Reviews From Happy Sleepers
We worked with Kathleen when our baby was 10 months old and waking up every two hours at night time. Settling back to sleep would take about an hour and a mix of breastfeeding, rocking and shushing. There was no structure to his routine and daily naps, which meant we had an overtired baby before even starting the night routine. Our baby is 2 years old now and we haven't had any issues with sleeping since we worked with Kathleen.
What we most liked about Kathleen was how she took the time to understand our specific challenges, our baby's needs, and tailor a plan that suited our family. Kathleen was like a friend during all of this - someone to talk to during the exhaustion of sleepless nights. Her approach was gentle yet effective, and that was very important to us - our baby never cried to sleep but was always comforted by either myself or my partner.
Finally, I'd like to add that we still use Kathleen's methodology with our second baby. Her Newborn Masterclass was very informative and had us fully prepared on sleep before our second baby arrived.
Valeria, mother of a 10-month-old baby and a newborn baby
We came to Kathleen looking for help with our 21 month old daughter’s sleep. Desperate for some sleep ourselves, we were co-sleeping every night and using bottles to get her back to sleep. With another baby on the way, we knew this was unsustainable and something had to change. Over the course of three weeks Kathleen supported us to get our daughter back in the cot and not feeding overnight. Her gentle and gradual approach helped our daughter learn to fall asleep independently and this drastically reduced night wakings with her sleeping through on many occasions. Bedtime and nap time became calm and predictable. The support and guidance made a huge difference and we are all beginning to feel more rested thanks to @happy.sleep.solutions!
Noelle, Mam of a 21-month-old girl
We cannot recommend Kathleen enough.
After 8months of very challenging sleep preferences and patterns we sought her help, at a time of desperation. We were looking for help on a number of fronts - to break a total dependency on being nursed to sleep at bedtime and after each nighttime wake up, to reduce the number of night time wake ups (from 5+ per night), and finally, to move from buggy naps to crib naps.
In just three weeks, we have managed to achieve all three goals - to our total disbelief! Kathleen's sound advice helped us confidently navigate each bump in the road. We always felt that she was attuned to our family's unique circumstances and our child's particular needs at any given time. It was the best help we could have asked for!
Gwen, Mam of a 8-month-old boy
Signing up with Happy Sleep solutions was the best decision we could have made.
Before starting our 7 month old used to wake multiple times in the night and during naps for us to re plug her soother. This resulted in broken sleep for everyone.
Working with Kathleen we removed the soother and gradually and gently helped our little girl to learn the skills to put herself to sleep. She is now taking 2-3 good naps daily and sleeping 11-12 hours at night.
We are a different family. Everyone is so much better rested and happier. We could not be more happy and are so grateful for Kathleen’s gentle approach which has enabled our daughter to get herself to sleep independently and sleep through the night.
Claire, Mother of a 7-month-old girl
Kathleen is a kind, attentive, dedicated and thorough sleep coach. We have seen vast improvements in our 22 month old in areas such as nap refusal, early wakes, distress when waking, overall general mood and interactions with others - the consequences of the changes that Kathleen helped us to implement have simply been immense.
We participated in the 1:1 full support package; knowing that Kathleen was truly “at the end of a phone” any time we needed her gave us huge confidence and got us out of a few sticky situations! This is our 3rd child, and family life has changed massively for the better - for this we are incredibly thankful to Kathleen. Onwards and upwards! 🙂
Fiona, Mother of a 20-month-old girl
We reached out to Kathleen after our baby had gone through quite a long sleep regression. She struggled going to bed alone, not napping during the day, would scream hysterically every time we put her in her cot and was waking multiple times a night.
After the first few days of working with the individualised plan that Kathleen put together for us (and constant ongoing support and tweaks when needed), we noticed a huge difference.
After 2 weeks, our little girl is now napping consistently during the day, happily going into her cot at night, falling asleep completely independently, and even self settling herself if she does wake.
We are so grateful for Kathleen's help, support, and guidance during this time. She's simply amazing! I just wish we had found her sooner!
Laura, Mother of a 10-month-old girl
Kathleen is AMAZING! Our triplets were the ultimate 'Cat-nap Queens', bedtime was a challenge and nights were relentless. Kathleen helped us to lengthen naps, improve bedtime, drop night feeds, get all three in sync and actually get some sleep ourselves! Kathleen is so supportive, reassuring and patient. She works with you, she listens, she helps and she guides. Our girls are sleeping at night, they're so much more settled and content during their wake windows thanks to Kathleen's gentle and supportive approach. We have learned so much and our family as a whole has benefitted so much from working with Kathleen. Thank you! x
Lisa, Mother of a 8-month-old triplet girls
We reached out to Kathleen when our twin girls were approaching their first birthday. Her gentle yet consistent approach to sleep has been a huge transformation in our home. Despite running into some bumps in our journey with Kathleen including sickness, new transitions & busy schedules, our girls are now back sleeping in the same bedroom, falling asleep alone in their cots during naptime/ bedtime and have significantly less wakes during the night. We achieved all this without upsetting the bedtime routine of our three year old son and mum & dad are feeling a lot more rested too. Would highly recommend Kathleen's professional support & guidance... She's absolute Magic ✨
Liz, Mother of a 1-year-old twin girls
I have to say I recommend Happy Sleep Solutions to anyone that is struggling with there child sleep. I have a 2 year old that couldn`t sleep in his own bed, waking several times at night and sleeping in are bed. now he is sleeping in his own bed and sleeping though the night.
Shauna, Mother of a 2-year-old boy
We spent the first year of our daughters life with 3/4 wakings every night. Having tried everything we honestly felt nothing we would could do would solve her sleep issues.
However within a week of engaging with Abbey we were all sleeping better and now our daughter is going down without as much as a squeak and sleeping through the night. It has genuinely been life changing.
Abbey was brilliant. Really engaged and you can tell she deeply cares about both babies and the parents. Couldn’t recommend her more.
Brian, Dad of a 1-year-old girl