I noticed, on a recent trip to Chapters, that Elizabeth Pantley has written the No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers. I have the regular version of the book, and I wonder how much of what she has to say is different! I kind of regret not going to hear her speak at McNally-Robinson a few weeks ago when she was in Calgary, but I had other plans.
Earlier that same week I attended the Raymond Parenting Sleep Clinic and I have mixed feelings about it. On one side, there were some interesting points raised, like letting your child sleep in a crib at least until the age of three. Kitty Raymond advocates that for safety reasons - if the smoke detector goes off in your home in the middle of the night, it's better to know that your child will be in their crib instead of wandering around a burning house in a fright. I can see the benefits to that. The other interesting discussion was on the benefits of ending night feeding to give a baby's metabolism a rest and reset it for daytime nutritional intake. I never thought of that before.
On the otherhand, the main purpose of the seminar seemed to be about putting a warm and fuzzy face on the cry-it-out routine. I didn't need to take a seminar to hear someone suggest that I place my baby in a crib, close the door, and don't return until morning, or provide a hand-out detailing the steps to implement that program! I'm sure that even parents who would never consider sleep training wouldn't need this spelled out for them.
never thought of the baby sleeping in the crib till 3 for a safety reason, it does make sence though, did not plan on buying a crib might have to now.
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Posted by: mark | July 11, 2005 at 03:57 PM