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Archives for June 2016

June 16, 2016

I needed help with my toddler’s sleep – Anna’s Story

Toddlers sleep

I needed help with my toddler’s sleep, I was struggling to cope at work on 3-4 hours sleep a night.

Before using Millpond we were absolutely exhausted. My toddler Sam (18 months) was waking up 3 – 4 times most nights and often staying awake for more than an hour. Bedtimes were becoming very stressful and we were exhausted. Both of us work full time and it was extremely difficult to concentrate at work with often having only 3 or 4 hours sleep. The weekends involved sleeping in shifts to catch up, which meant no time as a family, which was really tough as that is the only time we get to spend with my two teenage stepsons. Sam was tired and grumpy a lot of the time, so even when we were all awake together he was often crying or overtired.

Getting advice from my sleep therapist

I felt that Juliet, our Millpond sleep consultant, took the time to listen to us and understand our situation and how we wanted to handle things. I didn’t feel that we were being forced to take actions we weren’t comfortable with. It all seemed to work quite naturally. I also liked the follow up calls and the fact that Juliet adapted the sleep plan a little as we went along to take into account our feedback.

No more bedtime battles

After a month following the tailored sleep plan, Sam now sleeps from 7 pm through to 5.30 am almost every night. Bedtimes are now a pleasure rather than a battle and we have loads more energy for work and enjoying the weekends together as a family. Sam is much happier and really enjoying the new routine. His nursery nurse at nursery says he is like a different child, having much more fun and joining in games and songs with the other children.

No cry sleep solution

What is really amazing is that we have done all this with very little crying. I had resisted sleep training in the past as I thought it would just involve leaving him to cry. Juliet’s method was very gentle and Sam cries and gets upset a lot less now than he did before we started this. I just wish we’d done it sooner!

 

Filed Under: All, Our families success stories Tagged With: bedtime battles, frequent night waking, helping my toddler sleep, my partner and I sleep in separate beds

June 8, 2016

How Lack of Sleep Affect Your Work Performance

Sarah was so tired, she was struggling to cope with the work/home life balance. Two year old Ben was waking 5 times a night. A work colleague recommended she contact Millpond.

Read her story…

Exhausted at work

“We can’t thank Millpond enough for all the support, advice and understanding they have shown us over the last few months.

Ben’s sleep problems were horrendous and at nearly two years he was waking up to 5 times a night and sometimes for up to 2.5 hours at a time.

We were desperate, but scared to try any form of sleep training for fear that we would fail and then have endured a lot of screaming for no result.

Sarah was worried about what sleep technique she would use…

A colleague recommended Millpond and initially we were hesitant – was it going to involve leaving him to scream? Was it going to go against our parenting style? Was it unfair on him to change his routine so much? Was it going to be worth investing that much time and money? We also felt that Ben was incurable!! However, eventually we decided that it was worth a try – Ben’s behaviour was suffering due to his lack of sleep and we realised that the current situation was as unfair on him as it was on us.

Ben’s sleep programme was gentle…

Right from our first consultation with Mandy our sleep consultant, we knew we had made the right decision! She’d seen it all before and gave us confidence that Ben’s sleep would improve. The programme was SO unique to Ben and incredibly gradual and gentle on him and us. We didn’t want to do controlled crying and Mandy confirmed that, for Ben, this would not be the right approach.

Each step felt like the right thing to be doing and Ben responded positively from day one. It took some weeks to see an improvement in his sleep. However, we always felt that we were moving forward and never doubted that it would work. Within a couple of weeks we were no longer picking him up out of the cot and rocking him for hours on end
things were slowly beginning to improve. Mandy was so patient and kind and gave us the confidence to stick to the new regime to the letter. As a result as the weeks went by we began to see an improvement to his night time waking. Now Ben asks to go in his cot at night!! He settles himself and chats away happily when he goes to sleep at night and when he wakes in the morning. We can’t believe that we have a child who ‘sleeps through the night’!!

Wish we had contacted Millpond sooner…

We would highly recommend Millpond to anyone who is suffering from lack of sleep. The change to my work/life balanc, and to Ben’s life has been unbelievable. We only wish we had contacted Mandy sooner!! We cannot thank and recommend Millpond highly enough.” Sarah

Filed Under: All, Surviving work with little sleep Tagged With: constant night waking, Does lack of sleep affect your work?, frequent night waking, gradual retreat, how do I balance being a mum and returning to work?, I'm too tired to work, my child frequently disturbs my sleep, rocked to sleep, We don't want to use controlled crying, work/life balance, worried about returning to work

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