I found it really helpful. In the depths of fatigue it's hard to find a way anywhere so I found her straight forward, talk you through it, ideas really good. She helped us realise we had offered no pre-bedtime rythmn for our son and he still has bath and our little wind down time every night now. I was going a bit insane having to rock my son to sleep for every sleep so I adapted her "pull out/put in" method of breaking feeding to sleep to a "put down/pick up" method of teaching him to self settle without crying.

I did the full on checklists and notes about everything for a little bit (less than a month) and THAT was a pain in the neck. I appreciated having something to try and I did it and evaluated what was happening but I couldn't keep it up- way too much work and made the whole thing too stressful IMO.

My one gripe would be that she insists your child HAS to go to sleep the first time in the night the way you want them to sleep all night or else it will NEVER work. A little too strict for my tastes and I discovered she's wrong

My overall rec is to read it and try it if you are struggling but don't feel you have to do away with your Mummy instincts- no book should make you feel that way.