I totally agree with your opinion and ideas of the book and I believe every person who had to suffer and read this book should get their money back.

The routine I used is just as described above: bath, feed, cuddle, then feed one more time before I go to sleep. I’m not an expert, but a 5-month-old should be able to hold enough in her stomach so that she’s not actually hungry at night. She’s probably waking up out of the habit and continues because she likes your company. I got my ideas for dealing with sleep problems from “Healthy Sleep Habit Happy Child” by Dr Marc Weissbluth. It’s an excellent book.

Our second child started to sleep through the night from around 6 weeks old & the only thing we did differently was that we structured feeding times, instead of feeding on demand. She feeds every 3 hours through the day at 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm & the last feed at 9pm. We start bed time at 8pm, first with a nice warm bath, then get her babygrow on & feeling calm & relaxed, she then has her last feed at 9pm(ish), she is normally finished and asleep for 9.45. I know this seems late for a baby but she then sleeps until about 8.30 the next morning & is awake a lot more through the day.

I think that we are very, VERY lucky with her sleeping at such an early age but this may help someone who isn’t so lucky!!!!!

The last 2 chapters of the book are interesting. He wanders in interesting places. I do not know if you will enjoy the rest of the book, but I recommend that finish reading the book. He finds interesting ways of connecting apparently diverse information into something that should get you to look at things differently. The conclusion spends a bit on the map, too.

If backyard decisions are important, the big public lands decisions can be huge. Some states still plant alien flowers, and even invasives, along hundreds of miles of interstates. Many city parks have almost nothing but aliens. This book came not a minute too soon.