‘The sleep coach gave us our night’s rest back’

‘When my son was nine months old and his sleep rhythm was still very difficult to find, I knew: I am not going to solve this alone. I need help,” Angela says. She desperately Googled and asked friends for advice. “I even begged our pediatrician for some magical method that would make my son sleep well. But no matter what I tried – nothing helped.’

Sing song

In the end, it was her niece who suggested that she hire a sleep coach. “I had never heard of a sleep coach,” admits Angela. “Let alone know what he was doing. I imagined it was a woman in the dark, in a corner of the room, singing a song to my son and putting him to sleep.’

But Angela soon realized that reality was different. ‘From the first consultation I noticed that she was a very friendly woman who thought along with me. She made me feel seen, heard and understood – exactly what I needed,” she says.

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Thanks to the sleep coach, Angela learned that there are many factors that influence your child’s sleep. ‘Age, food, the temperature of the baby’s room, lighting and so on. It’s a lot to take in and understand, especially if you can barely keep your eyes open.’

The sleep coach also advised Angela to keep a sleep diary for her son. ‘She gained insight into my son’s sleeping behavior and was able to help devise possible solutions.’

Push in the back

In hindsight, Angela wished she’d gone to see the woman sooner. “Talk to her found that what I was doing wasn’t wrong, it just needed some minor adjustments. I soon noticed a difference in my son’s sleep rhythm. Of course it can be different with another mother – no child sleeps the same. For one it takes a week to master a sleep rhythm, for the other longer. But I recommend everyone to consult a sleep coach. Because it is precisely that little push that can make all the difference.’

Source: Motherly