Karen

My goodness Claire is amazing. Working with paediatrics myself it was particularly upsetting to feel helpless when our little girl was born and so distressed. She screamed constantly in the most distressing way for up to 12hours!!! I had no idea just how challenging a baby could be.

I kept telling myself she's a newborn adapting to the outside world, but the more I saw babies of a similar age I realised she really was trying to tell us something wasn't right.

She barely napped in the day. Generally napping for 2-5minutes with the odd random 20minute nap before being wide awake screaming again. We'd tried multiple approaches which helped minimally but increased the cycle of over stimulation and increased tiredness. We also really struggled to get any wind up which also seemed to feed her discomfort.

Committing as optimally as possible to Claire's recommendations we saw immediate improvement. Yes some attempts to get her to sleep are more challenging but she's already learning the cues we give her that she should go to sleep. We are now one week on any my partner's gone for a run and I'm typing this while our baby naps.

I can't tell you how valuable Claire's knowledge and calm supportive nature have helped our family. Not only was our baby in tears prior to this but also me! Now our baby naps in the day, sleeps well at night, calmly entertain herself during the day without constantly being held. I can get to the bathroom, make a cuppa, and even eat dinner!

We had a new happy baby as soon as we implemented the recommended changes and she continues to improve daily.

Claire's an absolute legend!

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