Testimonials

We were blessed to have discovered Lindsay at Starlight just when we had reached the end of our rope. Our 3 year old daughter has never been a great sleeper, but had gotten progressively worse to the point where we were spending hours putting her to bed and waking up in the night with her. We started seeing results as soon as we began  implementing Lindsay's personalized plan. While the process was challenging at times, Lindsay was always supportive, positive and patient. We now have a 3 year old who can fall asleep on her own and will sleep 11-12 hours through the night. We actually have our evenings to ourselves! Totally worth the investment!

Esther 

Lindsay was a pleasure to work with. She helped us so much getting our LO to go to sleep. We went from short 30 minute naps and taking over an hour every night to get her to sleep. To naps that last an hour or more and her going to sleep in just 15 minutes! She went above and beyond, weeks after working with her she asked me how it was going and we had just switched to the crib and it was not going well at all. She reassessed what we were doing and sleeping is going great again! Thanks for all your help!

We are a family with 4-month old twins and a 2.5-year-old toddler. Before reaching out to Lindsay we were at the end of our ropes and were not coping well with how little our babies were napping, and how much effort it required to get them to fall asleep and stay asleep. Our babies were completely dependent on us assisting them to sleep, by rocking, bouncing, and holding them. They often needed a pacifier to fall asleep which was problematic as they would wake up the moment it fell out of their mouths.

We were incredibly frustrated that we were spending more time putting the babies to sleep than they’d actually sleep for. The babies did not know how to consolidate their sleep cycles when they napped, and would only sleep for 30-45 minutes.

Many times, Twin A would sleep longer than Twin B, resulting in them not remaining on the same schedule throughout the day which meant no breaks or downtime.

Bedtime was also a disaster, as babies just would not settle. It was a 2 hour process from feeding them, trying to settle them, assisting them to sleep, putting them down, them waking up when put down, assisting them to sleep again, putting them down, leaving the room, going downstairs, then back up the stairs when they woke up 5 minutes later. Repeat for 2 hours until we eventually settled them to sleep. This bedtime disaster was not sustainable and when paired with naptime frustrations, our family was struggling (to put it mildly).

We wanted the babies to be able to fall asleep unassisted, as spending so much time settling the babies was not fair to our 2.5-year-old daughter who also needed attention and deserved special one on one time with her parents.

We were apprehensive about working with a sleep consultant as the babies had significant health issues a few months ago and we are extremely protective of them. Lindsay valued these apprehensions and provided a gentle approach that respected our babies as she always maintained their health and safety as her top priority.

In preparation for sleep training the babies, Lindsay developed a plan that we were comfortable with, that also addressed challenges specific to training twins compared to training a singleton. She answered all of our questions regarding implementing the plan, and thoroughly supported us through the implementation. Lindsay always provided timely feedback so we could make changes to our habits, if necessary, the very next day. She helped us stay on top of awake times which prevented overtired babies and made the process of them learning how to fall asleep independently easier on the babies. She assisted us in creating a schedule that helped the babies eat more efficiently and sleep longer.

Our babies are so much happier now that they are rested and we actually enjoy our babies now that we no longer feel completely and utterly depleted. Our toddler has so much more quality time with her parents now that her little sisters have learned how to fall asleep independently and sleep for a longer period of time.

If you are on the fence about hiring Lindsay as a sleep consultant, consider this: she will help create/restore balance in your family. She will help everyone in your family get more restful sleep. She will help your family dynamics be more positive. She will encourage you and guide you in teaching your babies how to self sooth in a respectful and loving way. Lindsay will help your family function better. This is life changing.

We reached out to Lindsay at Starlight Sleep Consulting when our 6 month old, Edie, was getting up at least 6 times a night. We also have a 5 and 3 year old, so waking up that often was not working! Lindsay's well laid individualized plan for Edie helped us get to the point where she is only waking up once a night now. It was also helpful to have a food guide to know what might affect her sleep. Lindsay was easy to reach when we had questions and provided great feedback on the daily log we shared. We would highly recommend Lindsay at Starlight Sleep Consulting! 

We approached Lindsay for sleep guidance when Lana was 8.5 months. Although Lana hasn’t been the worst sleeper, we had been enduring multiple wake-ups since the early days, plus a quite haphazard nap schedule during the day. This all became unsustainable when I returned to work when Lana was 4.5 months and so after we saw no changes in her sleep patterns when we started weaning, we decided to try sleep training.

Our goals essentially were to dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, the multiple wake-ups during the night. As well as this we wanted to create some regularity around daytime naps that worked for us and Lana’s days at the childminder’s.

So after an initial consultation and a comprehensive questionnaire outlining our lifestyles and Lana’s daily sleep and feeding habits, Lindsay presented us with 3 different approaches to sleep training. This was important for us to have autonomy over our choice of sleep training method as it had to work for our lifestyle and what we felt fit best for Lana.

After 2 weeks of sleep training using our chosen method, and with the help of a 24/7 sleep log to help keep us accountable to our goals and to ask any questions, we have made significant progress with Lana’s sleep. Lana now sleeps through the night, understands how to self-soothe to sleep, has a consistent daytime nap schedule that works with the childminder’s, and we can put her down for he naps awake - which we couldn’t do before!

As babies are notoriously predictable, we also know how to be a little flexible with the sleep routine when Lana’s habits deviate from the schedule. But overall we couldn’t be happier with the result and it is thanks to Lindsay’s encouragement, motivation and advice (particularly at 3am when we were sometimes at the end of our tether!) that we are all in a much better place mentally. My husband and I are so grateful to be getting more sleep finally! Thanks so much Lindsay for your help!

     This program was absolutely amazing. Hudson was getting up 3-5 times a night for   feeds up until 5.5 months old. It was exhausting. After two weeks of working  with Lindsay, Hudson now sleeps 12 hours through the night and has a   consistent nap/wake schedule in the day. My husband and I are so thankful   that we are able to sleep again so we can fully enjoy our wake times with our   beautiful baby boy. Lindsay was amazing to work with - so knowledgeable, makes  sure you are comfortable with the plan, provides easy to follow instructions   (both written and verbal), is SO supportive and offers such great advice ! We would 100% recommend this program and think so highly of Lindsay! Thank you again!