https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:18:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2263228 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 05:45:22 +0000 LindsayInNY 2263228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: Thank you! I just added it to my blog reader. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2263196 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:40:13 +0000 Kemma 2263196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: another blog you might like to check out is <a href="http://www.nurshable.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.nurshable.com</a></p> <p>It's definitely on the AP end of the spectrum but the author has a lovely style of writing and I always felt better after reading posts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2263190 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:17:51 +0000 LindsayInNY 2263190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Owlmama: Haven't heard of that one!</p> <p>@gilmoregirl: I joined the FB group - thanks!</p> <p>@NorCalWayfarer: That blog looks great!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2262904 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:16:59 +0000 gilmoregirl 2262904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I haven't been active lately but it has been so so helpful the few times I've needed help. I check in occasionally now and it seems like a really nice community. I recommend it to everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2262638 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:51:14 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 2262638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: @LindsayInNY: I hated the way that Healthy Child book was written -- such a terrible writer! Agh!</p> <p>Anyways, to your question, I really liked the book The Happy Sleeper: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Sleeper-Science-Backed-Helping-Sleep-Newborn/dp/0399166025/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1439491753&#038;sr=8-11&#038;keywords=science+of+sleep" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Sleeper-Science-Backed-Helping-Sleep-Newborn/dp/0399166025/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1439491753&#038;sr=8-11&#038;keywords=science+of+sleep</a></p> <p>My go to website/blog/FB resource (other than HB of course!) is Wee Bee Dreaming. Great advice and great schedules/routines. <a href="http://www.weebeedreaming.com/my-blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weebeedreaming.com/my-blog/</a></p> <p>Good luck mama! Sleep will come...eventually :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2262520 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:28:45 +0000 JoJoGirl 2262520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: I'm totally a frequent flyer in that facebook group :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2262479 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:37:48 +0000 gilmoregirl 2262479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm another who loves Troublesome Tots, and there is a great facebook group there called Precious Little Sleep (I think she is re-branding to match the name of her upcoming book) that has been super helpful to me at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2262472 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:29:43 +0000 Owlmama 2262472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked The Sleepeasy Solution by Jennifer Waldburger because it was easy to read and implement at a time when I was sleep deprived and had no patience for philosophy or extra words at all! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261746 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:09:06 +0000 ShootingStar 2261746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I think they're pretty much all from the 12 hours book, except the first one about trying to soothe instead of feed from 12-5am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261740 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:04:18 +0000 LindsayInNY 2261740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I have two of his... Fussy Baby and Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Baby (or something like that). I've skimmed parts of the second but really need to read it more in depth...</p> <p>@JoJoGirl: The second blog is new to me - thanks!</p> <p>@catlady: I'll check out Ferber!</p> <p>@ShootingStar: Some of those are helpful! Are they from the 12 Hours book or elsewhere? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261733 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:00:44 +0000 MenagerieMama 2261733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weissbluth's Healthy Sleep Happy Child book for sure. Mostly though for the educational component of normal sleep by developmental age so I could structure how we wanted to sleep learn/train around that and have normal expectations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261729 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:50:35 +0000 blackbird 2261729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also a Troublesome Tots groupie!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261718 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:36:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2261718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just like @JoJoGirl: I prefer blogs to books because I could never get through a whole book in the throws of newborn no sleeping. I really like <a href="https://childsleepscience.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">https://childsleepscience.wordpress.com</a> - it's from the sleep consultants who used to do the Isis webinars. I bought or borrowed a few books but found the webinars and that site more helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261672 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:36:06 +0000 BabyTsMom 2261672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I too read a ton of books and blogs. I found the following most useful: Weissbluth's HSHHC (I also agree that is poorly written-it describes sleep by age, but sometimes there's stuff in a section that would've been helpful to you at a different time), The Sleepeasy Solution, troublesometots.com, weebedreaming.com, and the Babycenter sleep chart.<br /> Naps were really really stressful for me in the early days...so although I read so much stuff, nothing I read really helped me, unfortunately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261666 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:28:34 +0000 ShootingStar 2261666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure what the best is, but don't bother with 12 hours by 12 weeks. I didn't find her advice to be very realistic, or very helpful as someone who breastfed.</p> <p>Her basic premise is don't start bad habits (like over use of swing) and to get feedings to the point that you're feeding large amounts (6 or 8oz) every 4 hours during the day. I just found that impossible by 12 weeks. By 8 months, yes. 3 months? HA. Here are the notes I took on the book, with some from Bringing Up Bebe thrown in:</p> <p>Sleep Guidelines:<br /> - Before 1 week - If baby cries between 12am - 5am, try to soothe without feeding<br /> - Before 6-8 Weeks - don't worry about sleep training<br /> - Before 6-8 Weeks - try to not create bad habits (i.e. baby only sleeps in swing, or always put in swing when upset)<br /> - After 8 Weeks - do not rock baby to sleep in the evenings<br /> - Wait 5-10 minutes after baby wakes up to make sure they won't fall back to sleep, but don't let them escalate too much</p> <p>Night Feeding Guidelines:<br /> - In order to night wean, babies must be getting 24 oz/day<br /> - Reduce the amount fed for 1 feeding at a time (start with night feeding #2, then #1, then #3)<br /> - Reduce feeding by 1/2 ounce (or 1-3 minutes BF-ing) for 3 days<br /> - If baby reduces amount on their own, feed that same reduced amount for the next 2 days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261655 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:04 +0000 catlady 2261655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was desperate about sleep and read like a million books. I read:<br /> - Weissbluth<br /> - Ferber<br /> - Pantley (No cry sleep solution)<br /> - Misc. non-sleep specific books like Bringing Up Bebe, Moms on Call, Baby Whisperer, Happiest Baby on the Block<br /> - The troublesome tots website</p> <p>My favorite of all those was hands down the Ferber book. We also ended up using his method with success. We tried the no cry methods first and they sadly failed for us. Weisbluth also has very good info, but I personally found his book to be poorly written and thus quite annoying to read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261652 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:15:32 +0000 Mamaof2 2261652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I liked Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261619 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:47:24 +0000 JoJoGirl 2261619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually have come to prefer sleep blogs because when that sleep deprived and desperate I won't read a whole book. These two are invaluable:</p> <p><a href="http://www.troublesometots.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.troublesometots.com/</a><br /> <a href="https://childsleepscience.wordpress.com/home/resource_articles/" rel="nofollow">https://childsleepscience.wordpress.com/home/resource_articles/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261615 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:44:38 +0000 looch 2261615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read everything I could get my hands on, but the best for me in terms of understanding and then setting my expectations was Weissbluth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-sleep-resources#post-2261599 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:30:02 +0000 LindsayInNY 2261599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looking for recommendations of sleep books. I've heard of so many and don't know what's good or what'll work (I know everyone is different)... Baby Whisperer, 12 Hours by 12 Weeks, Ferber, etc... I need this baby to nap!!! </p>