Taking Cara Babies v Ferber

[octavio]

@amanda2of4 I didn’t know that! A friend gifted me the TCB course. But knowing that now about the Ferber book, if I were the one paying, I would’ve gone that route!

 

[valerie01]

@extiff TCB is a form of ferber imo. You do let them cry but TCB has pop-ins so they aren't just doing extinction method. We used TCB and it worked by night two - but like you, my son was sleeping through the night at 7 weeks (he's now 21 weeks).

 

[quietkate]

@valerie01 You do pop ins with Ferber too.

 

[manga006]

@extiff We were having issues with our 4-5 month old where he would sleep from 7-8 but wake up at 8 and then be up for 3 hours trying to get him back down. We did Ferber (it luckily only took us like 1 day of crying) and we started a really good nighttime routine and the problem completely stopped! I don’t rock him to sleep anymore (my husband rocks him almost to sleep) I get in a few cuddles and I put him down and max 15 mins later he’s asleep. He just rolls around until he’s found a comfy position and then he’s out.

 

[doulos74]

@extiff Join some fb groups that does sleep training or read about peoples experiences on this subreddit. Don’t pay people because you’re sleep deprived. You know your baby the best. Believe he can figure it out and give it a chance after reading all the information.

 

[cindyfernandez]

@extiff Baby sleep guide in my profile with gentle methods

 

[lvw]

@cindyfernandez Hi. I must be missing something. I can find any type of bio or links in your profile. Maybe you or another redditor can help me here

Here's what I see...

https://imgur.com/M6ERlgK

 

[cindyfernandez]

@lvw Right at the top, cyclemam's baby sleep guide

 

[lvw]

@cindyfernandez I see. I was looking for a website link. Got it. Thank you!

 

[davidcid]

@cindyfernandez Super helpful, thank you!

 

[firsthandsemiuniversalist]

@extiff Ferber—there’s an audiobook, too! If you use the Libby app, you can likely check out either the digital book or audiobook. Good luck! You’ve got this!

 

[extiff]

@firsthandsemiuniversalist Thank you! She once again woke up around 930 and I just got her back to sleep. I’m losing my mind

 

[soundofmusic]

@extiff Taking Cara Babies is basically repackaged Ferber at a high price. Get Ferber’s book or Precious Little Sleep from the library.

 

[kingdomkings]

@soundofmusic She’s also fairly problematic.

Another vote for Precious Little Sleep. If you can’t get it from the library, the ebook should be a few bucks.

 

[awesomemike1500]

@kingdomkings Another vote for precious little sleep! And her amazing closed Facebook group- they are basically free real time sleep consultants.

 

[jprice63]

@kingdomkings I'm somewhat new here and have only briefly interacted with the Taking Cara Babies materials. Would be helpful to hear why she's seen as problematic.

(I'm about to have my third and am planning to read Precious Little Sleep since I see it referenced so much on this sub. My biggest resource for sleep stuff with the older two had been the Weissbluth book.)

 

[kingdomkings]

@jprice63 She and her husband are big T*ump donors.

She also repackaged Ferber at a 10x markup.

 

[extiff]

@soundofmusic Thank you!

 

[despina]

@extiff They’re basically the same. I used this sub, tcb website, babysleepscience website and formed a plan.

 

[extiff]

@despina Did the plan work?