Thank goodness we found Jen, the baby sleep specialist! My 11-month-old baby was waking up to 10 times a night!! He was in my bed and I was up and down all night having to replace his dummy, sing, pat, and stay with him while he fell asleep. I felt like I spent my entire days and nights trying to put my baby to sleep. It took hours! Most nights he would wake up to party for at least 2 hour blocks. This then meant he woke up at 9 or 10 am. His daily routine was a complete mess and so were our lives. I dreaded nighttime – how many wakes would there be tonight and for how long? I was terrified and a nervous wreck. I honestly prayed every night for a sleeping miracle to happen.
I took my baby to the sleep school Tresillian at 6 months but I really did not like how they did things there. There was no explanation of what we were doing or why. I was made to press the buzzer when I needed help. I felt very lost there. I also googled HEAPS of baby sleep specialist settling methods and read heaps about baby sleep in the hope I could try to figure it out on my own. But none of this worked. I knew we needed professional help. And that’s how I found Jen. I was really hesitant at first that I read all her reviews about how all those babies she worked with slept through the night in just days. I could NEVER imagine my baby sleeping through the night! But I had to give it a try! I mean what have I got to lose? Well, hundreds of dollars. Yes but if it really works, then it’s well worth it!
My baby was co-sleeping and had all of the sleep associations you can imagine (dummy, rocking, feeding to sleep, patting, singing), so Jen suggested we do things really gradually and slowly so it wasn’t too stressful on him. I couldn’t believe it, in just three nights, we started to slowly see little tweaks that made so much difference. Unbelievable.
After 3 days, my whole family could see, hear, and feel the difference! Then a week passed, 2 weeks passed my baby finally slept through the night. Hallelujah, my prayers have finally been answered! My baby who needed a dummy, who was cosleeping with me on my bed, who I had to constantly sing and pat to sleep now goes to sleep without the dummy, without me singing and patting, and in his own cot!
It wasn’t smooth sailing! It was tough. But to me, it was short-term pain for long-term gain and we got there in the end! Jen was a patient and supportive baby sleep specialist all the way through. Thank you, Jen. You are a lifesaver. Why did I not find you earlier?
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