The No-Cry Sleep Solution Quotes

“Until about age ten or so, a child thrives on spending special quiet time with a parent before bed. Reading books, talking, giving back rubs, and simply being together quietly are all important prebed rituals. Actually, I find that most parents who do not have a formal bedtime routine typically spend that last hour before bed fighting with their children about going to bed—now that is unpleasant and unnecessary.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“The minute your baby makes a sound, go in quickly. You’ll find him in a sleepy, just-about-to-wake-up state. Use whatever technique helps him fall back to sleep—breastfeeding, rocking, or offering a bottle or pacifier. If you’ve caught him quickly enough, he will fall back to sleep. After a week or so of this intervention, your short napper should be taking a much longer snooze without any help from you.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“Important: If you are working on solving a frequent night-waking problem, do anything and everything that works to get your baby to nap during the day; a well-rested baby will respond better to the nighttime sleep ideas.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“Instead of raising children who turn out okay despite their childhood, let’s raise children who turn out extraordinary because of their childhood.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution

“As you read, keep in mind that no author will parallel your beliefs 100 percent, so you must learn to take from each one the ideas that work best for your family.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution

“Then, when those amateur experts share their advice, you can smile, say “Oh, really?” and then go about your business, with quiet confidence, in your own way.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“The more you know, the more easily you will develop your own philosophies about child rearing. When you have your facts straight, and when you have a parenting plan, you will be able to respond with confidence to those who are well-meaning but offering contrary or incorrect advice.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“No matter how tired you are, no matter how tempting the situation seems, please be sure that you put your baby’s safety above all else. I’ve gathered safety”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“Consistently stick to your plan, and over the next few months you will see your baby’s sleep stabilize into a very comfortable pattern that is less and less affected by daily disruptions.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“All kinds of things can affect your baby’s sleep: teething, sickness, vacations, visitors, vaccinations, or simply disruptions to your daily routine.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“The hour before bed should be peaceful. Your routine should be done in rooms with dim lights. Your last step should end in the quiet, dark bedroom with little talking and your usual go-to-sleep technique. Write down your routine, and make it very specific.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“Therefore, if you want your baby to be able to fall asleep without your help, it is essential that you sometimes let your newborn baby suck until she is sleepy, but not totally asleep. As often as you can, remove the breast, bottle, or pacifier and let her finish falling asleep without something in her mouth.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“1. Do you have a formal, consistent bedtime routine? __________ 2. Is the hour prior to bedtime mostly peaceful, quiet, and dimly lit? _____ 3. Does your bedtime routine help both you and your baby relax and get sleepy? _______________________________________ 4. Any other observations about your current bedtime routine? _____ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Night-Waking Log Baby’s Name: _______________________________________ Age: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ Asleep time: _______________________________________ Awake time: _______________________________________ Total number of awakenings: _______________________________________ Longest sleep span: _______________________________________ Total hours of sleep: _______________________________________ Sleep Questions 1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48: How many hours of nighttime sleep should your baby be getting? _____ How many hours of nighttime sleep is your baby getting now? _____ How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep should your baby be getting? _______________________________________ How many total hours of nighttime and naptime sleep is your baby getting now? _______________________________________ How do the suggested hours of sleep compare to your baby’s actual hours of sleep? Gets __________ hours too little sleep Gets __________ hours too much sleep 2. Is your baby’s bedtime consistent (within ½ hour) every night? _____ 3. Do you “help” your baby to go back to sleep every time, or nearly every time he or she awakens? _______________________________________ How do you do this? _______________________________________ 4. What have you learned about your baby’s sleep by doing this log? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“1. Review Table 2.1 on page 48: How many naps should your baby be getting? __________ How many naps is your baby getting now? __________ How many hours should your baby be napping? __________ How many hours is your baby napping now? __________ 2. Do you have a formal nap routine? ____________________ 3. Are your baby’s naptimes/lengths consistent every day? __________ Prebedtime Routine Log Baby’s Name: _______________________________________ Age: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ Key: Activity: active, moderate, or calm Noise: loud, moderate, or quiet Light: bright, dim, or dark”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

“He awakes in a mindless terror of the silence, the motionlessness. He screams. He is afire from head to foot with want, with desire, with intolerable impatience. He gasps for breath and screams until his head is filled and throbbing with the sound. He screams until his chest aches, until his throat is sore. He can bear the pain no more and his sobs weaken and subside. He listens. He opens and closes his fists. He rolls his head from side to side. Nothing helps. It is unbearable. He begins to cry again, but it is too much for his strained throat; he soon stops. He waves his hands and kicks his feet. He stops, able to suffer, unable to think, unable to hope. He listens. Then he falls asleep again.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution Enhanced Ebook: Foreword by William Sears, M.D.