At last - an antidote to the current vogue for leaving babies to cry! Many parents have felt intuitively that this cannot be the way to deal with their infants but too often they are encouraged to ignore their feelings and to ignore baby's distress signals as well.' Prof. Carolyn Quadrio, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales. This is a beautiful book, rich with empathy for babies and parents, and also practical and down-to-earth.' Sheila Kitzinger, social anthropologist of birth, author of 24 books, including Understanding Your Crying Baby. 'I can't imagine any parent reading this informed, wise and powerfully argued book, and ever wanting to use controlled crying again.' Steve Biddulph, author of The Secret of Happy Children, Raising Boys and other major parenting books.