Lauren and 9 month old Sophia

I found Nat via someone reviewing her on a TikTok and then looked at her on instagram! I was amazed to see that we were actually very local to one another, although that didn’t make a difference!
I reached out to Nat after Co sleeping since 6 months, baby girl nearly 9 months old. I absolutely adored Co sleeping and was happy to continue but my little girl would feed to sleep and wouldn’t settle for my husband & I other than being breastfed. She was actually hysterical if her daddy tried to settle her and that broke our hearts as she adores him. It was effecting my mental & physical health due to the broken sleep. She would sometimes latch for less than 30 seconds and be back off but it would completely  wake me up.
I never wanted to ‘sleep train’ because all you see online is leaving babies to cry it out. We’ve had a what we call, our contact/velcro baby since the beginning which we’ve adored so for us, crying out methods would not have worked (mentally & morally).
Nat stated that we could do it all from comfort, cuddles and connection and we thought it would never happen. Trying to get her to sleep without feeding I found really difficult at first as she did get really upset and I felt so guilty and questioned was we making the right decision in doing this but by night two she had already started to adapt! The minute we received our sleep plan we started working on the methods and we were a week in before we started the actual 121 support. By this point, already, we had started to put her into her cot into her own room for the first time in her life!!! We always had a routine but we’ve switched it up so, we are now consistent and always complete as a 3 🤍. Within the 4 weeks support, we’ve had some severe teething and a poorly baby but Nat’s support has been nothing short of incredible. Sophia has managed to complete up to a 7 hour stint of sleep which prior to working with Nat, we were lucky if we’d get 2.5 hours!!! We’ve gone from 8 wakes/feeds to 1-2! Our goal/aim was to never get her to sleep through, we want her to naturally do that so, to get that down to 1-2 wakes/feeds we cannot believe it! She’s in a fabulous routine with two naps a day (we previously were having 3-4 25 minute naps a day!). She will even settle for her daddy better than she does for me!!!!
Nat has completely transformed our lives and we are so so so thankful for all of her help! We are now having quality time together as husband & wife again as I am not drained and going to bed when Sophia does, we have a happier baby (don’t know how it’s possible as she’s the happiest baby ever!), we have a routine to follow every day so, we know how to plan wake windows and nap times! We’ve had a busy few weeks in the run up to Christmas too and we’ve been able to adapt our day with naps and additional tips and tricks from Nat in order for us to still enjoy being social as a family with our family & friends. Sophia is having her very first sleepover away from us next week and I actually feel comfortable in letting her do so as I would have never previously due to her multiple wakes during the night.
I don’t know how Nat does it, having her family herself, she is there throughout the day whenever you need her especially during the nap/bed times! We have already and will continue to recommend Nat to everyone! Whether they are struggling with sleep or just want routine/consistency!
Thank you so so so much for getting us to a point we previously thought was impossible 🤍

Lauren and 9 month old Sophia