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@deerylou: HAHAHAH I thought the same thing.

@deerylou: Me too!!! I thought she did a baby lullaby song with Kanye!

@deerylou: I thought the same thing!

So glad I'm not the only one who thought this was going to be about Kim Kardashian!

@deerylou: omg I did too! I thought she sure cashed in quickly on this baby!

I also thought the kardashians were up to something lol!

Def thougjt kimye! N thought what a crazy pedi!

I've read it! LO was a terrible napper (but a great night sleeper). The book was magical for us. I read it when LO was around 4 months. Before the book she would hardly nap at all and never for more than 30 minutes. It was such a nightmare. After the book she was taking 3 naps a day for more than an hour (maybe an hour and a half, I don't remember specifics). We also moved up her bedtime and she started to sleep 12 hours at night. Let me know if you have questions.

Is she the sleep lady? I've never read her book, but I've heard good things about it, specifically her sleep lady shuffle (if I'm thinking of the right person).

Count for another who seriously thought Kim Kardashian was writing children's books...

@grizz: I have the Weissbluth book, and he elaborates on CIO, extinction, and "nurse/rock to sleep" methods without being overly pushy toward CIO. We, admittedly, haven't been great about naps, but E goes down like a champ for bedtimes. Rarely he fusses for a minute, but mostly he talks to his mobile, then falls asleep. It mostly seems to be about figuring his natural rhythms.

@grizz: I haven't read the book in a while, so this isn't a comprehensive review.

It sounds like you are having lots of issues, I'd highly recommend the book. It's a quick read (just read the intro to understand the philosophy and then read the chapter applicable to your child's age). It also won't bore you to sleep (like Weisenbluths book).

The book teaches you how to help your LO learn the skills to fall asleep on their own (versus rocking or nursing to sleep). It also teaches you to recognize LO's sleep cues. The theory is that babies have a sleep window. You need to put them down when they first show signs of being tired, NOT when they are overtired and fighting sleep. Once we mastered this part, everything else fell into place.

One of her methods is the "sleep lady shuffle". It's not CIO, it's a much more gentle method.

The other REALLY helpful part is she outlines when your LO should be napping based on when they woke up last. Every other book I read either didn't give guidelines on when LO should nap OR they said that LO should nap at xyz time (which in hindsight seemed to be when LO was overtired).

I can't tell you how much better life was after we "sleep trained". LO was so much happier (because she was sleeping better and sleeping longer). And we weren't stressed out or exhausted.

For us we didn't have to do the sleep lady shuffle, once we adjusted LOs nap schedule and bedtime based on her sleep cues/sleep window,we put her in bed "drowsy, but awake" and she feel asleep on her own.

@deerylou: me too!!

Count me in....hold the presses Kim and Kanye took the plunge (cool!) and she wrote a book (huh?)

@banana: That's what I thought! I thought she got married and then they did some kind of collaborative lullaby thing. ACK! Step AWAY from the US Weekly....

@deerylou: Totally what I thought too!

I haven't read it though.