Chesney M. reviewed Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep (The Growing Family Ser.) on + 2 more book reviews
I wish that I had read this book when my daughter was a newborn. I think the most important thing I would have gotten out of it, was not how to get her to sleep, but to readjust my expectations of what is "normal" for babies. In retrospect I did many of the things that Dr. Sears recommends, but through my own trial and error. It would have helped to just get his tips straightaway and realize that she wouldn't sleep through the night for a lot longer than I would have liked. He is a big proponent of co-sleeping, which we did not do - partially because neither my husband nor I wanted to and my daughter never seemed to sleep that way either. She always had to be sitting up in her bouncy seat, swing or carseat to sleep more than 15 minutes. I know he says you'll all get more sleep if you're together, but I to this day can't sleep well if she's in the same room with us - I hear every little noise she makes. I used to be able to sleep through tornadoes - funny what motherhood does to you!
