I wanted to give those of you who have used my services the opportunity to write on my blog. I have started it off by adding some quotes that clients have sent me via email. If you would like to add something - then please feel free. On the right is a photo of Allison's daughter Madeleine.
"Before my daughter was born I thoroughly researched sleep training, as I wanted to start off on the right foot from day one. While in theory I thought I knew all the answers, but until you have your own unique little baby at home, no book can give you answers specific to your baby and your family. That's what's so great about Dawnn. She tailors a routine to your baby's own needs and to the needs of your family. As a new parent you don’t feel very confident about what to do when it comes to soothing your baby. There are so many different factors as to why they are crying, but once you are in a good routine and schedule, you know almost immediately why your baby is upset. Depending on the time of day I know if she's hungry, tired, etc., and feel confident in soothing her and also in planning a life around her time table. I'm not scared that I'll be stuck out somewhere when she gets hungry because I know when she gets hungry. Hiring Dawnn was the best thing our little sleep deprived family could have done. Now we can enjoy our happy, well-fed, well-rested precious baby girl, and a good-night sleep ourselves!"
~Allison Pennal, Langley , BC - Mother of Madeleine, 3 months
old
Thank you so much for everything. There are not enough words to thank you for the time you put in helping us…or more so me. We wish you continued success in your business and much happiness to your family! You are amazing at what you do!!
~ Christine - Mother to Keira
Dawnn, Your advice has stayed true and as Julianna emerges towards her 10 month, she is a happy & well rested baby. She naps twice a day and sleeps 12 hours most nights. I constantly tell people about your services and highly recommend you to them. We appreciated your help and guidance as it truly made life easier for us all. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts!
~ Alison Armstrong - Mother of Julianna
I want to thank you for your dedication and knowledge. You saved us during our sleeplessness, and now we have peaceful nights. Jemma is coming up 6 months now and is a completely different child. Again thank you.
~ Heather - Mother of Jemma
Just wanted to send you an email letting you know how happy we are about Amelia's sleep. She is now a year old and the sleep training that we did with your guidance six months ago is a blessing in our lives! Amelia goes down for two naps a day for 60 minutes each or more without protesting and goes happily to sleep every night at 7 PM and sleep until 6 AM the next morning. She has come to expect good, un-interrupted sleep and she trusts that we put her down when it is time for her to sleep, so she just settles in. The bedtime routine takes less than 5 minutes. She can go from full play at 6:55 and the moment the lights go out and the noise machine is on she is very happy to go in her crib and she falls asleep herself. We are so happy we did the nap training as well- she is so well rested every day and seldom cries.
Thank you again Dawn for providing this incredible service. It is the best investment we have ever made as parents and we keep reaping the benefits from it - all three of us get the sleep we need.
~ Anette - Mother of Amelia
Thank you Dawnn, for all your support and great advice. We have really enjoyed working with you, and can’t believe the change you have helped us make in Nathan and our lives! We all feel so much more functional now that we have a routine to stick to! This is making my return to school possible, even if it is extremely challenging. We would love to have you get us on the right track away if and when child #2 comes along. Many thanks! ~ Nathalie - Mother of Nathan
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the help during Noah's sleep training. I am happy to report that Noah is consistently falling asleep on his own for naps and bedtime and that he is sleeping between 11-12 hours/night and about 2 hours in the afternoon. We feel incredibly blessed to have found you.
~ June - Mother of Noah
I am certainly enjoying where things are at and am absolutely thrilled with how well things are going! Cora is very happy these days and loving life...it's wonderful. I can see when Cora gets tired more easily and that's my cue to get her to sleep asap before she gets overtired. Thanks for all your help Dawnn, we're so pleased with how things have turned out.
~ Stephanie - Mother of Cora
It’s been over a month since we began sleep training with Sarah and I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your assistance in improving our little one’s sleep habits. Sarah was overall a pretty good-natured baby and we now have an even happier baby thanks for the support that you provided along the way. Sarah’s sleep habits are so good that my husband’s co-workers are amazed at how awake he looks every day! (haha). I highly recommend your help to all new parents out there and will gladly provide a reference should you ever need it. Thanks again!
~ Edith - Mother of Sarah
I am so grateful that we were led to you...I can't even imagine if we had continued going ahead the way things were. I can't believe what a difference it has made to get some sleep. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You've given us hope again. Keep on doing what you do!
~ Vanessa - Mother of Jonah
I am so glad to have taken the jump and accomplished what we have. It wouldn't have been possible without your support. Not only is Rachel sleeping through the night, but she is also napping in her crib. What a treat!
Thanks again for all your help. I'll be recommending your services to every new parent in need of sleep!
~ Dominique - Mother of Rachel
Mateo is now sleeping through the night and so are we - which is absolutely helping our family unit. He is napping regularly during the day (2 - 3 hours average) instead of 20 minute catnaps he was doing before!!! Before the training, I really thought that we would never have a restful night again and was a little doubtful that the sleep training would work - but here we are well rested and happy!!!!
From the bottom of my heart, again I want to thank you for helping us through the most challenging part of raising our son so far - Thanks for bringing back sleep to our family!!!!!!!
~ Rina - Mother of Matteo
"We'd like to say thank you so much for helping us to solve Ryan's sleeping problems. Within a week he went from being up for 1-2 hours a night to sleeping through. Within weeks he was also regularly napping for 2 hours at daycare - up from a nap of 10 minutes max all day! He is much happier now that he gets his sleep and the new routine you gave us has also really helped him with his solids, he will now eat just about anything! He now sleeps from 6.45/7pm until 6.30am, with a 2 -21/2 hour nap midday - magic!"
~Lisa - Mum to Ryan - 12 months old - Port Moody.
I know we've just started but the progress we have made with your help is remarkable! We cant thank you enough - we are really looking forward to working with you over the next few weeks - our livy is also so much happier too -
Stephanie - Mum to Olivia - 6 weeks. (south Surrey)
My Mummy and I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for helping us get through this big step! Mummy never thought Id ever be able to sleep all by myself in my crib. But because of you I have shown her that I can. Thank you so much for making my Mummy feel better in so many ways. You will always be remembered in our family.Owen - 4 months - son of Heidi (Port Moody)I just wanted to let you know that Pantelis has been sleeping from his last night feed (11:00) until 7:00 am. Yippeeeee!!!!! We are so excited. His naps are also going very well. He sleeps for about 1 ½ to 2 hours in the morning and 1 ½ hours in the afternoon. He goes down well at night; we put him down awake and he falls asleep on his own.
Petros and I just want to thank-you from the bottoms of hearts for all your help. You definitely went beyond the call of duty by supporting us during these last few months.
Thank-you!!!!!!
Cristina, Petros and Pantelis (4 months) (A more rested family) Vancouver
I admit to having been skeptical initially when Natalie suggested a sleep consultant, but I am now an absolute convert.
Last night, Friday that is, we had 2 out of 3 make it through the night.
Much obliged.
Jack - dad to 12 month old triplets - Ottawa
Things have been going quite smoothly for us--so much thanks to you for that! At first I was a little sheepish about hiring someone to help Jaeda sleep better, but now I am so thankful and I have told many people about how you guided us through Jaeda's sleeping issues.
Just wanted to say thank you so much. Jaeda still sleeps through the night .she consistently sleeps 11-12 hours. I am so grateful for this, as now I feel much more normal and able to cope with life and a little one.
Lisa Mum to Jaeda 3 months - Langley BC
Connors has had a personality change since we implemented your suggestions - I always thought he was a fairly hyperactive baby but now he is sleeping better he is so much calmer. I really appreciate your on going daily support - I honestly could of not done this without you.
Catriona O'Leery - Boston - USA
Jack slept through the night again and hes still sleeping - I never heard him once. Ive just checked in on Jack hes sucking his thumb - Ill have my cup of tea and get him up at 7.30am.
Crystal - Mum to Jack - 12 weeks - South Langley.
Just wanted to drop you a line and tell you Kai has had three consecutive nights of blissful restful sleep! We cannot thank you enough for all your support and help in getting out little fella on board with the sleep program.
Corrine - Mum to kai - 9 months - Richmond
Things are going extremely well! There is no opposition at all from Max and we are both enjoying our pre bedtime time together. Thanks so much for everything - Krista - Mum to Max -2 years - Yellowknife.
I just wanted to let you know that we are so happy with the outcome of Sophie's sleep plan, we actually think it was the best thing we have done with her so far! We had an amazing time in Australia and did not want to come back to the cold Saskatchewan winter.
I managed to discontinue Sophie's dream feed and she now sleeps from 7pm to 7am which we love! She ended up having no trouble readjusting to the time zone in Canada, so we were really lucky with that. I thought I would include a recent photo of Sophie from Australia and if you ever wanted to use this email, or me, to recommend your services to hesitant clients, please do, because we love that we have a happy, healthy little girl who is thriving, is well rested and so are we. Thanks again, oh and by the way, I think on my second child we will be contacting you again to use your service from the very beginning.
Sheree - Mum to Sophie - Saskatchewan
I cannot tell you how much your support means to me. Most importantly, you are never judgmental and never make me feel like I am doing something wrong. This is by far, the most challenging "job" I have ever had and your assistance makes me a better mother.
Jennifer Cordoba - Mother to Samuel 13 months - Langley BC
I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the job you do and for your assistance to me. Sarah is sleeping through the night and having 2 naps daily and I am getting rested and refreshed, which makes our time together even better than before.
You provide a valuable service and I hope you will be encouraged and continue to do this kind of work. It's made a world of a difference for us.
Kirsten Hemstock Mother to Sarah - Eastern Canada
We have noticed that now she is on a schedule she seems to be thriving. Before this sleep training started she would sometimes get a ½ hour sleep all day, she never really was a cranky baby but you could tell she was tired and irritable, now she is so happy and has started smiling and laughing like we have never seen before, its’ like she can’t smile big enough. Her little personality has just beamed through!
Thanks Dawnn, we couldn’t have done it without your support, its unbelievable the change we see in her.
Kristin Armstrong - Mother to Madison - 6 months - Langley BC
Your kindness and love of children shines - I have so much respect for the work that you do and the difference that you must make in peoples lives. Thanks again - for the difference in my life - I will really miss my daily chat with you.
Holly Caldecot - Albany, New York.
I must say that most people I know are amazed by how much sleep we're getting - - especially if they have babies around Aili's age. Thanks to you, we're the envy of all of our friends!
Angie Oshika - Mum to Aili - 4 months - Coquitlam.
I just wanted to let you know that you are literally a lifesaver. It has been a few months now since we have done sleep training with Cole, and I cannot believe the drastic change it has made in not only his sleep, but in his overall health. Cole has gone from waking up to 7-8 times a night, to sleeping 11-12 hours a night. His naps have improved remarkably. He was always a catnapper and now sleeps for a solid 2 hours. It has made him a happier, more energetic toddler who looks forward to sleep time. Our marriage has become closer because of you as well. We work as a team and we are finally getting the proper amount of sleep, which makes a big difference! You were a huge support system for me Dawnn, and I can’t thank you enough. You always reassured me I was doing the right thing, and you were there to chat in an instant anytime I had a question. Thank you again, we are so grateful.
Love Dean, Breanne and Cole -18 months
Dawnn, we would like to thank you so much for giving us our 'evenings' back! We had rocked Rosa to sleep since birth, a common mistake of first time parents. Soon each session of rocking became longer and longer, only to have Rosa awaken as we transferred her to bed. It came to a point where it would take hours to put Rosa to sleep, and you could tell she was so overtired. It was a hard decision to implement your sleep training plan at 8 weeks - but with your guidance we knew we could do it. Since that first night Rosa has learned to self soothe and does not need 'us' to help her fall asleep. We have since regained our 'evenings' and we can not thank you enough.
Adrea & Erick
