Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

By: Richard Ferber

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Does your child: Have difficulty falling asleep? Wake in the middle of the night? Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears? Have difficulty waking for school or staying awake in class? Snore, wet the bed, or head bang?

In the first major revision of his best-selling, groundbreaking classic, Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation's foremost authority on children's sleep problems, delivers safe, sound ideas for helping your child fall and stay asleep at night and perform well during the day.

Incorporating new research, Dr. Ferber provides important basic information that all parents should know regarding the nature of sleep and the development of normal sleep and body rhythms throughout childhood. He discusses the causes of most sleep problems from birth to adolescence and recommends an array of proven solutions for each so that parents can choose the strategy that works best for them.

Topics covered in detail include:

• Bedtime difficulties and nighttime wakings
• Effective strategies for naps
• Sleep schedule abnormalities
• A balanced look at co-sleeping
• New insights into the nature of sleep terrors and sleepwalking
• Problems in setting limits
• Sleep apnea, narcolepsy, bed-wetting, and head banging

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems offers priceless advice and concrete help for a whole new generation of anxious, frustrated, and overtired parents.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©1985, 2006 Richard Ferber, M.D. (P)2012 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A practical, informative and sensitive guide." ( Booklist)

Great science-based resource for parents

If you, like me, would only listen to science-backed argumentations and you also are going through the emotional rollercoaster of expecting a child, I really cannot recommend this book enough.
Getting ready to tackle all sleep-related problems thanks to the expert suggestions of a sleep clinic professional is priceless, especially when as it is usual, you are surrounded by many people giving you unsolicited, trivial and unscientific advice.

This narration is just a bit too slow, but it is clear and free of any major errors.

Love the sleep training!

Agree with other posts that increasing the speed to 1.2x makes it easier to listen to.
There’s tons of good information on sleep in here, more than I needed now but more may be useful as my son grows up.
I loved the chapters of sleep associations and feedings. It’s helped my 5 month old be able to fall asleep without crying most times. He use to cry for almost an hour to fall asleep, sometimes even when I was holding him. Major FOMO!
Now, after only 5 nights (the first night was rough), I can put him in his crib and he may fuss for a few minutes before falling asleep, but he falls asleep without being rocked, held, patted, sung to and shushed! Plus his nights being regulated have helped his naps regulate as well!

good information

I agree with others to listen at 1.25 speed. I enjoyed the different sleep problems described in this book and how to treat them. I feel better prepared to respond to my child as she grows now.

Classic and effective

Do yourself a favour and get this book. We sleep trained our daughter at 6 months and now our son at 5. No it’s not just “leave your kid in the crib to cry.” It’s a book full of different, specific problems and how to solve them.

YES, it works. You must follow the directions properly though, starting the training and suddenly giving up and giving into your child’s cries is doing a disservice to your baby. They need to sleep through the night, do yourself and family a favour :)

best book on sleep

i thought the narrator's voice was monotone at first, then I grew to like it...soothing almost.

voice is awful

it's so monotone and boring it's hard to pay attention to, also feels like a lot of detail on things that are obvious and not enough on more difficult things, like moving wake up time earlier, how, just doing it doesn't really work.

It Worked!

Any additional comments?

This was well worth a credit to start sleeping well again. It quickly helped me identify my child's sleep problem. We were all getting much better sleep in just 3 nights of using some of the techniques. After one week, our child was sleeping through the night and has been for several weeks now.

So much good info! l

The info in here is laid out in a very easy-to-follow way. It is very thorough and gives you the tools to help potential sleep problems, as well as basic sleep science which helps you understand the problems. As for the narration, just speed it up by 1.25 and then it's perfectly fine.

Just speed up and the narrator gets better

I will not talk about the fact that this CHANGED THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY FOR GOOD. It did. So, 100% behind the technique.
But what is important about the audible book: The narrator is very very slow and boring. HOWEVER, There is a hack here. If you put it at 1.25 speed, Voila! Problem solved. The audio becomes much better, and, bonus, you will finish it faster. SO, go ahead, and speed it up!

The narrator was TERRIBLE

Where does Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I couldn't make it through the book because of the narrator's voice. My review is not about the book itself, it's the narrator.

What didn’t you like about George K. Wilson’s performance?

It's a book about sleep and the narrator's voice was so monotone and boring I thought he was going to put ME to sleep! Maybe I should just play this in my kid's room to get her to sleep better.