Client Testimonials
These reviews offer a candid look at the transformative effects of our sleep coaching services, showcasing not just better sleep for children, but happier, more rested families. Dive in and discover how we’ve helped countless parents reclaim their nights, restore their sanity, and build a foundation for lifelong sleep success.
Before we hired Judy as sleep consultant, our 4-month-old was waking every 2-3 hours in the night. I’d nurse him to sleep as it was the only way I could be sure he’d go back to sleep, and I was too tired to try anything else. Naps were a catastrophe, never longer than 40 minutes and usually in the buggy or on me as I couldn’t seem put him down in his cot without him waking up.
Now our little one sleeps from 7pm-7am, no night feeds or comforting necessary. If he wakes, he’ll chat himself back to sleep. Naps are going really well, he now sleeps for 45 mins and then 2 hours, all in his cot. He rarely cries when put down to sleep now, either. Judy was very supportive throughout the sleep training, always replying to my worried emails quickly with reassuring words. The catch-up calls were timely and well spaced out; as soon as a problem or question arose it was quickly addressed.
Within 3 nights our little guy was sleeping 11-12 hours at night, and within 2 weeks the naps were fairly consistent and have only gotten better. I am quite a nervous first-time mum and had a lot of concerns about whether sleep training was the right thing to do, but decided it was worth trying – I’m so pleased we did it, it was not as scary as I thought it might be and our little guy adjusted so quickly. Life is so much better at our house now that we are all getting a decent amount of sleep, and we have Judy and the Sleep Sense programme to thank for that.
Thank you so much for helping us again. I’m so pleased I got in touch with you for Henry’s sleep. Henry, our second baby, was waking up countless times at night and being fed each time, sometimes taking ages to resettle. I had tried a bit of controlled crying but wasn’t confident I was doing the right thing or that the rest of his routine was right.
His sleep is now so much better and reliable. As a result, the whole family sleeps well. He even slept well on our recent holiday!
I really like your approach. It’s quite firm and very no-nonsense but in a caring and supportive way. You completely understood what we were going through and the theory behind your sleep plans makes a lot of sense. Everything is really well explained and thorough. The calls and emails are great to have throughout the process. Hard work but very worthwhile persevering, and provides a very handy set of rules for any future issues.
Thank you again
So, I have been putting off emailing to say how amazed and grateful we are as I didn’t want to jinx things, but after the 15th night of 12 hours straight sleep I figured it wasn’t just luck it was your magic!!!!
As you know, Jessica was controlling us at night, we had got into all sorts of bad habits and after 3.5 years we simply needed your help – and help is exactly what you have us!!
The first few nights had their testing moments of course but the fact I can now put Jessica in her bed, read her a peaceful bedtime story, give her a big kiss, tuck her in and say goodnight and not hear a peep out of her until 7am is the most amazing feeling!! She is a different child, eats her breakfast happily and has the energy right around until bedtime (strictly 7pm!), I also happily eat breakfast and have more energy!!!!
I cannot thank you enough, I wondered how and if it would work but it truly did and I am telling everyone how amazing you are.
Thank you a million times over – wishing you all a wonderful Christmas xx
As you say, ‘Sleep well’!!xx
I was worn out from lack of sleep. Owen was waking every two to three hours: like a newborn! I was blaming this on all sorts of things: teething, hunger etc. he was sleeping in a tiny rocking bed next to me and I could never get him to settle in his cot.
He sleeps through the night and the naps are getting better and better. Sometimes he protests but I’m feeling more and more confident about how to deal with this.
Judy gave us a clear plan which both of us could follow. This meant that my partner was fully on board too. I had a lot of questions and was full of self-doubt but Judy’s belief in her methods meant she convinced me too! She was able to help us every step of the way.
Owen sleeping has given me a new lease of life! I can think more clearly, manage without the cleaning lady and plan an occasional evening out.
None of this was possible a month ago. There is a cost, but it was well worth it.
The end of a lovely weekend of family time with our little girls! I wanted to write and thank you for getting us on the right track with Delia’s sleeping. Despite having managed to successfully sleep train our first daughter, we found our second much more of a challenge. We tried the same techniques but they didn’t work (although I think we were not as consistent as we should have been and we had also managed to inadvertently introduce a cocktail of props into the equation). Before long, desperate to get at least some sleep, we found ourselves down the slippery slope of feeding Delia to sleep and bringing her into our bed and we were just too weary to think our way out of our clearly unsustainable predicament. We’d had months of perhaps 5 or 6 hours of broken sleep when we got in touch with you and we were fractious and exhausted all of the time. It was no fun for anyone!
Your plan gave us steps that were clear and simple to follow which took the effort out of the process, and gave us the confidence that it would work. You were realistic enough to warn us that with change there would be a little crying but we were relieved that we weren’t expected to leave her to cry herself to sleep alone. The first night was the trickiest (but even that was a billion times better than all the previous ones, and not nearly as bad as we had expected), but each night after that got better and better. By the end of the first week Delia slept from 6.15-6.15, settling herself during the couple of times she surfaced during the night. After a couple more days she had the day time naps sorted and we’ve never looked back. She’s noticeably more cheerful during the day now she’s sleeping properly, and so are we!
We are so relieved to have got things on track and your plan worked well for us and our style of parenting. It was kind but has helped us to establish a clear routine, in which everyone is happier, Delia most of all! I’ve already recommended you to two of our friends and will continue to do so as this period of life is hard enough as it is without some decent shut-eye. It’s a relief to know that getting a good night’s sleep is doable and makes for a much happier, healthier family!
We came to Judy on the recommendation of a friend. Whilst Sam had in the past been a ‘good’ sleeper, we found ourselves at the end of ropes after 6 weeks of incredibly disturbed sleep. He was waking anywhere from 3 to 10+ times in the night for his dummy, a cuddle, or some milk. We used every excuse in the book to explain why he wasn’t sleeping well–teething, jetlag from our travels, transition out of our room–you name it, we used it! I was beginning to think about my transition back to work in the next few months and simply couldn’t imagine how we’d function as a family in the current state.
Because we already had a good review of Judy’s services from a friend, we knew what to expect. It was hard to imagine in the beginning that Sam would ever sleep 7am-7pm but we approached it with an open mind. We followed Judy’s 10 day plan letter of the law–we wanted to make sure that if we were going to put in the effort that we did it properly. It was hard work-there isn’t a magic wand you can wave. But after just two nights of Sam waking and crying, he got it and we never looked back. Whilst Sam did occasionally wake in the night after this, he would almost always settle himself back to sleep without us having to go in. As his night sleep improved, his day sleep followed and by the end of the ten days, we had a regular napper and a baby who would smile when we put him down to bed for the night. It is a pleasure to have relaxed evenings and to wake up to a happy and well-rested baby.
Judy provided ongoing support and reassurance throughout the two weeks. She was also able to quickly help us make adjustments when things changed–for example Sam started rolling onto his belly and waking himself up (a new thing!) during the plan and she helped us manage this without throwing off the plan. She listens to the individual situation and writes the plan accordingly. I also found the support around Sam’s eating helpful as I hadn’t appreciated how much this plays into their sleeping.
I’m sure Judy gets this often from clients, but I only wish we had done this sooner! We are so grateful to now go to sleep without dread and have our lives back.
As you may remember I was fairly sceptical about starting the sleep training as I felt we had exhausted all sleep training techniques (we hadn’t used a sleep trainer but had tried various things people had suggested to us and/or things we had read up about) and none of those techniques had any long-lasting results.
Lana’s night wakes were not that bad as she only woke up once or twice and would settle back easily if she was given a bottle. However, after 10 months of interrupted sleep, we were pretty desperate to get her to sleep through!
Given that we had exhausted all other routes I thought why not give you a go! It really was a last resort and I had absolutely no hope that it would work. However, you were so compelling when you said “this will work” which I found extremely convincing and reassuring. The fact that you had absolutely no doubt that the technique would work definitely gave us confidence in using you.
I have to admit that I did find being confined to a routine for the 10 days difficult as it was not something I was used to but the fact that Lana took to it straight away and started sleeping through the night from day 1 made it completely worthwhile.
We are almost 2 months on since we started the programme with you and Lana is still sleeping through the night. Thank you so much for your help and support through the process it really has been amazing and I only wish we had contacted you sooner!
Before we got in contact with Judy getting my daughter to sleep was such a struggle. She had no real routine before this, we would rock her to sleep, travel in cars for her to sleep or put her in our bed, whatever would make her sleep! Since working with Judy our daughter now sleeps in her own bed with no need for rocking or car journeys, she now puts herself to sleep which is wonderful for us as a family as we are all happier because of this and we all sleep better.
The support Judy gave us was invaluable, once we got our sleep plans we emailed every day as well as telephone support, it was nice to know we had her support and was guiding us through this process in case we had hiccups along the way which everyone does have.
I’m looking forward to working with Judy again for my 3-year-old who also struggles to sleep due to bad habits.
As a family we are so much happier and so is my daughter as she now gets all the sleep she needs and has learned to put herself to sleep which is fantastic.
It makes me want more children!
Thank you for all your help and support.
We came to Judy on the recommendation of a friend. Whilst Sam had in the past been a ‘good’ sleeper, we found ourselves at the end of ropes after 6 weeks of incredibly disturbed sleep. He was waking anywhere from 3 to 10+ times in the night for his dummy, a cuddle, or some milk. We used every excuse in the book to explain why he wasn’t sleeping well–teething, jetlag from our travels, transition out of our room–you name it, we used it! I was beginning to think about my transition back to work in the next few months and simply couldn’t imagine how we’d function as a family in the current state.
Because we already had a good review of Judy’s services from a friend, we knew what to expect. It was hard to imagine in the beginning that Sam would ever sleep 7am-7pm but we approached it with an open mind. We followed Judy’s 10-day plan letter of the law–we wanted to make sure that if we were going to put in the effort that we did it properly. It was hard work-there isn’t a magic wand you can wave. But after just two nights of Sam waking and crying, he got it and we never looked back. Whilst Sam did occasionally wake in the night after this, he would almost always settle himself back to sleep without us having to go in. As his night sleep improved, his day sleep followed and by the end of the ten days, we had a regular napper and a baby who would smile when we put him down to bed for the night. It is a pleasure to have relaxed evenings and to wake up to a happy and well-rested baby.
Judy provided ongoing support and reassurance throughout the two weeks. She was also able to quickly help us make adjustments when things changed–for example, Sam started rolling onto his belly and waking himself up (a new thing!) during the plan and she helped us manage this without throwing off the plan. She listens to the individual situation and writes the plan accordingly. I also found the support around Sam’s eating helpful as I hadn’t appreciated how much this plays into their sleeping.
I’m sure Judy gets this often from clients, but I only wish we had done this sooner! We are so grateful to now go to sleep without dread and have our lives back.
Our 3-year-old has never consistently slept through the night. Whilst he is not up for long at a time, his up to 4 times waking a night was impacting his behaviour during the day and my energy and patient levels as a Mum! Two weeks later, with Judy’s help, we now put our son to bed at 7pm knowing he will not wake until 7am the next morning.
It really has transformed our lives and I’m so glad we sought professional advice to ensure we got the right result.
Carolyn (and Olivia)
My son Reggie (14 months) was having to be fed in order to get to sleep and while I was still breastfeeding him and happy to, he was using me as a prop in order to go to sleep, which meant that when he was walking through the night. I was having to wake up to feed him for a few mins to get him back to sleep which was quite tiring and we were both getting disturbed sleep.
He was missing naps in the day where he was getting overtired and wouldn’t give in so sometimes he wouldn’t sleep in the day at all as he would only fall asleep in the pushchair or the car!
I didn’t want to have to go through the same heartache I had with my 3 yr old daughter trying to get her into a routine at night took months And very stressful for both of us, so my friend gave me Judy’s contact details and within the 1st 24 hours I could see her routine plan was working Reggie was falling asleep on his own!! It was like a miracle.
Being persistent and knowing Judy was at the end of the phone gave me the confidence I needed to be strong and follow through with the plan.
He is now having his scheduled daytime nap and sleeping 13 hours at night. Bliss!
Judy’s plan is brilliant and I will recommend her to every1.
I have also now got the courage and knowledge for any future children I have but will be using the plan sooner.
We were put in touch with Judy by a friend who had great success with Judy’s personalised sleep plan for their baby. With my son being a toddler and with his sleep pattern getting progressively worse, I was a little reserved that we wouldn’t have the same success. However, having got to the point where my husbands’ and my relationship was paying the price for the endless sleepless nights and a little boy who would often spend the day getting increasingly grouchy, due to the lack of a decent nights sleep, we decided to place our trust in Judy. It was trust well placed.
Judy created a personalised plan for us with the proviso that we must commit to it 100%. Being a working mum and my husband working crazy shifts, it was not always easy but Judy was always there to encourage and reassure us and adapt our plan when needed. Judy opened our eyes as to how I had become a “prop” to my son and, despite all our best intentions, we weren’t allowing our son to learn the skills he needed to be a successful sleeper! Judy’s caring nature, skill and own personal experience meant she was aware of our sons needs to enable him to become a good sleeper and stuck by us until our son reached that goal!
Just a few weeks on and we now have a happy little boy who sleeps through the night and happily goes to bed! We can’t thank Judy enough for all her help. It really was the best investment we have made. In return, our son is now rested enough every morning that he’s ready to successfully take on the day in his toddler inspired way and with our little family getting its much-needed sleep, we are a stronger, happier, healthier family unit!
Thank you Judy x”
We contacted Judy as the twins were turning 8 weeks. They were born 3 weeks early, so as per her advice we started of implementing a day/night routine that allowed them to catch up in terms on weight. Within 3 weeks (I can’t remember lol so please correct me if I’m wrong) we had them down from 3 night feeds, to 2 night feeds to 1 night feed. We stuck to 1 night feed for a few weeks until the twins were a good weight and we dropped it all together.
When we first started working with her, I was initially hesitant, I didn’t believe that getting them to sleep through the night by the time they were 3 months was an achievable objective, how wrong was I! Judy was amazing at seeing us through every stage and her support was invaluable. The twins put on more weight on average once we started sleep training them. I get plenty of ‘me time’ which used to seem like such a remote possibility before we met Judy. We can have dinners in or out with friends again, without having to worry about the twins waking up. And last, but not least WE SLEEP!!! We are all so content, us because we sleep, our oldest because he can have us to himself once the twins are in bed at 6pm, and the twins as they know what to expect.
We recently went away with our oldest for a holiday leaving the twins with my sister and mum and they had no issues with them whatsoever! They were superstars and took their naps well and slept through every night! I know that this could not have been possible without Judy!
My husband and I have found the best gift to give all our friends having children, Sleep!
Our 3-year-old has never consistently slept through the night. Whilst he is not up for long at a time, his up to 4 times waking a night was impacting his behaviour during the day and my energy and patient levels as a Mum! Two weeks later, with Judy’s help, we now put our son to bed at 7pm knowing he will not wake until 7am the next morning.
It really has transformed our lives and I’m so glad we sought professional advice to ensure we got the right result.
Before we contacted Judy, Edward used to sleep with my nipples in his mouth and next to me in our bed. Later Edward and I slept on the mattress because the bed is becoming too crowded and dangerous. He would not sleep without me.
However, things have been so much better since we contacted Judy. She gave us a very detailed sleeping plan. We followed her plan and kept asking her questions. She is so patient and helpful. We achieved a lot together.
We are so happy now our 10-month-old son Edward is sleeping through the night in his cot and in his room and have 2 naps during the day. We cannot believe this all happens just after 10 days. Thank you
Before we contacted Judy, our daughter could not self-settle to get to sleep. This meant rocking her to sleep in our arms every bed- and every nap- time. This was less of a problem for bedtime, as she tended to sleep quite well at night once asleep. But this was a problem during the day as she only slept for half an hour each time. I would spend more time getting her to sleep then she would then spend asleep. This was becoming very tiring! And then when she decided she would no longer let my husband rock her to sleep and demanded me every time, it became even more tiring! These short naps also meant she was over-tired at bedtime and as she got older and used to being rocked every time, the over-tiredness and inability to self-settle began to lead to some night-waking. We needed help!
Judy reassured us from the very first time we spoke to her that she could help our daughter get more sleep and that she would be able to self-settle. The thought of being able to put her in her cot wide awake and walk out and have her fall asleep and be asleep for 12 hours (as Judy described) sounded so unrealistic to us!
The first few days of the sleep training were really hard on us (and our daughter) but Judy was there to reassure us and encouraged us to persist. And – it worked! It was amazing to see the changes.
Now, our daughter can put herself to sleep for all naps and every bedtime. I no longer dread putting her to sleep and think she is also reassured by the consistent bedtime routine Judy helped us to establish.
She sometimes still struggles with the long daytime sleeps, but everything is much much better! Personally, I feel like I have regained some freedom too! So we are all much happier and really thank Judy for her help and support!
Before we heard about Judy, our 18-month-old daughter was waking up about 3 to 4 times a night to take milk. On a typical night, she guzzled no less than 2 litres of milk between 7pm and 7am. Between the milk bottles and the diaper changes, the night was a buzz of activities and we hardly slept more than three continuous hours.
It’s been exactly two weeks since we started working with Judy. We remember how we dreaded the first night of the programme…. hearing our daughter cry for almost one hour non-stop was heartbreaking but Judy was very supportive and encouraging throughout the programme. (Judy Note – I do not practice the “Cry It Out Method”)
The results have been amazing, the baby has been sleeping from 7am to 7pm. We all used to go bed after 11pm, today the house is quiet after 7pm, even the nannies are enjoying their rest after a hard day’s work.
Judy we can never thank you enough for changing our lives. We are all enjoying our long nights.
Getting in touch with Judy has been the best decision we have made as a family. Before we spoke with her our 2-year-old had started waking at night and not settling. My partner would end up sleeping on his floor most nights!
We had a brand new baby as well who was waking two hourly overnight for feeds, so all four of us were exhausted, grumpy and pretty miserable. We worked on the toddler first and within a week he was sleeping through and able to settle himself, something he hasn’t been able to do since his sister was born.
Then we focused on the baby! We thought this would be an impossible task as she was still waking two hourly for feeds. Imagine our delight when she slept through for 12 hours after just one night! That was two months ago now and we are all having wonderful sleep. The kids have even been poorly and travelled and are still sleeping well! We cannot thank Judy enough. Now our house is a much happier and well-rested place!
I would recommend Judy to anyone thinking of starting sleep training.
Even in those early days after being born Zachary didn’t want to sleep. He wouldn’t sleep anywhere, not even in a pram or a car, the only place he could happily snooze off was attached to me feeding! This continued for about 6 weeks until we discovered the magic of the dummy! At the time it felt like a lifesaver, Zachary started to sleep on walks, in the car and even in bed!
However, the dummy itself soon became the problem as I found my self-getting out of bed to put the dummy in time and time again during the night. When Zachary got to about 6 months he was rolling all around his cot in search of the dummy and getting various limbs stuck between bars! By the time I went in to put the dummy in for him he was wide awake and thinking it was play-time!
When he turned 8 months one of my friends recommended Judy to me as her twins had undergone the sleep training with her and they now both slept through the night. We were nervous to start the training as it meant completely giving up the dummy (and I still remembered those early days before we started using it!) but it was the best decision we ever made.
Zachary didn’t miss the dummy one bit… and neither did we! He amazed us at how quickly he got the hang of sleeping! He now sleeps through the night every night, on the odd occasion he will wake during the night but he is able to get himself back to sleep quickly so we never have to go into him. It is amazing to finally be getting a good nights sleep!
He still wakes early sometimes but we are still working on that and it is definitely so much better than it used to be. Judy was supportive throughout and we had contact every day to tweak Zachary’s routine so he would be getting the best sleep and also for her to give advice on what to do when things didn’t quite go according to plan. We are very grateful to her and I am recommending her to everyone we know whose baby is not a good sleeper.
I’m glad we didn’t wait any longer, 8 months without getting good nights sleep was quite enough and it feels so good to be sleeping again!
We are delighted to have a happy sleeping baby thanks to the BabyWinkz sleep training programme.
We used to rock our 4-month-old baby to sleep in our arms for hours with a dummy wedged in his mouth and then lower him in his cot really carefully just for him to wake up 35 mins later. I would then breastfeed him back to sleep.
I was doing this 4 to 5 times a night, every night and decided I needed to do something to help all of us! The training worked within a few days and I couldn’t believe it when he slept for 12 hrs from 7pm until 7am!
My husband and I can both put him in his cot awake to go to sleep without a dummy or a feed and he goes to sleep in a few minutes. It’s brilliant to have our evenings back and we can go out and leave him with family confident that he won’t wake up whilst we are out.
He is a much happier baby too. He gets the right amount and good quality sleep during the day and night so that when he is awake he is happy. It was hard to survive the programme as it does require your baby to cry when they are learning how to self-settle themselves back to sleep but it’s really worth it!
The support throughout the programme was really reassuring and I was so surprised at how quickly my baby took to his new routine and slept through the night.
I would highly recommend this to anyone! Thank you.
Getting in touch with Judy has been the best decision we have made as a family. Before we spoke with her our 2-year-old had started waking at night and not settling. My partner would end up sleeping on his floor most nights!
We had a brand new baby as well who was waking two hourly overnight for feeds, so all four of us were exhausted, grumpy and pretty miserable. We worked on the toddler first and within a week he was sleeping through and able to settle himself, something he hasn’t been able to do since his sister was born.
Then we focused on the baby! We thought this would be an impossible task as she was still waking two hourly for feeds. Imagine our delight when she slept through for 12 hours after just one night! That was two months ago now and we are all having wonderful sleep. The kids have even been poorly and travelled and are still sleeping well! We cannot thank Judy enough. Now our house is a much happier and well-rested place!
I would recommend Judy to anyone thinking of starting sleep training.
Parents to a 2 ½-year-old boy, with another one on the way in a couple of months. We had thought that we were doing well with sleep with our Son, as I slept with him. But we knew he needed to be in his own space before baby number 2 arrived. We approached Judy to get help with getting him adjusted to his cot. We were so wrong about our sleeping arrangements!!
We found that after night 4 of following Judy’s personalized plan he was sleeping through the night, with no interruptions!! If only I knew that 2 years ago! We found Judy to be on point and extremely knowledgeable about what we wanted and needed to do. She understood every anxiety, every thought process we had, and it was extremely supportive to have her communicate to us daily.
It helped tremendously, as it was not just our son who needed adjusting, but for us as a family too. I am happy to say that he has been sleeping well and by himself happily. We cannot thank Judy enough, for helping us.
We have been recommending Judy to all our friends, and cannot stress how much she helped us.
Judy was recommended to us by friends when our first born was around 8 months old. His day time naps had always been sporadic and he would only nap on the move. However, he did sleep for around 8 hours at night from quite early on. That all went downhill when he was around 6 months old. I contacted Judy in desperation on a wet and cold February day when I had failed, again, to get him to nap in his cot and I really couldn’t face walking for miles! The night wakes were increasing and they were really tough, having been used to a reasonable sleep. Within three nights of the programme he was sleeping through from 7pm until around 6.30am (with persistence we pushed through until 7am). The midday nap was trickier to crack but Judy warned us that would be the case. He was going down for his naps well after the 10 day programme but it did take a little while longer for the lunchtime nap to get to 2 hours.
When our second son was born we thought we would know what we were doing and we definitely wouldn’t fall into the same habits! Ha! When your baby is crying you do what you can to survive! We soon got to the stage where he would only nap on our shoulders and he was also very difficult to put down in his cot at night. He would seem to be fast asleep then the minute he was put in the cot he would be wide awake. He would only stay asleep for a few hours, then feed for 90 minutes when he woke up and refuse to go back to bed. We were feeling utterly exhausted when we asked Judy to help when he was 12 weeks old! He very quickly slept through the night although we did start to have issues with early wakes but Judy always had a suggestion to address the early wakes and the suggestion always worked! It has again taken a little longer to address the length of the lunchtime nap but three weeks after starting the programme we are starting to see a consistent long nap.
We can’t recommend Judy highly enough!