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Ferber Method

Richard Ferber is a pediatrician who works with sleep disorders. His method is not
designed as a parenting approach, but rather as a way to get your child to sleep
through the night. His method is controversial. Some feel this is because his
method is misunderstood while others do not advocate for a child left to cry even for
a minute. His method does involve crying to get a child to sleep, though he never
actually refers to it as crying it out. His system is somewhat similar to the Babywise
method. His first book that came out in 1985 was much more strict than his latest
edition in 2006. It seems after over 20 years of learning about sleep, he has come to
different conclusions such as it is not harmful for children to co-sleep with their
parents. For myself personally, my instinctual desire does not feel comfortable when
my daughter is crying even for a moment, therefore this method will not work for us. I
don’t understand why our culture makes it such a big deal for little babies to sleep
through the night. I’m all for following your instincts as a parent, so I have a hunch
many others will not be comfortable with this method as well.

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