Dr Richard Ferber was the first to propose the idea of ‘controlled crying’ in 1985.  Since then it has taken on many names such as, cry it out, self-soothing, sleep training, crying down and many more.  Some techniques vary slightly in the details but they all work along the same basic principal as Ferber first proposed.

There are few baby-related issues that evoke as much controversy as this one.  Some big names in the field frequently have fiery exchanges because of their conflicting points of view.  Many will remember Gina Ford and Dr Miriam Stoppard for example, who had a fierce debate on The Today Programme over the issue.  

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Are you a parent who feels they would enjoy imparting valuable wisdom to new parents around the world? 

If so we’d like to hear from you.  We would set everything up for you so whenever you felt like it you could add a post to this blog with the greatest of ease.  By sharing your experiences of night-time parenting you’d be reaching out and helping worried new parents around the globe. 

You may even be a new parent yourself and might enjoy decribing your experiences in detail, as they happen.  Not only would this be a wonderful record to keep and an invaluable resource for other parents, but if you were ever worried about something, you could post a question and other parents could answer you directly and objectively.  There would be a very high level of mutual benefit in doing this.  One of the most comforting things that any new parent can learn is that they are not alone and that everyone is in the same boat- you may even end up making a few new pals.   There would be no requirements and you could blog as much or as little as you liked about any topic within the field of baby sleep.  

Once we get a team of parents on board we would start running regular competitions and giveways to provide even more of an incentive to blog.

So if you’re interested in becoming part of the Lullaby Babies community please email me at: 

blog@lullaby-babies.co.uk   

Thank you

In order to write this blog I have read through a huge selection of literature and research reports. I have tried to summarise and conclude the important sections of these works by writing this blog and saving you, the parents, some precious time. However, if you are interested in delving into even more detail then I thoroughly recommend all of the following resources:

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