“I feel like I am a better Mum because of Jen, she literally CHANGED OUR LIVES. ”
I'm going to jump straight to the point as I know from experience Mums and Dads functioning on very little to no sleep do not have the time or energy to read the long version of our story!
Jen literally CHANGED OUR LIVES. I'm not exaggerating or sugar coating our experience with WOT Baby. This is literally what it did for us and we will be forever indebted to Jen for this!
My husband and I were trying to function on the sleep of a 3.5 month old waking every 1.5 / 2 hours for 3 weeks straight. Cash (our little boy) had never slept this badly (not even as a newborn). To be completely honest we were not coping and knew we could not go on like this.
I discovered WOT Baby through a few different friends who had either found success through the WOT BABY book / app / one on one appointments or had generally just heard about her through the grapevine.
I heard about babies by Cash's age sleeping through the night and took it with a grain of salt... as if they were urban legends... it felt beyond belief to me that this was achievable for us.
Feeling totally desperate I reached out to Jen on Instagram and booked the first available one on one at home appointment.
Although the WOT Baby app and book are both fantastic resources I just did not have the energy or confidence to conquer this on my own. I felt like I really needed her one on one support to (hopefully!) get through this.
Again, I'm not going to sugar coat this.
The initial 10 days of training with Jen were so intense and to be frank felt like the most challenging and emotional of our lives. It was HARD.
By night 2 Cash slept through the night. 12 hours straight.
I rang Jen the next morning in total disbelief! I still remember her exact words - that Cash was not a 'unicorn baby'. That this was possible!
The next week I spent pretty much in tears every single day. It was so emotionally draining but slowly things got better. We tried to stay as CONSISTENT as possible (as Jen kept on cheering us from the sideline to do) and slowly I was able to put my own personal emotions aside.
I realised that I had to TRUST in Jen and the WOT Baby guidelines. Quit questioning them and just believe.
I'm now writing this from the 'other side'. Hearing Mums talk like this used to really frustrate me. I think I just didn't believe that this was possible for us. BUT IT WAS AND IS!
Jen and the WOT Baby philosophy totally changed our lives. Cash now (touch wood!!!) sleeps a solid 12 hours straight every single night. I'm kind of scared to write this in case I jinx it!
From the bottom of my heart I feel like I am a better Mum because of Jen.
Sleep is such a game changer in my Mummy life. I will never take it for granted again. I feel like I can now totally enjoy Cash during his waking hours and not look at the clock counting down when both him and I can go to sleep next. I'll be honest. This is what I used to do.
Now when Cash is asleep I miss him and can't wait for him to wake up!
I now have people telling me how lucky we are to have a good sleeper. It's not luck. It was bloody hard work - BUT WE GOT THERE (and will stay there if we stay consistent!!)