Your favorite sleep book..

[RiverandJulie]

OK-It is time for a change! No one in my house is getting enough sleep. Our parenting is suffering, my work is suffering, Dad's school is suffering...
And LO (10 months) is grumpy because he is always tired.

OK-Thanks for letting me rant.

I have "No Cry sleep solution" , I ordered it when DS went through a sleep regression or maybe when he was teething, but by the time I had read it, he was back to sleeping fine, so I may read it again...but does anyone suggest any other books or websites that have good sleep info in it. He is a high-needs baby, so any that have helped other HN babies would be helpful.
Thanks

[MrsH]

I also really love Sleepless in America. the info in there really rang true for our daughter. And while it has only helped us maximize the stretches where her sleep is less bad, it's given us an attitude adjustment for the times that are sleep is bad. And truly terrible.

Being sleep deprived is so, so, so hard. Somehow though, you'll find the strength and love needed to make it through this time. I'm always surprised, but generally the evening that I'm on the phone with my SIL (having the "please talk me out of letting her CIO" conversation), feeling sheer desperation, is the evening that our LO starts a better stretch of sleep again. It all comes and goes. All the best!

[sammymama]

I love The Baby Sleep Book - part of the Sears Family Library. Depending on just how much of a "toughie" your LO is, there may or may not be applicable solutions in there for you. My DD is 14 mos and wickedly tough in terms of sleeping soundly/alone, so for me there were not so many solutions in there for us, but definitely HUGE attitude adjustments came from reading it (and I pick it up to remind myself of our parenting philosophies when the going gets reaaaaally tough, ie tired!).

As PP said, it is horrid to be constantly sleep deprived. I know I'm only a few months ahead of you, but I promise it does get better. And FWIW, 10 months was one of THE worst periods of sleep for DD. It sent me running for these boards/thought of nightweaning, etc, and sooo many mamas assured me that the 10 mo mark is a real challenge. A lot of developmental stuff going on around then to keep the little ones up...

Oh, and I wanted to mention that I like Dr. Weisbluth's book, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby (or something close to that) - but NOT for any of his philosophies!!!! He is a crazy CIO advocate which I do not agree with at all - BUT he has great information about the importance of sleep to children in general, and what amounts are important at each stage. Of course you can get this elsewhere, but he takes it from preschool to high school; I found some of it interesting - at least in helping me know what I should be aiming for (and for that matter, for helping me know what I could never do to DD, no matter how tired I ever get, ie letting her cry until she throws up, cleaning her up and letting her cry some more, shudder).

And I have to say, even though it is really hard sometimes, my days are so much easier in a sense b/c DD is well-rested 99% of the time and therefore chipper and thriving. So I just try to keep a positive attitude, take small breaks when I can, and realize that this time period will also pass - probably before we all even realize it, it will be time to worry about our kids learning to drive or whatnot!

Good luck.

[maydaymom10]

Oh, and I wanted to mention that I like Dr. Weisbluth's book, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby (or something close to that) - but NOT for any of his philosophies!!!! He is a crazy CIO advocate which I do not agree with at all - BUT he has great information about the importance of sleep to children in general, and what amounts are important at each stage. Of course you can get this elsewhere, but he takes it from preschool to high school; I found some of it interesting - at least in helping me know what I should be aiming for (and for that matter, for helping me know what I could never do to DD, no matter how tired I ever get, ie letting her cry until she throws up, cleaning her up and letting her cry some more, shudder).

I have this book and I agree. He has some options that don't include CIO, but I've found that some of his suggestions on getting LO on a nap schedule were really helpful.

In the end I use a combination of HSHHC & NCSL. There another thread on here about those using the No-cry books that mentioned this link from Dr. Gordan. He has some great ideas. Even though he suggestions using them at 1+ years, I've tried it over the past couple of days and am seeing a little bit of progress from my 6-mo old. Good luck.