Dear Amanda,
Firstly please forgive me that it has taken so long to put pen to paper and write to you.
My mother and I would like to say a huge thank you for the invaluable advice, support and uplifting encouragement in the process of establishing baby Beatrice on a healthy, well rounded routine and solid food programme.
When I called you a few months ago, I was really stuck and in a tizz as how to move Beatrice onto proper solid foods, what foods to offer, apart from jar, (which she was predominantly having daily) and understanding the process of introducing solid food into her diet, rather than the unnecessary excess formula milk. Added to this Beatrice was starting to wake up several times in the night or waking up early, and as a result was cranky and not taking her feeds that well.
With your tips and yummy home cooked menu suggestions, we felt motivated and excited to experiment with Beatrice’s food, offering fresh food variety, finger foods we would never have thought of and weaning Beatrice off formula milk and drinking from a cup! Previously we had been stuck in a rut and relying on jar food. Now Bea loves Nana’s bangers n mash and my creamy salmon and spinach pasta! She also loves her fresh fruit pieces and doesn’t have a sweet tooth!
What has been really noticeable is that Beatrice now takes her afternoon nap well (1.5 to 2 hours instead of 50 mins), sleeps through the night from 7pm to 7am even until 7.30am at least twice a week. All this since establishing her on your food & sleep programme. The fear I had of cutting back on formula was unfounded, she sleeps far better with less of it! The last step now is to introduce cows milk at tea time and end the bottle before turning one. I am sure with your programme this will be fine too when we reach the next stage.
Amanda, lastly I want to say thank you for just being there for me. It was and still is, a huge comfort to know that you are at the end of the phone, text or email at at pretty much anytime, to give the moral support and encouragement I need to care for my daughter.
You have been invaluable,
I can’t say that enough, you really have.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Love,
Antoinette, Nana Jeannette and baby Beatrice xxx
