I appreciate the brevity of this book. I wish I would have read/listened to this less than 3 hour book much sooner. A lot of what is shared makes sense and I realize I just need to stick to just one method and hopefully will get better results with my little one sleeping. Here's to hoping that it's not too late to implement.

Not very realistic for breastfeeding moms.

The general concept is great, but there are several examples in this book that go against AAP safe sleep recommendations. She also recommends breast feeders to exclusively pump while training. This is just not feasible for me personally as I exclusively breast feed and have an over supply that I pump out in addition.

The concept however is good. It’s similar to the approach lined out by Taking Cara Babies- slowly eliminating night feedings and comforting overnight to sleep train. Cara recommends waiting until five months but this book did give me hope that my baby can do it sooner.

A coworker gave me this book when I announced I was pregnant because he and his wife swear by it. Easy/quick read and excited to implement these strategies with our first! Seems straight forward but nervous as a first time parent.

I'm not rating this book, because I'm not sure exactly how to write a book like this? Plus its test will be if we end up putting its advice into action.

I'm honestly of two minds about this (as I am about much of parenting) - would I love to have a 12-hour stretch of time in which my child is in his crib, allowing my husband and I not only time to sleep at a long stretch, but maybe have a couple of hours to ourselves as well? Of course.

Do I still feel like he's too young to do that, and I'm scared to have him in his crib, away from us all night (even though I said OUR CHILD WOULD NEVER SLEEP IN OUR ROOM)? Also very much yes.

I feel like parenting will always be finding this balance between what is good for you, and for your baby, and for the whole family. I don't want to raise a spoiled child who dictates our lives, but I also want to be careful not to rush things for my own selfish motivations.

And I've said nothing about this book actually, have I? I actually really like the layout of the book - Giordano does a good job of outlining the entire process, and breaking it down into steps, that need to be followed in order. This is helpful for a rule and instruction follower like me - tell me what to do, and I will do my damndest to follow those guidelines. It also makes me feel like, even if we got a late start to the process, while the whole thing might take a bit longer, the principles will be the same. So when we're ready, the process is still there.

Everything is also laid out very clear, with lots of guidance along the way. I like the way Giordano breaks down the days into 4-hour blocks within the 12 hour daytime window. I also appreciate her "toolboxes" to turn to when trying to get your child from one block successfully to the next, so they stay on schedule.

There are, though, things that I think would be hard to follow through on. Having just got through the holidays, which threw ALL of our schedules off, I think adhering to such a strict schedule regardless of what is going on in life would be more challenging than she makes it seem. Or maybe I just know I'm weak and wouldn't be able to adhere so strictly in the face of other plans.

Anyway, I'm grateful for this book recommendation, and will likely come back to it more than once - the fact that it's nice and concise, and easily read in one sitting and referred back to definitely helps.

I can report back after I finally get my son sleeping through the night how it works for me. Where I struggle is logistically and don’t have the ability to have him sleep 12 hours due to work schedules so it discourages me