Testimonials

Sarah Payne

We were recommended to Jos by a friend when our two year old was getting up frequently throughout the night. He would even sometimes be up at 3am and would not go back to sleep. Within a day Jos had looked at our routine with our son and had formulated a plan to help us. We introduced this and the first night we tried he slept through the night. It’s been over a week now and he has only been up once in the night but gone straight back to sleep. We cannot thank Jos enough for giving us back a happy household.

Sally Maybury

Before being put in touch with Jos, my five month old would not settle anywhere other than in my arms. I was in a trap of feeding her to sleep and was struggling to cope; even being diagnosed with post-natal depression because of the difficulties we had.

There are only two words to describe Jos; miracle worker! Within two days of her new routine, my daughter was sleeping twelve hours overnight in her own cot.

The support Jos provided my husband and me was invaluable - and still is today.

Sara Spencer

Jos came to help us at a point where I was at a stage where I felt like I had tried everything, nothing worked and I was failing as a mum and wife despite my very best efforts.

Daisy was 8 months and we had reached a point where she would only settle if I breastfed her. Her longest stretch of sleep in a 24 hour period was about 2 and 1/2 hours. She was sleeping in bed with me which meant that on top of the short periods of sleep, I wasn't able to relax as I was worried I would squash her.

Daisy has a big brother who at the time was 27 months old. His sleep was just starting to even out when his night terrors started. As I was invariably attached to Daisy, I was not able to comfort Luke when he'd wake in the night.

My husband and I barely saw each other as we would usually be in separate rooms trying to settle our respective child.

In two days, Jos helped me reach a point where our routine was nailed, naps established and Daisy was sleeping in her cot in her own room for the very first time.

I had complete trust in Jos, her manner was not at all overbearing. She listened to what I wanted to achieve and explained how she would help.

So at night time, Jos was in charge of Daisy. She explained her methods of calming a tired baby down and the theory behind it.

The first night was tough. I had never been apart from Daisy but I knew that our situation was not doing any of us any good. Daisy was tired all the time and I was barely functioning.

There was some crying from Daisy but it didn't last long and I knew if it was wind etc Jos would identify that and soothe Daisy.

Just over a month later, Daisy is in her cot, in her own room and I am managing to stick to the routine and Daisy is sleeping for long periods at night ( up to 12 hours)

I cannot convey how thankful we are. Jos saved our family, brought sleep back to us and made me feel less of a failure. I am now able to enjoy my time with Daisy before I return to work.

Thanks Jos.

Louise

Jos came into our lives when our son was about 4 months old. I was trying to breastfeed, Axl was waking up at random times in the night and i had no idea why (which i felt dreadful about. as his mother how could i not know what he wanted/needed?).

He would only sleep for 30 mins at a time during the day as long as i was holding him but if I 'tried' to get him to sleep in the night we'd be up for hours.

Without Jos' advice I don't know how we would have overcome this. We followed Jos' instructions strictly and VERY quickly we were able to put our son down to nap or sleep drowsy or awake with no fuss.

A daily routine was established and our son has thrived. Axl goes to bed at the same time every night and wakes at the same time everyday, naps at the same time and at 20 months old I can't remember the last time we had to tend to him in the night.

Sleeping aside, Jos has guided us through teething, weaning, the dreaded dummy removal (that only took 2 days!) given advice about nursery and more support than I could have asked for.

Always being there when I felt at my most lonely and stressed, Jos has helped us to instigate and maintain a routine and the deviations that arise as they grow. I now feel confident in managing days when things don't go to plan or when life gets in the way.

As much as we'd like to think it, Axl isn't a miracle child or an anomaly. We have learned (from Jos) that consistency is the key and with the support offered we have ourselves a very happy and healthy little boy.

Lucy Raynes

Before Jos came to stay my 4 month old daughter Willow was waking every hour or so in the night and feeding what felt like constantly. It was also taking me 2 hours to get her to sleep at night. I had no structure to my day and Willow cried a lot which was upsetting me too. Jos’s visit was transformational.

Within 48 hours Willow was sleeping right through the night - from 7 pm until 6 am, sometimes longer! People often don’t believe me when I tell them but it’s true! Plus I was able to space out feeds and learnt how to help Willow to nap for longer during the day.

Seemingly simple changes suggested by Jos worked wonders and I got my life back. I continued to follow all of Jos’s advice after she left and four months on, Willow continues to sleep well and is such a contented, smiley baby. Plus I’m the happiest of mums! If you’re in two minds as to whether Jos can help you then please take my word for it, she can. You won’t regret it for a second.