MEET CHARLOTTE (Stories from real families)
My second baby was great for the first three months, we had her in the same routine we used for our first baby and she was sleeping well. Unfortunately she got sick with back to back illnesses for around three months and progressively “forgot” how to sleep. By the age of nearly 6 months, she was only having one nap a day and was taking 40 minutes of patting to get only 40 minutes of sleep. Overnight, the pattern was horrifyingly the same, waking up every 40 minutes and taking around 40 minutes of settling to go back to sleep.
The next nap of the day, Carmel had left and I was on my own but I managed to settle Charlotte using Carmel’s technique and get her to sleep for an hour and a half. That night there were only a few wake ups, a huge improvement from the 8 or so we were previously having. And from then on, while it wasn’t all easy and Charlotte was by no means the perfect baby, there was such a dramatic change that I couldn’t believe it and it just kept improving. I certainly called Carmel a few times when things didn’t go to plan and each time she was very helpful and supportive. By the three week point, there were no more calls to Carmel and was pretty much all blissful days and perfect nights.
Carmel is the best help I could offer anyone having sleep issues with their baby.
