The No Cry Sleep Solution
Author Name: Heidi Holvoet, PhD
The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley offers a
gentle approach to help your baby sleep through the night.
Common sense
tips
and the use of sleep logs
help parents guide their baby. Rocking and feeding to sleep, without
the need for crying, allow you to help
your baby with
self-soothing
and sleeping alone.
Elizabeth Pantley,
parent educator
, first
published her ideas in the
book
The No-Cry Sleep
Solution - Gentle Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep Through The Night
.
Other books like
The No
Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers
,
The
Nap Solution
and
The Potty
Training Solution
followed
.
She generally
aims at consistent and
long term results
rather than a
quick fix
.
That is one of the approaches in child education I personally
value most.
Many parents enjoy reading these books as they support them in their
personal ways of how they instinctively approach their children. The no
cry sleep book gives them a
workbook
to hang on to and to refer to.
You can start with the no cry sleep solution from newborn sleeping onwards.
Different tips will apply at different times and you can refer to them
from time to time as your baby grows and may have different sleeping
issues.
More flexible than die-hard attachment parenting, parents of any
conviction may find useful ideas in Elizabeth's books. You have to set
to work though and be prepared to follow the approach diligently.
What I like personally in Elizabeth's books is the way she explains
things: the basics of good sleep are presented through options and
systems with clarity and in a pleasant way. The logs help you get
actively involved, both in understanding your baby's sleep and in why
and how to work to improve things.
I recommend that you read the book really well before getting started
so you know what to expect. "Doing" the no-cry sleep solution does
require "work" from your part - as with any successful parenting task
by the way - but also that you agree fully with the proposed techniques.
On average parents who patiently stick with the approach are mostly happy and say to have learned a great deal from the books.
Based on the standard basics of good sleep, Elizabeth's approach is similar in some ways to the personalized approach you
find on this site, though many report to find the latter more doable in real-life.
Article Author: Heidi Holvoet, PhD - Founder, senior sleep consultant
Heidi Holvoet, PhD, is the founder of the Baby Sleep Advice website and movement, an award-winning author, baby & toddler sleep consultant with 15+ years experience as well as a certified lactation counselor.
Over the years, Heidi has received several awards inluding a Mom's Choice Award (MCA) and National Parenting Awards (NAPPA) for her Baby Sleep Advice website, programs and books. Also, Baby Sleep Advice was awarded "Most Trusted Infant's Sleep Solutions Company 2023" in the Benelux Enterprise Awards 2023.
Heidi continually conducts personal research and participates in continued education and in that way stays up to date with current scientific and pyschosocial infant care.
She is also a member of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants of which she was one of the earliest contributors. She obtained her PhD degree in physics at the University of Ghent in Belgium.
Heidi is passionate about helping babies and their parents sleep more and better, with her trademark approach that has been proven and praised time and again by parents worldwide to be effective and truly no-tears. Respect for you as a parent and your baby, is at the heart of Heidi's warm and kind support. Her approach always keeps in mind a baby's needs and abilities at any given age, is based on pediatric science and the most up to date knowledge in infant care and sleep science.
As well as the award-winning baby sleep programs, Heidi also offers in-depth 1:1 consults (email to enquire) and easy-access 30-minute SOS Sleep sessions.
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