Bye Baby: Does Sleep Training Work?
New parenthood is great, isn’t it? Your family has expanded, you’re thrilled that your baby has finally arrived, and she’s doing new things every day, so you want to watch her every move … that is, if you can actually see her through your bleary, sleep-deprived eyes. More often than not, you feel like you’re barely making it through the day as you juggle soothing and stimulating the baby, keeping up with diaper changes and feedings, and guzzling caffeine in attempts to jolt yourself awake after endless nights of tossing and turning, punctuated by the baby’s cries every two hours. Most parents expect to live in a daze when their baby is a newborn. But if the tumultuous routine of waking up every few hours persists after the first few months, it can start to feel unbearable. Enter Richard Ferber, the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children’s Hospital in Boston. In 1985, Ferber published a book called Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems that introduced parents to a
