I wish he did revise his stance, but from what I read at
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=1317690

I don't think he did. I guess we'll have to wait for his new book to come 
out and read it to see exactly what is going on.
Some quotes from that article:
Nonetheless, Ferber stands by his book.

"Actually, there is no change, I think that's a misconception," said Ferber, 
the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's 
Hospital in Boston. "Our approach has always been one of compassion."

His idea, Ferber said, was to merely keep a baby's crying to a minimum.

Ferber said that the key to solving a child's sleep problems is to 
understand the child's needs. If the child has a great deal of separation 
anxiety during the day, that child will most likely have trouble sleeping 
alone at night. Dealing with a child's emotional needs must take precedent 
so a child can feel confident at night — that might mean more physical 
contact at night.

However, if a child does not seem to have separation issues but is merely 
going through normal adjustments, crying for a little bit might be necessary 
for the child to learn to sleep alone.

"I think that when we work with parents and explain to them, that when they 
have a youngster fall asleep in their arms you suddenly abandon them in 
their cribs … you are not doing them any service," Ferber said. "You are 
turning the tables on them."


Christina Costa---LLLL in Broward County, FL

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