Any Feedback on these books: "Save Our Sleep" & "Baby Whisperer"

[MantaRay]

I am not a fan of either of those books. The recommendations in there go against my intuition and Save Our Sleep has some suggestions which could well cause problems with maintaining your milk supply.

I much prefer Pinky McKay's books, such as Sleeping Like a Baby (and for later, Toddler Tactics), and I also love The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley.

[BellyBelly]

I second that... if you do a search in this forum for the authors or books you will get loads of previous discussions on the topic.

Any of the books here are ones BellyBelly recommends for credible, researched and quiality reading.

[rufalina]

I have not read either of those, but can recommend the The no cry sleep solution. I have just read it and really loved it. The methods in it are just what I was looking for for my DS... Really intuitive and gentle. I am in the process of trying out the methods in it. I wish I had read it before DS was born...

Good Luck with your new baby!!!

[Visitor7]

If you want flexiblility with a routine, then I would not recommend Tizzi Hall's Save Our Sleep. It is based on a very strict routine, which I personally don't approve of.

I, like MantaRay, enjoyed Pinky McKay's books.

[Nai]

If you don't want anything too prescriptive then you won't like Save Our Sleep - it's very much along the lines of strict routines.

[Lulu]

Save our Sleep, um no thanks. I took it back the same week I got it!

[nic]

I too was reccomended Save our sleep, so when I was near a bookshop, I checked it out. I flicked through, found a page, and read a paragraph and laughed out loud in the shop!
DH came to see what I was laughing about, when I showed him, he said to put it back on the shelf!

Nic

[BhoysGirl]

I agree with everyone above, Pinky Mackay & Elizabeth Pantley are the queens, and worth every cent you might pay for them.

IMHO, Contented Little Baby books are great if you need to start a fire.

Good luck with everything, it's a very exciting time.

[Noreen]

Hi AnnaBelle,

I agree when everyone. The routines in save our sleep are very similar to the ones in Contented Baby. I tried to follow the Save our Sleep routine and both me and DD were miserable. She did follow it for a couple of days but a actually felt more tired with expressing and dream feeding... Much better to read her signs and means i get to have a life!

Good luck with your new bundle of joy. Hope all goes well.

[YoYo]

I am a total earth mother and am currently reading Pinky McKay's book Sleeping like a baby and am loving it so far! I also have no-cry sleep solution which is also a great book.

I DID read contented little baby book and it worked for a little while but I realised that things don't ever happen 'by the book' anyway, so you may as well just go with the flow and have some ideas on hand that may help with settling etc from an early age. Every baby is different!

Good luck