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No cry sleep training
This is a gradual approach, with the parent offering comfort right away when their child cries. Here are two books that favor this approach: The Baby Sleep Book, by Dr. William Sears, and The No-Cry Sleep Solution by parent educator Elizabeth Pantley.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
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