Success Story: From frequent night wakings, short naps & sleep associations to long naps and sleeping through the night!

At 10 months old, Callum’s parents were struggling with inconsistent naps, multiple night wakings and weaning him off rocking or feeding to sleep during the day and night. With our support and in under 2 weeks, Callum now sleeps through the night, has consistent, restorative naps and the whole family is much happier….and more rested!

“Being a first time mum I didn't know how to help Callum and was worried about him being upset. Knowing that I could help change his sleep without causing him distress was the best solution for our family. We all sleep so much better now and can fully enjoy his awake times!”

Making even small changes to your child’s routine or sleeping habits can feel like a daunting task and getting started can often be the hardest part. Feeling anxious about tears, resistance to change and doubt over whether you are making the right decisions for your child can make it all feel overwhelming- something we know from experience. This is why we don’t write one size fits all plans to simply download instead, we tailor each plan to you and your family’s needs. We wanted to give you the RestAssured Sleep Coaching experience from a parent perspective so a BIG thank you to Gemma and Callum for allowing us to share their sleep coaching journey….

Gemma’s Story

“Callum had always been random with sleep sometimes short but sometimes long so it wasn't until he was 10 months old and noticed he was consistently waking up more in the night and was taking sometimes 2 hours to settle back down. He was also heavily relying on being fed or rocked to sleep and both were getting harder to sustain as we thought he wanted to be put down only when he was in a deep sleep in our arms.

I had known in the back of my head that I wasn't helping him with sleep- he would feed to sleep at night, we would transfer to his cot and within an hour he would wake and we would have to resettle him. The broken sleep was affecting us all and seeing him wake up upset after sleep made me realise that something needed to change. However,  I had no idea how to support him or how to help him learn how to settle and have a long, valuable sleep.

At the start of the plan, I was nervous knowing it was a change for him compared to what we usually did- I thought I would face a lot of resistance and upset from Callum. However, with the method Cherry had talked me through, I knew that I was still supporting him and, although it was a change, it was not a drastic change for him at any point. I also felt determined as I knew that, in the end, this would benefit him. Also, having Cherry on call for 2 weeks being my cheerleader and support made me feel more confident with what I was doing.

Week one was really life changing for us. We had managed to remove the feeding and rocking to sleep association and he was more than happy to fall asleep in our arms. This was a break-through as he would fall asleep much quicker and would be happy to be put down once asleep. We learnt that Callum was in fact overtired majority of the time before we followed RestAssured’s routine as he was happy and ready to fall asleep a lot earlier than we had previously been putting him down.

At the end of week one and beginning of week two, I had been practicing putting him down awake and staying next to his cot until he falls asleep. This was hit and miss as sometimes he would but others he would play and try and make me laugh. Together, we came to realise that I was in fact stimulating him by being in the room. So, we decided that we would give him space to see if he could fall asleep independently checking in at intervals to re-settle him if required.

After 2 days, he was happy being left awake in his cot and putting himself to sleep for both day-time and night-time sleep. This meant that his naps became much longer and he began sleeping through the night! He has not woken up in the night since we have worked with RestAssured!

I was surprised with how quickly Callum took to the new routine and methods. I really thought he would be different from their previous clients as he was so dependent on us but he was happy and following his new routine within less than 2 weeks. I was also happy to know I could do this in a gentle manner as I didn’t like the idea of crying it out.

I now feel so much more confident knowing how to help settle Callum. If going forward he has blips, I feel prepared and that I will be able to deal with them in the best way.

I am so happy that we got the support when we did. I know a lot of people say they wish they had done it earlier but for us this was definitely the right time for us all. I couldn't have done it without the support from RestAssured- Thank you.”

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