The Baby Sleep Solution: The stay-and-support method to help your baby sleep through the night

My wife swear by this book, the techniques makes sense and have worked really well for our first baby

Cant stop reading itI realised how messy our approach was without the bookI hope it will help us :)

This book has changed my life. From waking 12 times the first night to twice from the second onwards he was sleeping through the night by night six.I wasn’t willing to try any kind of cry it out technique so this stay and support method was perfect for me. Before I started I was up a minimum of 10 times a night with at least two bottles along with multiple times on my boob. Following her technique I was able to wean him off all night feeds within a week and have him sleeping through the night.She highlights possible issues that you may face along the way (I did encounter some of them) and gives you methods to overcome them. She also outlines different schedules depending on the child’s age which really helped me out. Once I started following her recommendations I immediately saw an improvement in both sleep and how happy my baby was.I 100% recommend this book!

This book has been a lifesaver for us! Our 9 month old was up at least twice a night to feed and would only fall asleep in our arms or in the pram. After following the method and suggested routine, we had a huge improvement after the first night, no night feeds after 1 day and sleeping through until 5am from day 4.We are about 3 weeks into this new routine now and it has worked wonders, not just for our son to sleep (and therefore us) but his weaning and development has come on leaps and bounds too. Before he wouldn’t eat more than a couple of spoonfuls and now he has 3 meals a day and is loving it! Such a simple technique and routine and so easy to follow. We are still working through the early wakings, but I will take 5am wake ups compared to what we had before.Highly recommend and so much cheaper than these expensive sleep courses online! Also check out her instagram and blog for free resources.

This method has definitely allowed my LG to be able to be placed in her cot, a few bum pats and she’s asleep. However, we still use the bottle to allow her to become sleepy, which Lucy Wolfe addresses isn’t a good sleep association. She states in the book that you should feed your baby 45 min before bed time. That for most parents is practically impossible. There is a lot advice such as this in the book where Lucy says “don’t do so and so” but she doesn’t actually tell us how? Which basically defeats the object of even doing this method. Keep in mind as well that this method will take a good 2-3 weeks, whereas Ferber or cry it out is much less. Overall with a bit of patience it does work, I don’t follow the suggested feeding schedule tho as in my opinion young babies need to be fed on demand and not as set times like an adult for example.

I thought I would never sleep train my baby, but the day arrived when feeding before bedtime stopped working its magic and we had to look for solutions. She is 10 months old and had never fallen asleep on her own in her cot before, it was always either while feeding or rocking. So, I turned to help out of necessity. We had an awake baby who would not settle! I am absolutely against the "cry it out" method, and a friend suggested this instead. I ordered the book and thankfully it was delivered the same evening. You'll be able to read it in a matter of hours going straight for the information needed.We decided not to follow all steps all at once, but to start with getting her used to falling asleep in the cot first. I changed the daytime schedule as proposed as much as it was possible, but I did not anticipate last feeding just yet. Either way, she was awake after breast, so it didn't impact much on what was happening in the cot.This is what happened:DAY1 - Baby is cruising around the cot getting increasingly more upset and protest crying. This lasted for about 30min until she got really upset and I needed further hour and breastfeeding to calm her down. I was about to quit as this experience was traumatic for everyone!DAY 2 - Baby still making ruckus in the cot and protesting, but between protests there have appeared silent moments. The evening still ends in tears and added breastfeeding, but it feels like a small progress has been made.DAY 3- I decided that it was time for dad to assume putting to sleep duties and removed myself from the room. Baby was playing in the cot, there were some protests, but slowly they died down and after 20min the baby was asleep.DAY 4 - Dad still putting her to sleep, it took 13min for her to fall asleep.OTHER CHANGES - Usually we had 2 wake ups during the night. Since sleep training it has reduced to one (I still feed her, to withdraw night feeds will be next step). And, if she wakes up during the night, sometimes she can actually fall asleep on her own now.WHAT DIDN'T WORK - even after all the changes to schedule, daytime naps have not improved. She refuses to nap in the cot during the day and nothing has worked so far to change that.Overall, i am surprised of how effective and fast the change happened and our sleep has improved. Next step is to eliminate night feeding, but if it is once per night I am not that fussed even if it doesn't work out.