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Baby Sleep the Night TM
By Karen Bramall
Creator of The Five Stroke Rule TM
Sleep Solutions for Families
Sleep Consultant Training & Mentoring
Julia Redmond
Julia Redmond
When my second baby arrived, I thought I had the sleep thing covered; after all my daughter had always been a great sleeper, and I had this stuff down. How wrong was I?

As a new-born I would feed him at bedtime but instead of him drifting off into a nice peaceful slumber he would finish, look more awake than before, and stare up at me as if to say "so, now what?"…

…..and I would think to myself "yes, NOW WHAT?!"

I honestly didn’t know what to do or who ask.

When he would wake in the night, to stop him crying I would try feeding him again. Sometimes this would work and get him back dozing, but more often than not he would just wake up again moments later, and then stay awake for hours until the sun came up.

Those few months felt like years, I can tell you.


I was very close to booking in with a BSTN consultant to get advice when I saw an opportunity to train as one.  This got me thinking, why not actually learn the skills so I can help myself and then help others too?

After just one night of applying the techniques that I learned in my training, I didn’t have to attend to him once.

He had achieved what I thought was the impossible, he had slept 7pm to 7am....more importantly from that day forward has continued to do this!

 

With more of my evenings (and more of energy) back I also managed to convince my daughter to sleep happily in her own bed again, and stay there all night without waking, too.

 

I am now passionate about spreading the word so that we as mothers realise that getting no sleep does not  have to go hand in hand with having a new baby and you should not have to dread bedtimes or naptimes - it really doesn't have to be a battle & can become a lovely, happy, quality parent and child time.

 

If any of this resonates with you then please get in touch.

I offer a complete non-judgemental approach and will work closely with you, listening and creating a bespoke sleep plan for your family’s individual situation.

My methods are gentle and designed to help support you and your child every step of the way to ensure that you and your little ones get a (very important) good night's sleep.

 

To find out how I can help you with a FREE 15 minute consultation by phone or zoom, please email me.

Love Julia x
Phone: 07957 685319
Email: Julia.redmond@babysleepthenight.com
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Testimonials

Contacting Julia to help with our son's sleep was, quite frankly, one of the best decisions we have ever made, as at almost a year old, our son had never slept through the night!

 

We have been on what can only be described as a very turbulent journey with our son's sleep. From around ten weeks old, we started co-sleeping as he completely refused to sleep on his own and could not be settled any other way. He was unable to self-settle unless breastfed to sleep or in the car! For a while, co-sleeping worked for us and enabled us all to get some sleep. But as he grew older, got bigger and started crawling it became a real problem. We worked really hard to get him to sleep in his cot, but even then, he would last around 3-4 hours before waking and screaming and crying and ending back up in bed with us. This also meant Daddy was asleep in the spare room most nights! Initially we thought that his sleep would improve as he got older, but the opposite was happening. I was feeding him to sleep for every nap and every night. He slept on me for both naps each day (yes at 11 months old!!) and would start off asleep in his cot at bedtime but end up in bed with me at some point every single night. We were all exhausted, grumpy and unsure of what to do next! 

 

It was then that we heard about Julia through a friend of ours. We had looked into Sleep Consultants before, but honestly didn't believe that they could solve our problems that easily. We were reluctant to spend quite a lot of money on something that might not even work. However, we decided to go for it out of desperation. I was due to return to work and barely functioning because of the lack of sleep. Our son was also due to start nursery and I worried that he wouldn't be able to sleep there without being breastfed or held. 

 

We met Julia over Zoom and talked through our situation. Julia was lovely and not phased by anything we said - although I have to admit I wasn't completely convinced what she was telling us to do would work! However, we followed what she said to the letter and by night two, our son slept through the night. We both woke up in a bit of a daze and couldn't quite believe it! Julia stayed in contact with us every day for two weeks, adjusting and tweaking the timings of his naps where needed. We now have a child who sleeps for a solid two hours in the middle of the day (at home and nursery), goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps through until 6:30am. He can now self-settle and doesn't need to be fed to sleep. He wakes up happy, babbling to himself in the morning instead of crying. Julia also left us with the tools to manage things such as illness and teething as well as what to do if he doesn't nap properly in the daytime. There has been the odd occasion where we have had to use these tools and they have all worked without fail!

 

It's been almost four months since we reached out to Julia and things are so much better. We have a very happy little boy who is well rested and able to self-settle with no fuss (he is slowly becoming a child who is able to close his eyes and sleep just about anywhere now too, which I never thought I would see...). We have also noticed things such as him eating far better at mealtimes and drinking more water rather than relying on Mummy! The transformation has been incredible. I expected (hoped!) to see some improvement in his sleep, but did not expect it to be quite successful as this. 

 

I would not hesitate to use Julia again in the future and highly recommend her as a Sleep Consultant (although I truly believe she is some sort of magician!). It might sound extreme, but it's really improved our lives. You truly realise the importance of sleep when you aren't getting any! Julia, we cannot thank you enough!

 

Emma Howe – Mother to Thomas aged 11 months

Before we were introduced to Julia, I fell firmly into the ‘It’s really not that bad and I’m totally coping’ category of self-delusion. To be honest, in my mind it wasn’t that bad- I had a baby that fell asleep pretty easily and slept for most of the night. However, that ‘easy’ falling asleep meant being breastfed to sleep in her room, then coming downstairs to spend the evening being held in my arms and then taken up into my bed to co-sleep and fed back to sleep up to five times a night. This being my second baby, I was convinced that there was no way that I could get her to do anything else, as I was so worried about her disrupting my five year old’s sleep if she cried in the night. 

 

From the first call with Julia, I felt better. She was so calm and convinced that she would be able to help us, but I must admit that I did feel doubtful that it was going to work with us. Sure, she had helped people before, but never my baby, who had known nothing but cosleeping and breastfeeding pretty much since she was born. We’d tried some other methods before, and nothing really seemed to make much difference, and I was also anxious about making Bea unhappy or scared of being in her bed with more traditional ‘Cry it Out’ methods.

 

Without question, Julia has changed my family’s life. From the very first night, I haven’t had to go into Bea’s room once and she has successfully slept for around 12 hours for the last two weeks all by herself! I still can’t quite believe it, particularly as none of it seemed especially hard. The method was clear and easy to follow, and importantly to me, did not involve Bea being left to cry by herself for long periods of time. We are now able to put her down to sleep, leave the room, and she settles down within a few minutes. Both my husband and I have followed the plan together, meaning that bedtime is no longer solely my domain, as she is also no longer breastfed to sleep, nor is she feeding in the night at all.

 

As I said, I didn’t truly believe that this was going to work for us, but I can say it has. Whilst we still have some work to do with Bea’s naps, the bedtimes are a revelation. They are not stressful, or upsetting for anyone and I recently stayed at my mum’s house, where Bea has never slept before. We followed the same routine that we do at home, and once again, she slept for 12 hours! 

 

If you are considering using Julia’s services, then I can wholeheartedly recommend them. She made us feel comfortable, never judged any slip ups, and has a totally realistic approach that actually works!!! We now have a set bedtime routine, our evenings back, and more importantly two beautiful little girls who are sleeping independently and happily. Thank you Julia

 

Suzi Robertson – Mother to Bea aged 12 months

We contacted Julia when our previously sleepy newborn hit the 4 month sleep regression. The sleep regression hit us hard as our baby pretty much slept through from 6 weeks only to suddenly not want to sleep at all from around 4 months. Julia gave us great professional advice and not only told us what to do, she told us why we were doing it, which was really helpful and made us realise that all our hard work would pay off!

 

Julia was always on hand to answer any questions to make sure we stayed on track and as quickly as our baby turned from a good sleeper to a bad, Julia helped us create a routine that meant that our baby is now sleeping through again! We cannot thank Julia enough for her professional help and also incredibly kind words throughout. We would highly recommend her to help you with any baby sleep queries she really is a sleep wizard!  

 

Kimberley Downes– Mother to Harrison aged 4.5 months

Oliver was being breastfed to sleep at night, waking at 5/5:30am each morning and refusing daytime naps (after a hopeless 40mins spent shushing and rocking him to sleep).

After completing the initial questionnaire I messaged Julia to apologise for all mu contradictory answers and the fact that there was no clear pattern to Oliver’s sleep habits because no two days were ever the same – some days he did sleep well!

She was so quick to reply that nothing I had written in the questionnaire phased her and it all sounded very familiar for his age and I was instantly put at ease.

Julia was very confident that the plan would work for Oliver, although we trusted her it felt so hard to believe that in less that two weeks we would have a baby that slept 7-7 and even more so that we would just lie him in his cot and he would self-settle to sleep.  So although we felt confident in Julia’s abilities we still had an element of doubt that our feisty little baby would comply!

The daily check-ins on our progress were great, it really felt like she was going through this with us and reassured us that we were doing things right.

We have an almost 1 year old who now sleeps 7-7 with 2 x naps during the day and self-settles himself.

We’re thrilled!  It has actually changed our days, I’m now able to plan so much better, Oliver no longer disturbs my older son in the mornings and everyone feels well rested

Georgina Monelle – Mother to Oliver 11 months.

 

Packages

One-to-One Sleep Solutions Package
This is the most popular package, and consists of:-

  • A preliminary evaluation. This is a comprehensive questionnaire about your child’s sleep habits and routines that you’ll fill out prior to our meeting. (Having this information in advance helps us make the most of our time together).

  • A private, 90 minute consultation in the comfort of your own home, or via Skype/FaceTime or telephone, where we’ll discuss strategies, troubleshoot possible problems and learn how to address bedtime, naptime, nightwakings or any other specific issues you might be dealing with.

  • A detailed, fully customized sleep plan, that I will prepare for you after the conclusion of our meeting.

  • Four follow-up telephone calls during the first week following the consultation. These follow-up calls last about 15 minutes, and we’ll use this time to deal with any setbacks you might be having or answer any general questions.

  • One week of e-mail support. After your four follow-up telephone calls have been used, you still have an additional week of e-mail support where you can email me once daily, excluding Sundays I will always aim to reply to your queries within one working day.


The total cost for the One-to-One Sleep Solutions package for a baby in a cot is £245 by Skype/Facetime/Phone. If your toddler is in a bed this package is £265 due to the complexity of the plan.

Face to face consultations are available on request in Kent and Surrey
New-born – Get it right from the Start Package
This is a comprehensive training plan helping parents of new-borns train their little ones to have fabulous sleep skills from a very young age and can be implemented from day one! Getting an early start in establishing healthy sleep habits is a huge advantage for both babies and their parents. With this package, you will learn everything you need to teach your baby to be an independent sleeper right from the beginning. It is a fantastic gift package for new parents too and consultations can take place before or after the baby has arrived. (gift certificates available and can be posted direct to the lucky couple if required) It consists of:-

  • A private 60 minute telephone or in-home consultation. We will discuss how to establish a healthy sleep plan for your new-born, discussing sleep needs, schedules for feeding, naps and bedtime, how to help teach your baby the difference between day and night, creating the right sleeping environment, strategies to encourage sleep, when to expect your baby to be sleeping longer stretches, and common sleep issues that can be easily avoided.

  • A detailed sleep plan. If you are expecting, the gentle, caring techniques in your sleep plan will teach you how to create an independent sleeper from day one, and will give you a flexible guide to quickly bring some routine, when baby arrives, to a time of your lives which can otherwise become quite overwhelming. If you baby has already arrived, your sleep plan will be fully customized for your family.

  • One follow-up phone call. If you are following a sleep plan from the beginning then you will find your baby is naturally developing wonderful independent sleep skills, you may find you have some questions so we will schedule a telephone call within 2 weeks of the baby’s birth just in case (if you are expecting) or within 2 weeks of consultation (if you already have your baby at home). These calls typically last about 15 minutes.

  • Two follow-up e-mails I will give you my personal email address so you can email me on two occasions with any questions or concerns any time within the first 3 months of your baby’s birth or our consultation. After 3 months you can purchase another week of email support at any time should you need it .


The total cost for the New-born – Get it right from the Start Package is £125 By Skype/Facetime/Phone


Face to face consultations are available on request in Kent and Surrey. 
The Refresher
It is not uncommon for babies and toddlers who have been taught to be great sleepers to ‘test the boundaries’ from time to time. This option is for parents who have met with me in the past, but are looking for a ‘refresher’. This is a popular option for past clients who have recently had a new baby – or who are expecting in the near future. It consists of:-

  • A private, 60 minute consultation, usually by phone or by Skype, during which we’ll use to discuss any particular challenges you are having with your child. Since we’ve already worked together, a full hour is usually more than enough time to cover all your questions and concerns.

  • Optional 2x follow-up emails that you can use to send me any additional questions that might come up as you get things back on track. I’ll aim to respond to your email within one day.


The total cost for the Refresher Package 60 minute consultation is £95, with 2x optional emails £125
The Overnight
This personal support package is for those who want me at your home (within a 30 minute driving range of Crayford, Kent.  Or 30 minuite driving range of Weybridge, Surrey) for assistance on the night you choose to implement the program.
This consists of:

  • A preliminary evaluation This is a comprehensive questionnaire about your child’s sleep habits and routines that you’ll complete prior to our meeting. (Having this information in advance helps us make the most of our time together.)

  • 15 minute phone consultation to discuss details of the overnight support- time,requirements etc.

  • Private In-Home/Overnight Support I will join you prior to your child’s recommended bedtime and stay overnight until 7:00 am the next morning. The consultation will take place in the comfort of your home and we will begin your journey to great sleep together.

  • A detailed, fully customized sleep plan This will be prepared for you after our consultation and after the nights stay so you have your own personalized plan to help guide you through the upcoming nights.

  • Four follow-up telephone calls Four phone calls, typically lasting 15 minutes, can be scheduled for the first week following the consultation. We’ll use this time to deal with any setbacks you might be having or answer any general questions.

  • One week of e-mail support After your four follow-up telephone calls have been used, you still have an additional week of e-mail support if any questions arise. You will have my private e-mail address and I’ll respond to your emails within 1 business day


The total cost of the Overnight Package is £850. Please call for details. 
Book an appointment for a free 15 minutes consultation below, or if you would like to speak to me today please do call or email me now on 07957 685319 or email Julia.redmond@babysleepthenight.com
Please note - Appointments are UK time zone so please convert to your local time if you are overseas. Be sure to check whether we are in GMT or BST at time of booking.
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