The Sleeping Baby Routine Anmeldelser 

I had read Charmian’s book while pregnant and implemented her routine from day 1 with fantastic results - it has literally been my postnatal bible!
However at 3.5 months our baby was no longer sleeping solidly during her day naps and waking several times at night. We sought after Charmian’s advice and used her 5 day consultancy service, which we eventually extended to a 10 day consultation.
Charmian helped set up a new flexible schedule that allowed our daughter to increase her milk intake, solidly nap during the day and sleep through the night with little to no wakings.
She is still however waking at 5am but is easily resettled, hopefully this improves soon as she becomes more adjusted to the new schedule.
Thank you Charmian for all of your help!

Charmian was exactly what we needed when we were 8 weeks in to newborn life and finding feeding times really stressful with our baby being quite unsettled. We learned so much about feeding, winding, sleeping and play routines. So many key pieces of info that are now incorporated in to everything we do. This has made for a much happier, better fed and more content baby. We couldn’t thank Charmian enough

We contacted Charmian as our 4 month old was waking every couple of hours in the night, would only contact nap in the day, and would feed for very short times in the day.
We are 4 days into our 5 day consultancy with Charmian and wow what progress we have made in such little time! Our baby is now doing her 3x day naps in her crib, is no longer co-sleeping with us and sleeping longer stretches at night, and we've got my milk supply up and we have her doing longer feeds in the day. We have also begun the weaning process which will be our focus moving forwards.
During the 5 day consultation we have done daily phone calls, voice notes, video sharing, etc. I think it's great value for money and we're really pleased with the results and will be booking in again I imagine!
I wish we had contacted Charmian a long time ago!

I cannot recommend Charmian enough. After getting so much generalised advice from so many people, midwives and health care visitors it was great to get specific advice on every aspect of our 5 week old son. When we started with Charmian, it was not unusual for me to be cluster feeding for two hour periods twice a day and then 5-6 wake ups during the night.
After a 5 day consultation, Dylan was feeding well every 4 hours, very content in between feeds and settling to sleep much easier. We are currently down to only 2 night feeds - he is very close to dropping one of them! My husband and I learned so much from her and are so much more confident about how to know what is wrong with Dylan. She gives guidance on every aspect of feeding, winding and even what toys to get to stimulate him during wake periods. We did the consultation remotely and averaged about 5 videos, 30 messages and at least 1 phone conversation a day - you get your moneys worth! Several of my friends are getting in touch and I won't hesitate to call her for child number 2.

We had remote consultation from Charmian and it worked very well. Our 4,5 months old baby was not sleeping and being fed every an hour, but within 5 days we stretched it to 4 hours. And as it is said on the book as well no cry at all. I do not like those traditional cry it out methods which are stressful, Charmian’s methodology is gentle and works like a magic. I would rate more than 5 if it would be available. Thank you

Charmian helped us from 5 weeks - our baby was 2 weeks early due to needing a c section, she was already booked so unable to start earlier, but even helped me interview a stand-in maternity nurse who would work before she arrived, and checked in with her and me throughout to help us start her routine. After 11 days our daughter was waking just once in the night and going to sleep happily in her moses basket having been put down awake. Charmian started at 5 weeks and by 6 and a half weeks she slept through the night for the first time. She had a few nights still waking up once a night after that, but now at 9 weeks she is sleeping reliably through the night.

Aside from the sleeping, Charmian is enthusiastic and really caring in all aspects of the baby - she suggested some great toys for her, and made her awake times very fun. She clearly loves children (of all ages, as was great with our older children too) and is an easy person to have around.

While this was our third child, each baby is different, and we were still able to learn a lot from charmian being around each day. Her focus on digestion, happy awake time and positive sleep association is intuitive and a really gentle way to get your baby into a routine - there is a lot of information And feedback for mothers to take in initially especially if breastfeeding (she is very knowledgable on this front and has many many great tips for establishing and improving milk supply) so be prepared to absorb a lot of information and not take it as criticism - her method gets brilliant results and makes for very happy babies!

We’re so pleased we enlisted Charmian to help us. We were pulling our hair out with a number of issues with our 11 week old baby and Charmian has really helped us to sort a lot of it out. I wasn’t sure how much Charmian would be able to do from a remote perspective, but she was there for us throughout the 5 day remote consultation and tweaks here and then have made a huge difference to us. Her knowledge shines through. If money was no object, I would want to work with Charmian again for different stages, for example weaning. I only wish we’d contacted Charmian sooner, and cannot recommend her enough.

We had a remote consultation with Charmian a couple of weeks ago after getting in touch when I was desperate from lack of sleep with our 14 week old baby. I had got into bad habits with snacking and not giving full feeds on the breast to ensure they were being drained. We also did not have optimal sleeping positions and it was all adding up to a baby who could not be put down or settled for naps and who woke every couple of hours during the night. After reviewing our diary Charmian made suggestions which produced noticeable results within a couple of days. Very quickly our daughter was settling well after a full feed, and napping for appropriate times during the day. The first time I put her in her crib awake and she just happily drifted off, I cried because I had convinced myself that wasn’t possible! Charmian advised me how to increase my milk production and in my case it made sense to introduce 1 bottle of formula a day, at bedtime, because I wasn’t producing enough for this important feed. Night times improved very quickly, with her going from waking every couple of hours, to just twice during the night. Because we started all this so late, it will take a bit longer to get her sleeping through completely Due to hitting the 4 month sleep regression. But I feel confident that with the information Charmian provided we will get there!
Thank you Charmian and if only we’d come to you sooner!
We will be in touch with baby no. 2!

Charmian came to support our family when our third child child was 2 weeks old. Charmian slotted into our family and home with total ease and was a wonder with our baby, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results of our time spent with her. Within 24 hours our baby was in a good rhythm and we began the hard work to ensure we could reap the rewards of Charmian’s wealth of knowledge and experience. Since she arrived the baby has been waking up once a night (between the hours of 8-6) pretty incredible for a baby under 1 month old. I’m excited to see what happens next.

Charmian came to stay with us for 4 days a week for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks of our baby's life.
She was incredible. Considering that it is a very stressful time in anyone's life she became part of the family. Her routine requires hard work and focus, but what really shines through is her kindness and care for our little one and also, really noticeably, for me. Post c-section she was really focussed on my recovery and offered tips and guidance on my activity levels, my sleep and my nutrition.
27 years of experience really REALLY shows. She is magical with our baby and I don't think even realises how much knowledge she has as so much is passed on without her even noticing!
I couldn't recommend Charmian more highly. She is there when you need her, and has suddenly disappeared when you need a bit of time as a couple. How anyone copes with a new baby without her help I don't know! I have low milk supply but am currently able to give my baby everything I produce (and this has been maximised with Charmian's help) plus top up bottles for his big appetite, and he is sleeping through the night more often than he doesn't and he's only 4 weeks old.
Five stars.

Charmian, undeniably, is a font of knowledge, and I can only recommend her services to anybody with a young one.

I used her 5 day consultancy service with my 5 month old and she helped put in place structure around feed/ awake time/ sleep, that really does help to organise your day around, help you feel in control and keep you sane!

My son is not sleeping through the night however, but I am hopeful that over time this will improve.

Thank you Charmian!

I read Charmaine’s book and used remote consultation with my second baby and I can’t recommend her enough! Her book gives a perfect blend of routine without the traditional strict methods so as a complete softy I was so happy to find something that didn’t resort to cry it out.
I was unsure about how much a remote consultation would help but in less than an hour Charmaine got to the root causes of why my baby didn’t sleep through the night. I made the tweaks that she suggested and in the first night we were down to one wake a night and over the next few days she was sleeping through! Absolute magic!

I can’t say enough good things about Charmian and her routine. I was totally overwhelmed after the birth of my first baby and a great friend of mine recommended both Charmian and the routine highly . She guided me through from about 2 weeks in with the help of her book and remote consultations which were so reassuring as I had her on hand for any issues that came up every day of those weeks. Once we had managed to get our little one down to waking just once a night Charmian came and stayed for 3 nights and with her tweaks we were able to get him sleeping through. She is amazing with babies and fantastic company to boot. It’s been quite a rigorous routine for me and not without its moments where I feel like throwing my breast pump across the room but it’s been worthwhile ultimately. I have been breast feeding plus giving formula top ups plus expressing and that has been both time consuming and exhausting but now it’s all yielding results and none of my NCT class can believe it at 6 weeks.

I heard about Charmian through a number of friends who have used her over the years and was told she was the woman to get in to get your child sleeping through the night.

Having had two boys who didn’t sleep through the night until they were 6 months old I was determined that I wouldn’t make that mistake again and that this time I would get some help in. My husband took a bit of convincing as Charmian is not cheap and thought that I might just be jumping on the ‘Fulham Mum Bandwagon’ but after some persuading and a conversation with Charmian we decided to go with her and booked a home visit, 2 weeks remote consultation and a weeks live in help.

I bought the book too and took that to hospital with me to get into the routine from Day 1...Ivy is now 8 weeks old and I’m just coming to the end of my live in consultation with Charmian. Ivy now pretty much sleeps through the night and is a happy little baby and I put that down to the routine. Charmian has been a delight to have around, so incredibly knowledgeable and great with my other children too. I would not hesitate to recommend her and her book to any future Mums who want to save their sleep!

Our twins are now 11 weeks old and thanks to Charmian’s book and her consultation services the newborn stage has been a complete joy. The day is very structured but predictable and we managed to get the boys onto one feed in the night from week 1. Doing it so early on (which many said was impossible) has set positive associations with sleeping and feeding leading to happier babies and parents! I’m also combination feeding and may not have been able to breastfeed for this long if I had not had Charmian’s book and her expertise to hand. She’s also assisted with how to manage the babies and the hot weather leading to restful sleep. I do not think we would have managed so well without her!

Charmian came to stay with us when our baby Kit was 4 weeks old. We had little routine and Kit was waking in the night 3 times generally. She had Kit waking up once in the night within 24hs and when she left Kit is now sleeping through from 8pm- 6.30/7am. A dream! The routine is rigid but brilliant. Since Charmian came into our house and helped us to implement her routine Kit has been so happy. That’s the thing that has struck me even more than sleeping through the night is how happy he is whenever he’s awake - it’s incredible.
I cannot recommend Charmian and her routine enough.
Thankyou Charmian! XXX

Following the advice in Charmian’s book has ensured that both my babies have slept through the night from around 8 weeks which is remarkable. Not only that but once I started implementing the routine their mood and happiness seemed to improve huge amounts too. (As did mine!) The security we all felt from a routine was invaluable. Following her feeding advice meant that there was no longer crying from hunger or wind & discomfort. I would strongly recommend following Charmian’s advice to ensure your baby and you get enough sleep and to improve general happiness all round.

Charmian has made this newborn stage an absolute pleasure (with our first child it was incredibly daunting, we had many a sleepless night and just didn't know how to navigate the intricacies of a baby). We have learnt so much about how to read our newborn's cues this time round, how to make him a happy, thriving and interactive baby. And of course, the good night's sleep has been absolutely welcome too :)

Another key element of Charmian's expertise that I must mention is in relation to breastfeeding (which can bring with it a lot of stress and worry about if your newborn is getting enough) she helped me to understanding how my own body releases milk, increasing the flow, working out how my baby has been taking the milk and making it easier for him to access it. I didn't think I had enough milk for my baby, but Charmian was able to evaluate exactly what the issue was, work out the pace of my milk flow to understand how much milk was being taken, and when.

We have come away from our experience with Charmian feeling confident in understanding our baby's needs, cues and how to properly bond and stimulate him. We are having good night's sleep, have fit his routine in with that of our toddler and as a result of all of this we feel happy and content, and we can see our newborn is also!

We followed Charmian’s routine with both our boys. The older one slept threw the night at 7 weeks old and now is a 2.5 year old toddler who just loves his evening routine (that we never changed since he was a baby) and never woke up in the night despite teething, or baby crying next door. Investing the time and putting him in such a good routine early payed off and made our life so much easier when the second baby arrived (who is also very happy with following Charmian’s routine and slept threw at week 6).
She got the second one into a routine within days, one that worked for us and adjusted his to his older brothers routine, so that we can manage everything and actually enjoy the time together.
When she left I felt far more confident and equipped for the weeks ahead as she’d set us up so well.

Our friends and family keep asking how is that possible. I keep referring them to Charmian and her book. Everything you have to know about breastfeeding, bottle feeding, winding techniques, awake time, stimulation, etc and most importantly how to be flexible with the routine, so that both parents and their babies feel relaxed and happy.

Charmian is such a sunny personality and she made every part of being a mother enjoyable!

From reading the book to working directly with Charmian via remote consultation, our experience was great! Yes, the first few days can be intense as you need to provide a lot of detailed information about your day so Charmian can tailor the advice to fit you and your baby, however you’ll be happy you put in the hard yards when your baby is sleeping through the night! In our experience the routine worked great and it was refreshing to have some straightforward advice rather than all the ‘use your intuition’ guidance so widely dished out. Thanks Charmian!