In May 2013, Mr & Mrs S said:
Our daughter Amelie is 9 months old now and from the start she was waking several times throughout the night. At first we just accepted it was part of being a new parent but it seemed to get worse, not better. It got to the point where Amelie was waking every 1.5 - 2 hours and taking ages to settle, we tried feeding, rocking, cuddling, singing, musical mobile,white noise, lights on, lights off, black out blind, you name it we tried her. We even tried the 'crying it out' one evening and my nerves were shot to bits.
We were seriously sleep deprived parents and it was becoming very worrying that it would be this way for a very long time. This is when I called Tina, she came round the next week and could very quickly see that Amelie was sleep deprived herself!
Tina seemed to know exactly what to do and she gave me a plan to follow. The plan didn't even seem difficult or unrealistic, in fact it was a pleasure to get a bit of structure to my day as much as my daughter! She also gave me other tips and pointers and 'what to do if.' scenarios and I felt very confident about just getting on and doing it. The first night she slept all the way through, I just couldn't believe it!! The next few nights were there were brief wakings and then back to sleep and I can very happily say that for the last 7 nights, Amelie has slept from 6.45 through to almost 7 every morning, no wakings !! She goes to sleep without musical mobile or rocking, she just knows when it is time to sleep. Also, she is much happier, calmer and far less 'wired' during the day. It is just incredible, we look at each other every morning and say, 'she slept through again didn't she!'.
Tina we cannot thank you enough, not just for the hour that you came to our house and started this all off but for being there for the next few mornings when I reported back to you and you confidently gave me advice and tips of what to do the very next night.
If you are a parent reading this and feeling very sleep deprived because your baby wakes frequently, please contact Tina, you really don't have to be suffering...Thank you Tina!
Source: thebestof.co.uk