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“So, your best defense is knowledge. It really is power, as they say...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

“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

“When you use thoughtful, gentle methods and are patient about the switch, this can be a peaceful time of transition for all of you.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep

“This library must be where dreams come to gather new stories. No one would call this a mere building; it was a kaleidoscope of wondrous sights. Even the sounds were magical, the murmurs of hundreds of secrets being shared. I stood at the entry for several minutes, just drinking in the amazing place.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, Falling into Magic

“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

“This was the first day of my brand-new life”
― Elizabeth Pantley, Magical Mystery Book Club: Box Set #1-3

“Typically, between the ages of twelve and twenty-four months, toddlers switch from two daily naps to one.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Another way to help an active child slow down to allow tiredness to set in is to use a relaxation technique such as massage or yoga.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“When children don't sleep, or don't sleep enough, many things can go wrong. Examples include being so sleepy that they cannot learn or function normally, or having abnormal hormone function, which may predispose them to obesity and diabetes.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Other good prenap choices are milk, cottage cheese, hard cheese, yogurt, bananas, avocadoes, soy milk, tofu, soybeans, eggs, and of course the ultimate sleep-inducing food, breast milk.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“there is no such thing as holding a baby too often, cuddling a baby too much, kissing a baby too many times, singing too many lullabies, or breastfeeding a baby too often. When it comes to babies, there is definitely no such thing as too much love, and babies define love in very physical ways. I”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One – For Baby and You

“ate one or two of the bread cubes to cleanse their pallets.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, Bakeries and Buffoonery

“The best foods to aid rest are whole-grain carbohydrates, green leafy vegetables, cow's milk, soy milk, bananas, avocadoes, nuts, nut butters, seeds, and warm milk And, of course, the award-winning rest-inducing food: breast milk.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“if your child is not getting close to the amount of sleep on the following chart, he may be "chronically overtired," and this will directly affect his behavior, moods, health, learning, and growth.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“take fifteen to thirty minutes to help him transition from the activity of the day to the relaxed state needed for sleep.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“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

“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

“Tune out the outside advice or criticism that doesn’t fit with your parenting style. There are no absolute rules about raising children and no guarantees for any parenting techniques.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One – For Baby and You

“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

“Of course, your closest family and friends will want to get to know this little person, too, but make sure that visiting isn’t your primary activity these days—except for those truly helpful people who can make a meal, run a load of laundry, or hold the baby while you nap! The”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One – For Baby and You

“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

“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

“Sometimes, more is just more … not necessarily better. If you have what you need in life you should accept it and be grateful. If you live your days in a good place, if you’re happy and secure, why search to change things? To do so could introduce new problems and start you down a road you don’t mean to travel.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, Genies and Gibberish

“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

“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.

“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

“Read, listen, and learn constantly, but always sift what you learn through the strainer of your own personal beliefs and parenting philosophy.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“fill the Hush Hour with gentle, relaxing music or white noise (a recording of rainfall, ocean waves, or static sound). This music or white noise can be comforting and also mask any noises that can distract your child,”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“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

“new studies tell us that babies should not be left to sleep for long spans in a car seat because the positioning can also interfere with proper breathing.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems