Book: The No-Cry Nap Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
It never occurred to me that ‘sleep‘ would be a huge topic in taking care of Baby V, since my youngest sister slept like an angel when she was young. When Baby V was about 10 weeks old, he started to be extremely curious about his surroundings and resisted taking naps (at home or outdoors) and took a long time to settle to sleep at night. The worst day was only a 45-minute nap after trying to settle him from 12.30p.m. to 5p.m. By that time, even I needed a nap!
That started our journey for baby sleep solutions and I came across a new term: CIO, which stands for Crying It Out. It seemed like a quick fix solution for desperate parents who could not find any other better solution. However, I rejected the idea as there could be dire consequences for the baby’s emotional development and the parent-child relationship.
Fortunately, I came across books by Elizabeth Pantley which promise gentler ways to help babies sleep better. Since The No-Cry Sleep Solution was out of stock initially, I started to read The No-Cry Nap Solution.
I was suddenly enlightened with simple ways to help Baby V nap longer and better. Within a couple of weeks, Baby V was taking 4 cosy naps a day. At 4 months old, when his awake span (at home, we call it his ‘battery life’) stretched from 1.5 hours to 2 hours, the naps were reduced from 4 to 3, totalling 5+ hours daily, at regular timings.
This certainly resulted in a happier mummy and a happier baby.
What I like about the book:
- Simple and gentle ways to help baby take long naps
- Effective solutions with lasting results
- Buffet of solutions to meet different babies’ needs
The long naps that Baby V started taking led to the birth of Mummy’s Reviews.
Credits go to Elizabeth Pantley!
This seems to be a good book. Maybe I can get it from library. Recently Yvette is getting harder to sleep at night from time to time.
We benefited tremendously from the No-Cry series of books. Babies’ / Children’s sleep patterns change over time, and the books offer a wide range of possible solutions. Our lives are much more organised after sorting out Baby V’s nap-time and bed-time fussiness. I am typing this right now as he is snoozing away!
Hope the books are available in the library; they are often sold out at the bookstores in KL. May Yvette enjoy many sweet nights.
I agree that this is a good book to understand why the child isn’t sleeping well, gives tips on how to observe whether child is tired, and how to work on fixing bad sleeping issues. I read this during my confinement because I co-sleep and the numerous wakings was giving me a lot of stress, after I practiced the tips, it made the whole sleeping situation more manageable.
Hi Sam, thank you very much for leaving your comment.
I certainly wished I’d read the book earlier like you did, instead of naively thinking that babies sleep naturally when they are tired.
Coincidentally, the review on The No-Cry Sleep Solution was just published yesterday. Hope you’d enjoy reading it.