The Sleeping Baby Routine Anmeldelser 

A smooth process. Really useful! Definitely use again. Thank you for your advice. Worth it and very reasonable

Would highly recommend - happy customers with a full night sleep at last!!

So we had heard all the horror stories, all the classics that everyone tells. Babies only sleep for 2 hours a night, prepared to be exhausted, no sleep, you'll be in a terrible place etc etc and we absolutely dreaded it.

And then we found this book, and this simple approach, and everyone we spoke to doubted it. In fact, getting a healthy sleep relationship was so important we also signed up for a support package with Charmain. So let's start by confirming.

We have a 4 week old baby, and she sleeps, a lot, calmly and contentedly (mostly, not every single sleep but 80%-90%)

Every night we sleep, we actually put her to bed, she sleeps and we sleep. She normally goes to bed after her bath (7pm ish) and once she's asleep, which can take a little while, she won't wake up for 5 hours, maybe more. Then she has a quick feed (30mins) and goes back to sleep until 7am!

Yes, our baby is sleeping for 8-10 hours between 7pm and 7am every night. And so are we!

So let's look at what almost everyone said to us as reasons this can't work

1) NO IT ISN'T SLEEP TRAINING - couldn't be further from it, we've worked with Charmain in person and to be honest she doesn't actually talk about sleep, ever. Sleep is just a consequence of the other stuff. Sleep for a baby just happens when the rest of the stuff is in place. So please don't let people put you off by saying you can't sleep train a baby. You're not trying to.

2) NO BABIES CAN'T LEARN ROUTINE - babies don't know it's 2.30pm sure, but adults do. It's the adults learning and using a routine to get everything the baby needs done and then the result is SLEEP. The baby has no real idea, she is just happy and ready for sleep.

3) OH MY BABY IS DIFFERENT - Really? Somehow different to all the others who have tried this and it works

Now that's out of the way what does this actually involved, before someone says to you it doesn't/can't work.

The theory is a well fed, mentally stimulated baby who is well winded, will naturally sleep once they have been awake long enough for their age range.

So you feed, burp and play, then sleep. Just like any 'normal' approach. But with Charmain's routine you actually think about how much food, then you burp them a lot, far far more than anyone else ever does, and guess what. They burp, they burp all the air up, every 30ml of food, and then they don't have wind and are nice and settled for active play time where the focus is all on engaging their brain so when it's bedtime they've been stimulated enough to sleep.

And they do! Our baby has done so 90% of sleeps after we apply the routine. (And most of the 10% that's gone wrong was us, we realised what we did and a couple of times, well we'll take a couple of difficult 4 hour blocks over 4 week!)

Our NCT group has 6 couples including us, all lovely people and clearly loving parents. 5 couples are awake through the night, getting a couple of hours sleep if they're lucky. 1 couple isn't awake, 1 couple is sleeping 7 hours a night (maybe more).

At our reunion the girls were describing how tired they were and most even agreed they were hallucinating at times, falling asleep sitting up etc. My wife was almost embarrassed to reveal that the night before she got just over 7 hours sleep and that was a bad night! Our baby went to sleep, woke up once for a single feed, which was too long but that's a learning point, and then went back to sleep, took 20 minutes to settle (again a learning point) and then slept through until 7am.

My wife is just tired, tired from being busy and recovering from birth, a normal level of being tired. Not completely exhausted, not devastated or unable to cope with the lack of sleep. Sure, newborns are not easy, but being tired is very manageable, being genuinely sleep deprived isn't. (I know, I've been there, it's a scary place)

Also, Charmain's approach is very PRO-BREASTFEEDING. So if you're struggling with breast feeding this might actually be what you need. We had almost given up on breast feeding. We'd seen everyone the NHS offered and even private. And we were done. 1 week into a 2 week package with Charmain and our baby is latching, feeding and then topping up with bottle while we improve our supply. But we are breast feeding most feeds! From ZERO!

Charmain focuses on the entire person, looking after your health and wellbeing to get your milk supply going. Not pumping every 2 hours during the night and being exhausted because that's not actually good for milk production.

Don't listen to all the parents who say it can't be done and wear their exhaustion as a badge of honour. Give it a go, for 2 weeks, and see what happens.

And before anyone says to you it means they'll starve, well she was 50g under on day 5 and 150g over on day 10, and is still putting on the ideal amount of weight per day. So don't let them worry you with that.

Buy the book, work with Charmain, give it a go, and get some sleep!

BOOK CHARMIAN NOW! Honestly this lady is a baby magician and she changed my life. (Sounds dramatic but it is true). Anyone reading this unsure whether it will be worth the money, please trust me (even if I’m a stranger to you) - I was very skeptical at the idea of Charmian working with me remotely and not being in the house physically with my baby however her attention to detail and focus she gives to your routine before working with you is basically like having her in your house. You have her basically on speed dial for the time you work with her too so you can ask as many questions as you want.
I used Charmian when baby was 3 months and I could not get her to nap during day when I wanted. I was feeding her (breast) to get her to sleep then trying to gently place her down and tiptoe out the room but she kept waking and so I could never have even 10 mins to myself. Within ONE DAY Charmian had fixed this and I had guaranteed nap times which was a total game changer and she no longer needed to be be on the breast to fall asleep. My baby would settle herself easily and this was without crying it out. I was very clear that I was not going to leave my baby crying for long times at all so the process was not painful for either of us.
Charmian got my baby sleeping through the night within a few days too and I had some specific odd issues like she would wake without fail 35 mins after putting her down for the night and then wouldn’t settle for ~2 hours: again within 2 days she had fixed this: as I said, she’s a magician.
I then used Charmian a second time to help with weaning and again she made it so easy and straight forward. I was very nervous knowing how and when to wean as there is so many conflicting books etc. Charmian’s track record and vast experience made me feel very reassured at every crossroads I came to that her advice was tried and tested and the right advice.
I then had sleep regression around 6 Months for various reasons but also because I had been travelling a lot in different time zones and had got into a habit of taking baby into my bed - something I didn’t want to continue (CO sleeping) so I did another week with Charmian. I also could not get baby to sleep more than 30 mins at a time so she wasn’t linking her afternoon nap. again Charmian fixed this within a few days (literally). she makes multiple tweaks - often minor tweaks that seem small to me, but the combination of them all fix the problem. It is the best value for money I have ever spent. One thing I would say however is you are much better going for the 5 day remote course with her rather than a call because she will give you suggested tweaks to your routine and then you need to implement them to see the effect of them to know how to them make more tweaks etc in order to perfect the routine so if you only do one call, this doesn’t allow for this follow up / analysis.

We had a 5 day virtual consultation with Charmian when our son was 5 weeks old. We had been trying to follow the plan from the book as best as possible, but were still experiencing two wake ups at night. Over the course of the consultation Charmian was able to fine tune the routine we had in place, and provide ongoing support and encouragement to ensure we kept persevering. By the end of the week our son was sleeping through from 7.00pm until 5.00pm, and currently he is able to sleep until 6.30am! Getting our sleep back has been a god send, and I am so glad we implemented the routine. I would definitely recommend it to all my friends 🙂

A really practical and realistic guide. It’s been my bible!

I was recommended Charmian's book by a friend who had amazing success with Charmian's routine for both her children, after she visited me when I was near rock bottom, completely sleep deprived and crying my eyes out not knowing how to stop my baby from crying after we'd both been awake for 12 hours on 3 hours sleep!

After reading the book and trying the routine out myself, I decided to book the week long consultation in order to ask questions about the routine and to have Charmian provide me with an approach tailored to mine and my baby's specific needs. It was very intense but everything I learned has stayed with me - 7 months later - which shows you how adaptable the routine is, given how much babies change!

Charmian's attention to every single detail of my daily diary meant that every day, we were able to work together to troubleshoot and get to the root of the problem, which in my case, was milk supply. Within just three days, my milk supply had increased, my baby was sleeping better for her daytime naps (which was one of the main issues) and I finally understood how my milk supply worked, which meant that I could leave the consultation at the end of the week confident that I could put Charmian's approach into practice myself.

Thank you Charmian, for your dedicated one on one support and advice that will always stay with me.

I booked Charmian for one week in person followed by one week remote consultation. My baby was 9 days old when she came to stay. I had read the book which felt logical but intense. Having Charmian stay with her hands-on, practical approach and fun demeanour was a great way to put her approach into practice. My desire was to get into her routine but then learn to adapt it to work for my lifestyle. I didn’t want to be fully rigid, recognising that this would likely impact the speed at which my baby may sleep through the night. He is now 6 weeks old and definitely enjoys the routine. It helps me plan my day and I know I can go back to Charmian’s book as I need to tweak things according to his stage. For anyone anxious about sleep, digestion or coping with a new born, I would recommend reading charmian’s book and then arranging her services if you are committed to a routine-based, no-cry approach to raising your baby. Also recommend doing it early!

Hi Charmian,
I wanted to thank you so much from the bottom of my heart as you have been amazing at resetting Chloé’s sleep (and mine!!!) when things turned a bit sour post 4months 😁
Thank to your patience, appropriate schedules, weaning advices, upbeat brainstorming sessions, we have managed to put Chloé on a simple, successful and sustainable routine that helps her strive in her development and be a lovely and happy baby :)
I cannot thank you more for your guidance and all the tips as a new (control freak!) parent, your experience and advice is invaluable!
I have and will cary on highly recommending your help to all moms!!!
Thanks so much again xx

WORTH EVERY PENNY! Charmian’s routine has worked for us again on baby number 2, but even quicker. I first read Charmian’s book 2.5 years ago when pregnant with my first daughter and instantly knew this routine was for me. It’s not sleep training, rather a focus on digestion and awake time to naturally teach the baby the difference between night and day. With one to one consultation support we got our first daughter sleeping through 7-7 from around 6 weeks of age and she has such a healthy relationship with sleep and food. I continued to seek advice from Charmian through to weaning stages as her advice was invaluable and always worked.

When I fell pregnant again last year Charmian was one of the first to be told so I could make sure I had her support again. This time I implemented the routine from Day 1 following guidance in the book whilst working on my breastfeeding supply. From a couple of days old she was only waking twice in the night. Once Charmian came to support in week 3 we had got my daughter sleeping through 8pm- 7am from day 17!!! We’re now 4 weeks in and still no night wake ups. We have a happy baby and happy mummy. It is not easy, and requires patience and consistency, but it does work!! Thank you so much Charmian.

5 day remote support package was amazing. Resolved so many issues we were having. So grateful

This book is so much more than sleeping through the night. Charmian’s knowledge in all things babies is incredible; digestion, feeding, tongue tie, bottle aversion, how to wind properly, milk supply, pumping, awake windows, playtime. I’ve learnt so much working with Charmian and I’ve used her book and remote consultation support for both much girls, most recently my 10 week old, Aria. Within 5 days she was sleeping through the night but that was just a bonus really. With Charmian’s support I had Aria taking the bottle, a much better upstanding of my milk supply and a plan for moving forward, a schedule that works for the family, a cleared up nappy rash that previously would not quit and just a happier baby and mummy! She’s knows her stuff and knows things need to be tailored to you. She’s also great when there are tears!! I can’t recommend Charmian’s expertise (my baby bible) and also her book enough!

This book is the amazing! Within 3 nights our baby went from waking up twice a night to sleeping from 7-7! Well written, easy to follow.
Thank you!

If you’re thinking about buying Charmian’s book then do it. Yes some might say it’s hard work which it is but it’s worth it. Who wouldn’t be prepared to put in some hard work to have babies that sleep for 12hr!

We first followed the book for our now 22month old. We were following the routine but having some weight gain issues and everything that the health visitor and midwives told me wasn’t working. I did a one hour consultation call with Charmian and it changed our lives!! With her advice and some tweaks within 48hr our little girl was sleeping through the night and more importantly within a week she was gaining weight! I would 100% using her consultations alongside the book for troubleshooting any issues you might have (all babies are different!). By the time she was 8 weeks old she was happy, alert and having 3 naps a day then sleeping 7:45pm - 6:15am. She’s now 6:45-7:30am, A dream!! I actually felt bad telling people this when they asked “is your baby sleeping ok”? I was breastfeeding and she gave me some great advice on expressing - I can only think that those who have said she gives bad breastfeeding advice haven’t actually read her advice and have “skim” read the book. You have to give it 100%. I’ve since recommended the book to friends and it’s worked for all of those who have followed it properly - they can’t believe how much of a life they are able to have as well as a newborn!

More recently I’ve had twins (15weeks) and at week 4-6 charmian came to stay with us to help get them into a good routine. I wondered if it would be awkward having someone stay in our house with newborns but it wasn’t at all. Yes, it was hard work but she was so friendly and supportive and the week that she was leaving they both slept through the night!!! Success! I can’t tell you how amazing it is having 3 under 2 all in a fantastic routine - it’s allowed us to continue running our own businesses as well as caring for healthy, happy babies. I can’t thank her enough.

Absolutely amazing in every way!

We booked in for a 5 day sleep support package to help improve the overnight sleeping of our 20 month old son. Charmian was excellent in her communication from the outset and was just a pleasure to work with throughout the whole time. Her kind and non-judgemental approach was exactly what we needed having been through a rough few months of sleep difficulties. Charmian went through our situation in detail and helped us to address and improve key factors such as diet, activity, nap structure, routine and overnight sleep settling. This lead to rapid changes and significant improvement in our son’s sleep and behaviour within 48 hours with him sleeping through the night for 12 hours within a week! Charmian was available to contact for advice in a timely manner throughout the package. We are so grateful for help and expertise and now have a much improved sleep routine for our son (and us) who seems so much happier as well :) We couldn’t recommend Charmian and The Sleeping Baby Routine enough!

Everyone needs a Charmian in their lives if they want a sleeping baby :) We started the remote package with Charmian at week 7 and by week 9 our baby was sleeping through the night! She has such a lovely holistic approach to supporting new mums that are breastfeeding, really emphasising the importance of food and sleep for the mum at this crucial time. Before consulting with charmian I was triple feeding and this was taking its toll on us as a family. Charmian quickly came in and restored some normality and routine into our day - our baby was now so so content! Getting plenty of rest and play. We can’t thank her enough - she is so good at what she does!! Thanks again Charmian.

Charmian stayed with us for three weeks and helped my family from week 5 , our baby Artemis was 2 weeks early due to growth restrictions and was ravenous from birth. Her support before she came to stay with us was brilliant and she picked up on a tongue tie at 4 weeks. Artemis would feed for an hour on the breast and always need a top up, but with Charmian’s experienced eye she helped us help Artemis. Charmian’s gentle, loving and holistic approach to help Artemis flourish was a breath of fresh air. As first time parents both my husband and I learnt so much from Charmian. More than anything we have a very happy baby. Within the first week Artemis dropped one of her two night time wake ups, and was able to settle herself to sleep with a few minor tweaks. Artemis is strong willed- and Charmian made constant small adjustments to our routine to ensure she ate well, played well and had a good nights sleep. Artemis went from sleeping for no longer than 3 hours, to 9/10 hour stretches. Sleep aside, Charmian fit into our family home like a dream, she helped my milk supply increase by allowing me the time to focus on pumping and eating well. Her knowledge is untoward but more importantly her ability to know exactly what Artemis wanted and needed was heart warming. Her presence was calming and supportive, she teaches you alot- so be switched on, write things down and know everything she teaches makes for a happy baby and happy home. Several months down the line and she is always at the end of a phone and willing to help.

I had Charmian recommended to me by my cousin whom had a success story with her newborn 9months prior. I booked her early on in my pregnancy for a month of remote 5 day consultations from 2weeks with a week break in the middle to practice the routine. Charmian was a huge help for first time parents. I had milk supply issues due to tongue tie and a big baby with a fast metabolism (9lb 3oz) whom I was constantly chasing his appetite. Charmian helped me dramatically increase my supply so I could primarily breastfeed my baby, which I am confident that without her help I would not have been able to do. She is brilliant at working with your feeding preference whilst using the routine to give you a semblance of your old life back early on. Where my fellow NCT mums were struggling with serious sleep deprivation, my husband and I were getting great nights of sleep. The routine also promotes healthy gut and sleep patterns which I believe will set my son up with the foundations to develop positive relationships with food and sleep throughout life. I couldn’t recommend Charmian highly enough.

Charmian gave us some very non-nonsense advice and as a result our 6-month-old has now slept 7-7 for the first time ever just 1 week after the phone call consultation! Thank you Charmian for my first full nights’ sleep in a long time!!!