Another Mum rescued from BREAKING POINT!
“We have been on quite a journey with our sweet 6 month old baby girl. After multiple visits to the chiropractor, tongue and lip tie releases, high dosage of omeprazole, me being on a very restricted diet (no dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, oats, tomatoes, pulses) our daughter was napping a maximum of 45 minutes during the day and waking multiple times a night and only settling when she slept on me, which she did for the first 6 months of her life.
I was near breaking point when I reached out to Alison (at 3 o’clock on the morning!) enquiring about a home visit — this was honestly one of the best things I’ve done for my family. Within 24 hours of Alison arriving our little one was napping for 2 hours and within 72 hours was sleeping through the night. We have noticed such positive changes in her comfort levels and she’s come on leaps and bounds during Alison’s visit; constantly smiling, sitting upright unaided, her hair is glossier, her eczema has almost disappeared. Perhaps most importantly, you can see that she looks forward to the very effective (and short) bedtime routine, and so do I.
Our daughter quickly grew very attached to Alison, which to me was a clear signal that she was very happy and comfortable with the new routine and adjustments that she has helped us to put in place.
Alison is nothing short of a miracle worker. I can’t thank her enough for the changes that she’s helped us to implement, the entire family is so much happier. I just wish I’d contacted her sooner!”
Alison says;
“I wasn’t 100% sure what this lovely Mum expected, but I’m sure it wasn’t to see such positive changes in her baby daughter quite so quickly! Remi was somewhat orally phobic, struggled to drink milk in any quantity, would eat only a few mouthfuls of purée — and that was only with distraction, and would only sleep attached to mum’s boob!
After much discussion we agreed to remove the boob association completely, and move solely onto Neocate which had previously been prescribed by the paediatrician.
It’s such an intense process to go through — in many ways, more so for the mums rather than the babies and it can prove to be quite an emotional journey. That said, within just a couple of days Remi was responding so well and much of the previous screaming & crying, jittery and wired behaviour had stopped. Remi was so much calmer and quickly grew to love going down in her cot and settling herself to sleep and by night four the whole bath and bedtime routine was an absolute dream.
Since I’ve left, nights have continued to be calm and peaceful, Remi is happily drinking her milk and eating her meals though daytime naps can still be erratic which is normal as it can take a couple of weeks before daytime sleeps get fully established.
For anyone struggling with their little ones’ feeding, lack of sleep or on a similar journey as this mum — please know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and the information in my book is a good place to start!”
