I AM NOW LESS SLEEP DEPRIVED!
I genuinely couldn’t recommend Nat enough to anyone (I already have in facebook groups). Before working with Nat my little boy would only go to sleep by being violently bobbed up and down while pacing the room for up to 20 minutes at a time, at nap times, bedtime, and every night waking up (which could be as many as 8 a night although I lost count most nights). He also NEVER slept in his pram, he would just scream even if he was tired, we would have to get him out, bob him to sleep and then attempt to transfer him which mostly failed. He also had a dummy which he dropped 20+ times a night and I was just exhausted. We started working with Nat and immediately got rid of the dummy with barely any problems at all however I felt he wasn’t quite ready for the sleep plan yet and Nat was really understanding and we postponed the rest of the sleep training. Fast forward another month and I was at my wits end, rocking him to sleep resulted in both of us crying most of the time as I was so frustrated and exhausted, I had no energy in the daytime to be the mummy I wanted to be, in comes Nat and I was determined to stick at it. We changed the approach/method to one that we felt would be better suited and I’ve never looked back! We’ve gone from a baby with a dummy, point blank refusing pram naps, requiring LOTS of rocking to get to sleep, and the same throughout the night, to a baby that loves his pram naps so much he falls asleep in it when it’s not even nap time, no dummy, I put him down for a nap/bed in his cot and leave the room and he’s asleep within minutes without so much of a murmur, and although we still have some night wakes, we’ve seen a huge improvement! She’s suggested making some tweaks to his routine based on his sleep needs which we are going to try and I’m confident now on going it alone after Nat has taught me all the tools we need! We also had a rescue call with Nat about my toddler and we now can put both children down to sleep and head downstairs knowing we don’t have 20-30 minutes of being with each child, I feel like I can be more present with my babies now I’m less sleep deprived, thank you so much Nat, we owe you one!
Poppy and 5 month old Sully
