘sleep’ only exists in a dictionary, then this book was written for you! America’s #1 pediatrician can help turn your nightly stress into glorious rest.” (Laurie David, Mom, Producer - An Inconvenient Truth, Author - The Family Dinner)“I learned more about kids’ sleep from this book than in my entire thirty years of practice. Dr. Karp’s great advice will make you the happiest parents on the block!” (Harley Rotbart, MD, Professor, Vice Chair of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, author of No Regrets Parenting)“Dr. Karp’s white noise advice is incredibly helpful for boosting sleep. I recommend it to my patients...and even use it with my own children! (Ian Paul, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, Penn State College of Medicine)“Dr. Karp is a parenting hero! His Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep would have helped tremendously when I was an exhausted new mom. It’s a must have resource for all families.” (Jane Honikman, MS, Founder Postpartum Support International)“Sleep deprivation often pushes moms into postpartum depression. Dr. Karp’s fabulous new book is at the top of my list to help all new parents get the sleep they need to stay healthy and enjoy this precious time of life.” (Lucy Puryear, MD, Medical Director, The Women's Place: Center for Reproductive Psychiatry, Texas Children's Hospital, President, Postpartum Support International)Amazing! Dr. Karp has done it again! With wit and wisdom he reveals the simple steps to get precious extra hours of rest. This remarkable book will have your babies and toddlers sleeping in no time! (Roni Cohen Leiderman, PhD, Dean, Mailman Segal Center for Human Development, Nova Southeastern University Roni Cohen Leiderman, PhD, Dean, Mailman Segal Center for Human Development, Nova Southeastern University Roni Cohen Leiderman, PhD, Dean, Mail)“Mixing good science―with a welcome dose of humor―this once-in-a-generation sleep book will strengthen your skills and lower your stress.” (Jetta Bernier, Executive Director, Massachusetts Citizens for Children) Read more From the Back Cover Finally, kids do come with instructions!Surprisingly simple steps to boost your little child's sleep fast!Dr. Harvey Karp made doctors applaud and parents cheer with his brilliant solutions to centuries-old problems such as colic and tantrums. Now, in The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep, he works his magic once again on the #1 parent complaint: exhaustion! Dr. Karp's surprising insights include: Why parents should always wake their sleeping babies when they ease them into bed! How a new type of white noise can boost your baby's or toddler's sleep by 1 to 2 hours! Easy "no-cry" tips that end infant and toddler bedtime struggles in just days!Plus dozens more foolproof tips that have helped thousands of families turn nighttime shrieks into nightlong slumber. Read more About the Author Harvey Karp, M.D., is a nationally celebrated pediatrician, child development specialist, and children's environmental health advocate. He is on the faculty of the USC School of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Karp's books and DVDs, The Happiest Baby on the Block, The Happiest Toddler on the Block, and The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep, teach parents breakthrough techniques to reduce infant crying, boost sleep, build toddler patience, and stop tantrums. Millions of parents have benefited from his advice, including celebrities such as Madonna, Michelle Pfeiffer, Larry David, Jewel, and Pierce Brosnan. Translated into more than twenty languages and taught across America by thousands of Happiest Baby educators, the enormous popularity of Dr. Karp's work has made him one of the most read—and most trusted—pediatricians in history. Read more
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but may find another method or book more useful.
This book would be incredibly helpful if you read it before your baby is is three months old. After that it is of limited use because most of the advice depends on you having done what the book said when your baby was a newborn. Late comers will still get some helpful tips, but may find another method or book more useful.
A**I
Brilliant.
LIFE. SAVER.Used the techniques outlined in this book, and both my kids are amazing sleepers. After bringing our first home from the hospital (now 3.5 years old), we looked at each other, crying, exhausted, in pain, not knowing what the heck to do with this tiny, screaming, starving human that wouldnt sleep. This was recommended to us by a friend who said "read it BEFORE you have the baby", but we didn't, and that was a HUGE mistake. So, while trying to breastfeed and dealing with the pain of a rough delivery and 30 hours of labor, and after not having slept for about 6 days, got this for the kindle and sort of read it while in a stupor, and seriously, this changed our lives. Used the same techniques for my second (now 14 months) and he still resists naps, but both of my kids started sleeping through the night at a young age. And really, my second would be a terrible sleeper if it wasnt for the techniques in this book. He takes a 2-3 hour morning nap, a 1-2 hour afternoon nap (usually), and sleeps about 11-12 hours at night. My first still takes an awesome 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and sleeps about 11 hours at night.If you need to know what the essentials are for a new parent, this is one of them! I now buy this for every baby shower I go to. All a new parent needs is this book, a crib, a swaddle or sleep sack, a white noise machine, a wubbanub, a few onesies & footy pajames, loads of diapers, and boobs/formula. All the other stuff they tell you to get is really just for fun! :)Good luck!
G**R
Must read, don’t let your baby cry!!!!
Forget “healthy sleep habits happy baby” or “baby wise”. I tried to do a few things they said and it only led me to having to let my baby cry and frustration. I tried since day one to let my son soothes himself, so I wouldn’t have to let him cry. It didn’t work. I tried early bedtimes like 5:30-6. Ridiculous, my baby was crying a lot for a week because I thought he was on a phase but once I pushed his bed time for later, realizing he was fighting because he wasn’t tired to go to bed that early, he was great. Once I got that solved I started realizing those books weren’t what I should be following unless I’d be ok with letting him cry. If you’re against “let your baby cry it out” you MUST buy and try this before. I’ve read the “regular” first book from Dr. Karp and it helped me a lot at the first few months as I started swaddling and understand his 4th trimester. I’d put the swaddler on and he’d fall asleep right away with no soothing at all. I do white noise and he sleeps soooo much better too!!! Now with my 5 months old baby I was having nap issues and saw myself having to let my baby cry. Plus he’d wake up almost every hour on the wonder weeks or every three hours normally! Once I got this book it has solved everything and my baby only wakes up once at night with almost 0 crying. I say almost as I do let him be for the first 2 min to see if he won’t go back to sleep but besides that, everything that’s written on this book makes sense and all the suggestions work.
D**R
Buy this book
LIFE-CHANGING! You do not need to read the entire book to follow the system, but I was so impressed with it that I read the entire thing. I used this in combination with the CD of white noise and had my daughter sleeping through the night the very first night I implemented it (at two months old). I could almost see the relief in her eyes as I followed this system and she was finally able to get the sleep she was desperate for. It has been four years and I STILL play the CD in her room each night. This is my go-to baby shower book and I have purchased it countless times since.
N**L
Good Starting Place, not Specific.
If you're needing an overview of infant sleep and need a starting place to help your baby sleep this is great. But if you already know the 5 S's and have an understanding/knowledge of infant sleep you'd probably want to pass. I was hoping this laid out more of a plan than it does. So...just not what I was specifically looking for but still super informative and well written.
E**L
Very little new information from the original Happiest Baby on the Block (which we couldn't live without) ...
Very little new information from the original Happiest Baby on the Block (which we couldn't live without) and this book itself is pretty redundant. Felt like the Groundhogs Day of reading. I think the better pairing is Happiest Baby on the Block + No Cry Sleep Solution.
A**R
Stuck to his strategies and had our little one go ...
Stuck to his strategies and had our little one go from struggling with naps and never sleeping more than an hour or so during the night to regular naps and 3-4 hour stretches in the first month. It is definitely worth a try if you have a fussy sleeper!
T**.
A newborn must have!
This book saved my sanity! My sweet baby was a terrible sleeper, didn’t nap more than 30min-45min and up every 1.5 hours in the middle of the night, I was losing my mind from sleep deprivation. Bought this book and implemented the five Ss and started a bedtime routine with my 6 week old baby (bath, swaddle, sleepy aromatherapy, bottle while rocking and dad reading a bedtime story, and then putting down in bassinet in a dark room with white noise... all this triggers the “calming reflex”) and he started sleeping! Still not the best sleeper, but was sleeping in his bassinet by 10-11pm, doing a 4 hour stretch, wake up to feed, and then another 2-3 hour stretch. We have room for improvement but overall doing much better! From now on I will buy this book as a baby shower gift for every first timeMom.
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