Topic
Comparing methods
Ferber alongside cry it out, the chair method and gentler approaches.
- Bedtime fading: a gentler first step before Ferber Bedtime fading moves bedtime later, to when your baby actually falls asleep, then earlier in small steps. How to do it, what a 2016 trial found, and its limits. Comparing methods · Getting started · Naps and schedules
- Graduated extinction vs extinction: what the research compares What studies say about graduated extinction (the Ferber method) versus extinction (cry it out): how well each works, and which parents find easier to follow. Research · Comparing methods
- When you cannot bear to hear your baby cry If you cannot bear to hear your baby cry during sleep training, you do not have to. Gentler methods, ways to cope, and when to wait, with no guilt. For parents · Comparing methods
- Ferber vs pick up, put down How the Ferber method and pick up, put down differ, what the research does and does not say about each, and how to decide which fits your baby. Comparing methods · The method
- Ferber vs the chair method, in detail How the Ferber method and the chair method differ night by night, what a head-to-head trial found, and how to pick the one your family can stick with. Comparing methods · The method · Research
- Ferber vs cry it out vs the chair method: which is right for your family How the Ferber method, cry it out and the chair method really differ, what each asks of you at 2 a.m., what the research says, and how to choose. Comparing methods · The method · Research