It took me until my son was well over two years old to realise that it wasn’t normal that he didn’t sleep through the night! In fact he barely slept a few hours before the rigmarole of asking for ‘milky’ cuddles or ‘I’m awake’ began. My husband and I were at our wits end, and with another baby on the way realised we needed help.
I turned to FB and was inundated with sleep consultant recommendations, however it was Amanda’s name that kept coming up.
Within hours, a fully booked Amanda was on the end of the phone listening to me sobbing and in return promised to find time in her busy schedule to fit us in, but more importantly promised she could help.
To say I left our initial Skype chat somewhat sceptical would be an understatement. Amanda listened to our schedule and our son’s behaviour patterns and told us we would begin to solve the problem using techniques I immediately questioned. My little boy would never go down early, he certainly couldn’t give up his bottles overnight, let alone settle and sleep soundly. How wrong was I!
It took hard work, determination and time. Our efforts to sleep train our son had in the past included letting him cry it out and as a result we had an anxious little boy on our hands. However, as the nights and then weeks rolled on, using Amanda’s loving and gentle techniques we saw him change into a well-rested and happier little boy who relished his new found independence and most surprisingly began to enjoy bedtime and the prospect of sleep! Oh, and as for the early mornings, well Amanda helped us achieve the lie-ins we so desperately needed too… We finally had that kid that slept 12hrs!
To this day, some 6 months on, we listen to him sing himself happily to sleep. We can’t thank Amanda enough or recommend her more highly. I now question why it took us so so long for us to realise things could and should be different. We now have a 9 week old, and in a few months’ time it will be Amanda we turn to for advice on how to get her through the night.
