“I would recommend this book to anyone to adapt to their own uses — it gave me the confidence to actually put her down in her bed and let her try to calm herself while I was close by, something that I had never been comfortable with because until she was about 1 year old (literally) could not tolerate the sound of her cries. I especially recommend this book to any parents who are not comfortable with a traditional CIO method but eventually feel comfortable that they know the difference between hysterical/broken-hearted/frightened crying and angry toddler crying. That was the shift that ultimately made me feel right using this book. I was very surprised that there was really minimal crying. It is absolutely “gentler” than Ferber or other CIO methods.”