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	• The 90-Minute Baby Sleep Program: Follow Your Child's Natural Sleep Rhythms for Better Nights and Naps Polly Moore Workman Publishing Company, 2008 - 184 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best Baby Sleep Book Out There

After trying several other methods with few or no results, we tried this plan when our daughter was 8 months old -- approximately 3 weeks ago. She is sleeping better at night, which we expected in part due to her age, but more importantly, she is sleeping much better throughout the day, which has drastically reduced her fussy periods, particularly in the evening. I wish we'd found this book before she was born.

One of the things I like about it is there's no preaching a particular philosophy, such as Ferberizing, attachment parenting, etc. The author gives you a framework, and it's up to you as a parent to decide how exactly to implement it. The basics are driven by science, and the basics work, period.

In order to get the most from this book, I think it's important to read it in its entirety, because it helps to understand the physiology driving sleep and alertness patterns.

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Baby Sleep Book

I purchased this for my granddaughter who was having problems with her newborn's sleeping habits. It helped somewhat, so for that she was very grateful.

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If only everyone had this on Day 1!!!

This book is a *MUST HAVE*, without hesitation! Try it, you will not regret it. Just learning to watch for the sleep cues at 90 minutes has been the biggest help! Now my baby is getting the naps she needs. She rarely reaches the frustrated point of having to cry herself to sleep because of exhaustion, since I catch her cues and get her to sleep when she needs it! And what a great idea to make it spiral bound - finally somebody realized that a spiral-bound book is MUCH easier to use for mothers that are holding a sleeping baby in their arms and trying to desperately catch up on baby reading!!! Easy and quick to read. The actual program part is only 2 pages long, with lots of useful info before & after. So it's simple and yet, effective!!! I have now bought this for two pregnant friends. Other methods are useful but they are all "parenting" methods (cry your baby to sleep, don't cry your baby to sleep, etc). But this book is not that kind of method - it teaches you what you need to know about our biology to help you understand your baby's rythms... and hence, you can respond to their needs faster and easier! At 2.5 months, my baby was putting herself to sleep without having had to try either cry or no cry method. Simply by following her cues... And she is taking 3 short naps and 1 long nap a day (and before, she was going for 16 hours straight with 30 minutes nap IN TOTAL!!!). A must read - just give it a try!!

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Wish I would have had this book sooner...

In the six months since my son Benjamin was born, I have read every book on baby sleep available on the market. (Or at least it feels that way!) From Ferber to Pantley, who represent opposite ends of the baby sleep debate, I have been bombarded by different tips and tricks on how to get my son to sleep most effectively. My biggest problem to date has been determining a nap schedule that works for him. Dr. Moore provides a melding of all the philosophies in a direct, functional approach that is based on sound scientific research. I always like to know the WHY behind the choices I make as a parent, and she provides some interesting commentary on why many parents face the problems they do when it comes to baby sleep.

After employing her principals with my son for just a few days, I have noticed a tremendous difference in the quality of his daytime sleep. The BRAC (Basic Rest and Activity Cycle) is strong in him! I will recommend this book to all of my friends with young babies or to anyone I know of who is having a baby because the information makes so much sense. Currently, I just laid Benjamin down for his nap, and he's on the edge of falling asleep, making a few happy noises, right at the end of his 90 minute cycle. (Almost to the minute! It's sort of scary!)

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For every parent who struggles with their baby's sleep (and for every parent who wishes their toddler had better sleep habits), finally a straightforward, all-natural solution to help baby get the sleep she needs?both through the night and during the day.

A sleep researcher with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, Dr. Polly Moore has created a simple, foolproof method based on the basic human rest and activity cycle (BRAC), which occurs every hour and a half. According to the BRAC, baby should go back for a nap a mere 90 minutes after waking up?that's right: 90 minutes.

The program is called N.A.P.S.?Note time when baby wakes up, Add 90 minutes, Play, feed, or pursue other activities, then, at the end of the 90 minutes, Soothe baby back to sleep. When baby wakes up again, whether after a short or a long nap, start the cycle over. And, although it sounds counterintuitive, frequent napping actually helps baby sleep through the night.

In a reassuring and accessible style, Dr. Moore explains how and why the program works; the benefits of napping?a happier, healthier baby with a headstart on cognitive development and emotional intelligence; how to implement it for babies at various ages, from two weeks to a year; and how to use it to solve common sleep programs, such as a baby's need to be held, baby waking up too early in the morning, baby getting a second wind before bedtime, baby confusing day and night, and more. The Wire-O-bound book includes a guided journal for recording baby's sleepy signals and sleep difficulties, a daily log for keeping track of baby's nap times, and space to note baby's milestones?all peppered with humorous, inspirational quotes.

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