We contacted Liz for early evening babysitting as had tickets for a show in town and needed someone to do the whole bath and bedtime routine for our 5 month old (we unfortunately don’t have any family members to call upon!) When speaking with Liz she asked about sleep patterns and our daughter was waking frequently in the night for short periods of time for what we thought was food. Liz suggested using our babysitting evening as a stepping stone to try and get her to sleep through the night along with moving her into her own room and larger cot at the same time. I thought ambitious but let’s give it a go!
Liz came the week before to familiarise herself and to meet our daughter. She stayed on the first night and we took advantage of having a sneaky night away knowing our daughter was in good hands having read her references and documentation along with the meet the previous week. Liz had run through how it would work explaining that a child of 5 months can go through the night without feeding and the cry outs had become habit induced as rewarded with a cuddle and food. She would monitor how often she woke and for length of time listening out to the type and frequency of cry. Liz provided updates throughout the evening with pictures of a happy child when we left and on waking in her cot and playing in the morning.
We returned home after the first night and Liz provided a night diary of the wake periods and length of time for each, and our daughter had gone the whole night without a feed and with one longish period of crying coupled with a few other wake ups at similar times as usual.
Liz returned the following night whilst we were home after bedtime routine and she was asleep. Again we were told to go to bed and she would be on watch. Another night this time with minimal crying/wake ups.
The following night we were flying solo…we did bath and feed then put her down at 7.10pm. Throughout the early part of the night before we went to sleep ourselves she cried out a couple of times but did not wake. Liz had explained not to go in and disturb her so you do have to be steely! The following morning I went in to an awake smiling baby at 7.20am!
From the moment we made contact with Liz she has been on hand answering questions via message quickly and following up on how the sleeping has gone after the initial night in a really helpful manner. This has given peace of mind and also allowed for baby brain forgetfulness for all those questions for when she was with us to get answered.
Amazing! A happy baby and even happier parents….just need to catch up on the 5 months lost sleep! Can’t recommend Liz highly enough 😃

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