Incredible, beautiful programme
I have followed this programme right from the start and my baby and I have absolutely thrived. She is 12 months old now. When it comes to sleep, most people only focus on 'sleeping through the night' which of course is a very vague phrase. So I will be a little more specific. Following this programme alongside my preferred settling method (the shush pat/side pat straight in the cot so no transfer needed) my baby has always slept ‘all night’ from (7pm-7am usually) of course with feeds needed in the early months, but she has mostly slept 12 hours with no feeds since 5 months old. However, for me that is possibly not even the best thing about this programme. I have also loved this programme for so many other reasons which I will try and list here; an extremely happy baby, bedtime between 6.30-7pm right from the start, a baby that has been able to self-settle happily for some sleeps from an early age or could be actively settled to sleep in minutes, a long lunch sleep (amazing), naps at the same regular time each day (I love routine), the knowledge the programme gave me to change the sleeps if I needed to, my girl could be put to sleep by other family members, feed times that worked well for us which meant I had the freedom to go out and about on my own in specific windows during the day (she never took a bottle), I had lots of time to play sports with my 6 year old son while baby girl was napping. I’ve probably forgotten something, but it really has been a wonderful programme for my whole family! Huge thank-you to Little Ones :-)