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 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html