Tresillian-The best place in the World!

[MissSparkle]

Hello all!

My lil man in nearly 12months and since birth has always wanted to stay up as late as possible then be breatfed or rocked to sleep! Hes getting rather heavy and has a thing for biting and I was going insane! I was always tired as he'd wake 1-6 times a night for a comfort breastfeed.
I took the plunge and went to tresillian! I was scared that they'd make me let my son cry for ages. I got there and it was like being on holidays! I had 24hour support and I came home with an angel (almost) who settles himself for 2day time naps and goes to bed at 7pm and doesnt wake till 7am!
If it werent for tresillian I would still be an emotional, tired wreck!
They dont make u leave ur child in distress as i thought and the support is amazing! Its not for everyone but honestly if u r thinking about i say go for it!

Steph (The mother with unbroken sleep-AMAZING!)

[tyler's mum]

thats great news i hope AJ keeps it up:D

[Rockett]

Hi Steph
I have PM'd you.:)

[O&GMUM]

I was at tresillian the week before last and it really has changed my life!! my twins are sleeping through from 7 until 6 and having 2 sleeps in the day TOGETHER!!
pre tresillian i was feeding all night if not one then the other and always had one of them with me all day!!

I would fully reccommend it to anyone having problems! Id like to go back once a month for a break!!

[Funkychicken]

In Melbourne we have the Queen Elizabeth Centre and I spent a day there 7 years ago withDS#1. It saved my sanity and I also left with a baby sleeping twice a day and all night. I was also empowered as a mum to know that it wasn't my fault my baby wasn't sleeping properly and I wasn't a bad mother! The care given to me was amazing.

[tpham]

Great to hear that....how does it work? My daughter is 3yrs and i still have to lie with her every night until she falls asleep. She wont sleep unless im lying with her. I dont know how long its going to go on for.

But Aleisha is able to sleep on her own after a feed, shes more independent than Isabella.

Ive always wanted to know what tresillian does, sounds like magic!!!

[pthalokitty]

tpham-
we still lie with our son to get him to sleep too (2.5 y.o)! But we did attachment parenting which sort of led to that...used to wish we could have a child that could self settle, but it's a really lovely way to finish the day.

A tresillian nurse came to our house when he was 6 mths to try and teach me how to get him to sleep on his own...he cried and cried for 2hours between pick ups...at the end of it the nurse said...that's one stubborn child! So, tresillian doesn't always work for everyone...
I always dreamed of a child that slept through...now I have a child that loves going to sleep, has no nightmares and is happy to sleep in the dark, and started sleeping through the night at about 18 mths. Its been tough but the trade off has been worth it. What they don't tell you when you are pregnant is that many children don't sleep through, sometimes not till the age of 4! But Tresillian is a really great service- especially their help line, and worth checking out when everything gets too much...
e xxoo

[tpham]

Do the tresillian nurse sleep at your house?
Bella who is 3 doesnt eat very much and still has the bottle at night and when she is abit unsettled during the night, i give her the bottle. Im starting to think that i will never be able to sleep through the night myself for more than 4 hrs without someone needing me. Aleisha (15wks) is great and have slept by herself so i dont need to worry much about her. Its just Bella.

[lucyp]

Well done "youngmum steph"! I am glad you took the advice and went- it obviously made a great difference to you as it did to me - a total sanity saver!

Keep up the good work:)

[pthalokitty]

tpham-
the nurse that came to my house did a day visit- not overnight- they stay with you to see what you do when putting the child to sleep and what things you can do to change habits such as waking up and self-settling...I'm not sure whether they do it for older children. My son sleeps through now as we figured out the things that were waking him up...your daughter might be thirsty or hungry or simply in the habit of night waking because you go to her? What happens if she wakes and you don't go in? Does she cry? Does she talk a bit and go to sleep? Is she having nightmares? Our son used to nightwake as my hubbie would go straight in there without giving him the chance to simply go back to sleep on his own....and he also would wake from hunger if he didn't eat enough, so we started giving him snacks all day as he wouldn't sit down for a big meal. He can still wake up for a drink on hot nights, but will go back to sleep on his own once you give him his drink. Try these things, but definitely talk to tresillian to see if they can help you if you are getting so little sleep...
e xxoo