Sophie and 7 month old Zoe

My little girl is 7 months old and had always been breastfed to sleep, and had at least 3 wake ups in the night, it was just a pattern that we’d gotten into and as a first time mum I had no idea how to get out of that. I’m not saying that I didn’t enjoy feeding and cuddling her to sleep, but with my return to work and her starting nursery looming ever closer, I knew I needed to do something to help us get closer to her sleeping better through the night, and also get into some kind of routine for naps and bedtime. I’d seen Nights with Nat recommended by someone on the Peanut app and decided to go for it! Well, I saw a difference from day one! With Nat’s guidance I put her down for a lunchtime nap awake and without feeding her to sleep, and she slept for nearly 2 hours! And it just got easier and easier with each nap and bedtime. Now we have a manageable routine that helps my little girl understand what’s going on and we’ve noticed such a difference in her overall mood, especially towards the end of the day, when she used to get super cranky and now she’s happy and smiley, because she’s getting enough sleep during her naps and at night. Me and my partner also get a bit of time for ourselves now once she’s gone to bed, whereas before I would usually just go to bed once she was asleep because I was tired and it was just easier. So now she gets at least 11-12 hours of sleep at night, with only one short wake, and then a little morning nap and a good long lunchtime nap every day. We’ve also started the transition to her big cot in her own room over the last couple of days, which had always seemed too daunting before, and it’s going so well, thanks to Nat’s encouragement. So thank you Nat, for your guidance and expertise, and helping us establish a routine that works for us and for giving me the confidence to trust that my little girl can fall asleep without being fed to sleep. I wish I’d found you sooner!

Sophie and 7 month old Zoe