Richard Ferber - Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

Pros: well-written and well-organized, highly informative
Cons: extreme methods are described -- for extreme cases

This is an excellent book on dealing with a variety of childhood, and some adolescent and adult, sleep problems (i.e., parasomnias). It is written in a well-organized style, and with the somewhat detached voice of a confident, but not arrogant, ...

Pros: Help put your child to sleep, learn about other sleep problems.
Cons: Some parents find this method to be cruel.

This book is written by the Director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital in Boston. So, as you read this book, take into consideration that it was written by a medical professional (doctor) who has done a lot of research...

Pros: great information
Cons: describes bad techniques for getting children to sleep

I think I have become more lax in my parenting. When my first child was 5 months old we tried this book and it only made her more upset and never worked. It also went against all of my mothering instincts. Now with my second child I still have this...

Pros: You can sleep through the night!
Cons: none

This book was recommended to me by my pediatrician when my 9 month old baby was still taking a bottle in the middle of the night. I went straight from the doctor's office to the book store and read through the book that evening. I started utilizing the...

Pros: It works!!!
Cons: Have to be able to tolerate a fair amount of crying.

The book explains the conditioning process underlying most sleep disturbances and outlines a detailed day-by-day strategy for getting your child to sleep. The program involves letting your baby cry it out in a step wise incremental process. It tells you...