As a mother to a 10 month old DD with serious sleep issues and a physio I have to put my 2 cents in!!!

We call this book the bible at Mum's group, it really helped our family get on track. I don't have to follow the routines religiously now, I am more able to allow DD to find her own groove, but when she gets lost or overstimulated and tired I am able to use the same reliable winding down technique to give her the sleep she needs.

Other books and techniques I've tried (and I've tried them all!!!!!) left me physically ill. But this book makes you role play for a week first and work on communicating with your baby so that when it comes time for "sleep training" it's not such a shock to bub. Honestly, there was MUCH less crying for us using this method than with attachment parenting, CIO, NCSS, babywise or tresilian(3 times). I never wanted DD to sleep I just wanted her to be happy when she was awake, for everyone's sake!
DD develops very strong sleep associations and would wake every 20 minutes if I rocked, fed etc to sleep. It got to the point that even she had worked it out and work scream and push me away when she woke. But on the other end of the spectrum she would not cry to sleep and it broke my heart trying
Sheyne's main message is don't fix what's not broken, so you don't have to use a routine unless you need to. She is also pushing the balance in the day affecting night, and this really rings true with us, if DD doesn't eat well (solids and BM) she doesn't sleep well and if she doesn't sleep well she doesn't eat well etc etc etc.

Yes, every baby is different, but actually so is every ankle. Each ankle has a different mechanism of injury, different capacity, endurance, needs to do different things (ie granny vs elite athlete).The difference is a baby is dynamic and ever changing and growing. At least this book recognises that.
I don't claim to be the best physio because I've sprained my ankle (and physio didn't work, I needed a recon) and I also don't claim to be the best mother just because I've had one baby! My point here is sometimes you need to refer on in order to get the best outcome. If you do your research (as you are now!) you'll prob find Sheyne has spent a lot of time with a lot of different bubs, and that's good enough for me. I was at the point where I would try anything and I'm so glad I did.
I find this technique doesn't lock us into a set routine for age scenario, as DD needs much less sleep than your average bub. It certainly hasn't got us sleeping through. But, that wasn't what we were looking for. All I wanted was a happy baby and that's what this method achieved for us. I'm not saying it will for you... But maybe if you've tried everything else and nothing has worked it's worth a shot if it makes your family happier all around?

In a nut shell I'm sold and it was much gentler than ANY other advice, book, method I have tried. Geez I should ask for some sort of commission for this promo!!! I am passionate because it changed my life big time and turned 2 screaming messes (me and DD) into happy laughing silly happy people.

Also, is it necessary to crucify one another on our opinions. I would assume most people asking questions on here are looking for help from people in similar situations. Shouldn't we be able to respect other people's opinions and support those looking for help? I thought that was the point? After all we're all struggling blindly through motherhood, where's the comeraderie?
Preparing self for onslaught of abuse now!