what was the name of the book?
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| Mon, 01-31-2005 - 2:29pm |
Hey ladies, how's it going? It's been a few weeks since my last post the computer crashed. it was not fun we lost all of our pictures of my dh. i was so sad. i lost her first birthday party pictures. i do have a few though, but i learned my lesson and bought a printer to go with my camera. i have been printing like crazy.
anyway that's not why i'm here. my last post was "bedtime battles" and a couple people suggested a book about getting my dh to sleep. i had it written down somewhere but i have no idea what i did with it. can you please let me know what it's called?
here's an update on my dh:
Still having problems!!!! the bed on the floor only worked a few days and then she started freaking out when she woke up on the floor. after that she got a really bad cold and we didn't let her cry it out becuase that made more "boogies" to suction out. and last night she was just crying for no reason. she just wanted me to hold her. so needless to say we're back at square one. i don't know what else to do. i don't want her in my bed, because that means my dh goes to the sofa. i can't blaim him for not wanting to get kicked in the face, my dh moves all over the place. i'm so frustrated and a feel like such a bad mom that i can't get her to sleep.
thanks for letting me vent. whoever knows about that "magic" book please let me know.
Andrea
momma to Havyn

Hi Andrea and welcome back. Sorry it's still the same. Here is the thread your speaking of. If you ever want to find a thread from the board, go to the top and there is an empty box that says "Find messages about" Put what you think was the subject line and it will take you to any threads with similiar words. It is great for looking up your own threads or threads that you are trying to find out about :)
hth!
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppsahm/?msg=141688.1
thanks so much, i just checked my old message, but the name of the book isn't there.
Emily Nicole
I found the book on Amazon for $10.15 or so.
Sorry that I didn't catch this thread earlier ... I posted a while back on the parent 2 parent advice board (or maybe the parents of toddlers and preschoolers board) about that book. I've recommended it on boards in the past, probably more than once. (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Wiessbluth, MD). Someone who had a good experience with it gave it to me. I think he's a pediatrician in Chicago and he's well known where this person lived. He's some kind of child sleep expert and there's a lot of info in the book about the developmental stages of sleep patterns that you don't see in many other places. It's helpful for perspective and problem-solving. It's also broken down into small age-range sections -- all the way from newborn to adolescence -- so you can just read the sections that are relvant for you. That's cool.
Anyway ... I hope it's a silver bullet for you. With the sleep stuff, there isn't usually one neat trick that resolves the issue. It can be really frustrating. My kids are really restless sleepers ... so even if we were willing to solve their occasional sleeping issues with co-sleeping, it wouldn't be practical because NO ONE gets any rest when we're all in that bed together. And a tired family around here is a real nightmare, no pun intended.
Post back here and let us know if it helps. Good Luck!
Edited 2/2/2005 4:54 pm ET ET by donachiara