The Sleeping Baby Routine Reviews 

I was recommended Charmian's book by a friend who had amazing success with Charmian's routine for both her children, after she visited me when I was near rock bottom, completely sleep deprived and crying my eyes out not knowing how to stop my baby from crying after we'd both been awake for 12 hours on 3 hours sleep!

After reading the book and trying the routine out myself, I decided to book the week long consultation in order to ask questions about the routine and to have Charmian provide me with an approach tailored to mine and my baby's specific needs. It was very intense but everything I learned has stayed with me - 7 months later - which shows you how adaptable the routine is, given how much babies change!

Charmian's attention to every single detail of my daily diary meant that every day, we were able to work together to troubleshoot and get to the root of the problem, which in my case, was milk supply. Within just three days, my milk supply had increased, my baby was sleeping better for her daytime naps (which was one of the main issues) and I finally understood how my milk supply worked, which meant that I could leave the consultation at the end of the week confident that I could put Charmian's approach into practice myself.

Thank you Charmian, for your dedicated one on one support and advice that will always stay with me.

I booked Charmian for one week in person followed by one week remote consultation. My baby was 9 days old when she came to stay. I had read the book which felt logical but intense. Having Charmian stay with her hands-on, practical approach and fun demeanour was a great way to put her approach into practice. My desire was to get into her routine but then learn to adapt it to work for my lifestyle. I didn’t want to be fully rigid, recognising that this would likely impact the speed at which my baby may sleep through the night. He is now 6 weeks old and definitely enjoys the routine. It helps me plan my day and I know I can go back to Charmian’s book as I need to tweak things according to his stage. For anyone anxious about sleep, digestion or coping with a new born, I would recommend reading charmian’s book and then arranging her services if you are committed to a routine-based, no-cry approach to raising your baby. Also recommend doing it early!

Hi Charmian,
I wanted to thank you so much from the bottom of my heart as you have been amazing at resetting Chloé’s sleep (and mine!!!) when things turned a bit sour post 4months 😁
Thank to your patience, appropriate schedules, weaning advices, upbeat brainstorming sessions, we have managed to put Chloé on a simple, successful and sustainable routine that helps her strive in her development and be a lovely and happy baby :)
I cannot thank you more for your guidance and all the tips as a new (control freak!) parent, your experience and advice is invaluable!
I have and will cary on highly recommending your help to all moms!!!
Thanks so much again xx

WORTH EVERY PENNY! Charmian’s routine has worked for us again on baby number 2, but even quicker. I first read Charmian’s book 2.5 years ago when pregnant with my first daughter and instantly knew this routine was for me. It’s not sleep training, rather a focus on digestion and awake time to naturally teach the baby the difference between night and day. With one to one consultation support we got our first daughter sleeping through 7-7 from around 6 weeks of age and she has such a healthy relationship with sleep and food. I continued to seek advice from Charmian through to weaning stages as her advice was invaluable and always worked.

When I fell pregnant again last year Charmian was one of the first to be told so I could make sure I had her support again. This time I implemented the routine from Day 1 following guidance in the book whilst working on my breastfeeding supply. From a couple of days old she was only waking twice in the night. Once Charmian came to support in week 3 we had got my daughter sleeping through 8pm- 7am from day 17!!! We’re now 4 weeks in and still no night wake ups. We have a happy baby and happy mummy. It is not easy, and requires patience and consistency, but it does work!! Thank you so much Charmian.

5 day remote support package was amazing. Resolved so many issues we were having. So grateful

This book is so much more than sleeping through the night. Charmian’s knowledge in all things babies is incredible; digestion, feeding, tongue tie, bottle aversion, how to wind properly, milk supply, pumping, awake windows, playtime. I’ve learnt so much working with Charmian and I’ve used her book and remote consultation support for both much girls, most recently my 10 week old, Aria. Within 5 days she was sleeping through the night but that was just a bonus really. With Charmian’s support I had Aria taking the bottle, a much better upstanding of my milk supply and a plan for moving forward, a schedule that works for the family, a cleared up nappy rash that previously would not quit and just a happier baby and mummy! She’s knows her stuff and knows things need to be tailored to you. She’s also great when there are tears!! I can’t recommend Charmian’s expertise (my baby bible) and also her book enough!

This book is the amazing! Within 3 nights our baby went from waking up twice a night to sleeping from 7-7! Well written, easy to follow.
Thank you!

If you’re thinking about buying Charmian’s book then do it. Yes some might say it’s hard work which it is but it’s worth it. Who wouldn’t be prepared to put in some hard work to have babies that sleep for 12hr!

We first followed the book for our now 22month old. We were following the routine but having some weight gain issues and everything that the health visitor and midwives told me wasn’t working. I did a one hour consultation call with Charmian and it changed our lives!! With her advice and some tweaks within 48hr our little girl was sleeping through the night and more importantly within a week she was gaining weight! I would 100% using her consultations alongside the book for troubleshooting any issues you might have (all babies are different!). By the time she was 8 weeks old she was happy, alert and having 3 naps a day then sleeping 7:45pm - 6:15am. She’s now 6:45-7:30am, A dream!! I actually felt bad telling people this when they asked “is your baby sleeping ok”? I was breastfeeding and she gave me some great advice on expressing - I can only think that those who have said she gives bad breastfeeding advice haven’t actually read her advice and have “skim” read the book. You have to give it 100%. I’ve since recommended the book to friends and it’s worked for all of those who have followed it properly - they can’t believe how much of a life they are able to have as well as a newborn!

More recently I’ve had twins (15weeks) and at week 4-6 charmian came to stay with us to help get them into a good routine. I wondered if it would be awkward having someone stay in our house with newborns but it wasn’t at all. Yes, it was hard work but she was so friendly and supportive and the week that she was leaving they both slept through the night!!! Success! I can’t tell you how amazing it is having 3 under 2 all in a fantastic routine - it’s allowed us to continue running our own businesses as well as caring for healthy, happy babies. I can’t thank her enough.

Absolutely amazing in every way!

We booked in for a 5 day sleep support package to help improve the overnight sleeping of our 20 month old son. Charmian was excellent in her communication from the outset and was just a pleasure to work with throughout the whole time. Her kind and non-judgemental approach was exactly what we needed having been through a rough few months of sleep difficulties. Charmian went through our situation in detail and helped us to address and improve key factors such as diet, activity, nap structure, routine and overnight sleep settling. This lead to rapid changes and significant improvement in our son’s sleep and behaviour within 48 hours with him sleeping through the night for 12 hours within a week! Charmian was available to contact for advice in a timely manner throughout the package. We are so grateful for help and expertise and now have a much improved sleep routine for our son (and us) who seems so much happier as well :) We couldn’t recommend Charmian and The Sleeping Baby Routine enough!

Everyone needs a Charmian in their lives if they want a sleeping baby :) We started the remote package with Charmian at week 7 and by week 9 our baby was sleeping through the night! She has such a lovely holistic approach to supporting new mums that are breastfeeding, really emphasising the importance of food and sleep for the mum at this crucial time. Before consulting with charmian I was triple feeding and this was taking its toll on us as a family. Charmian quickly came in and restored some normality and routine into our day - our baby was now so so content! Getting plenty of rest and play. We can’t thank her enough - she is so good at what she does!! Thanks again Charmian.

Charmian stayed with us for three weeks and helped my family from week 5 , our baby Artemis was 2 weeks early due to growth restrictions and was ravenous from birth. Her support before she came to stay with us was brilliant and she picked up on a tongue tie at 4 weeks. Artemis would feed for an hour on the breast and always need a top up, but with Charmian’s experienced eye she helped us help Artemis. Charmian’s gentle, loving and holistic approach to help Artemis flourish was a breath of fresh air. As first time parents both my husband and I learnt so much from Charmian. More than anything we have a very happy baby. Within the first week Artemis dropped one of her two night time wake ups, and was able to settle herself to sleep with a few minor tweaks. Artemis is strong willed- and Charmian made constant small adjustments to our routine to ensure she ate well, played well and had a good nights sleep. Artemis went from sleeping for no longer than 3 hours, to 9/10 hour stretches. Sleep aside, Charmian fit into our family home like a dream, she helped my milk supply increase by allowing me the time to focus on pumping and eating well. Her knowledge is untoward but more importantly her ability to know exactly what Artemis wanted and needed was heart warming. Her presence was calming and supportive, she teaches you alot- so be switched on, write things down and know everything she teaches makes for a happy baby and happy home. Several months down the line and she is always at the end of a phone and willing to help.

I had Charmian recommended to me by my cousin whom had a success story with her newborn 9months prior. I booked her early on in my pregnancy for a month of remote 5 day consultations from 2weeks with a week break in the middle to practice the routine. Charmian was a huge help for first time parents. I had milk supply issues due to tongue tie and a big baby with a fast metabolism (9lb 3oz) whom I was constantly chasing his appetite. Charmian helped me dramatically increase my supply so I could primarily breastfeed my baby, which I am confident that without her help I would not have been able to do. She is brilliant at working with your feeding preference whilst using the routine to give you a semblance of your old life back early on. Where my fellow NCT mums were struggling with serious sleep deprivation, my husband and I were getting great nights of sleep. The routine also promotes healthy gut and sleep patterns which I believe will set my son up with the foundations to develop positive relationships with food and sleep throughout life. I couldn’t recommend Charmian highly enough.

Charmian gave us some very non-nonsense advice and as a result our 6-month-old has now slept 7-7 for the first time ever just 1 week after the phone call consultation! Thank you Charmian for my first full nights’ sleep in a long time!!!

This is one very long overdue review but we would honestly give Charmaine a 5 star rating!

We reached out to her whilst being pregnant with our first child and she recommended her book which all I can say is a simple easy read but very Informative : it was genuinely a step by step guide and answered so many questions which really did help to ease any anxiety we had as first time parents.

She came and stayed with us when our baby girl was 4 weeks old - she helped
with discovering my own Personal milk flow and supply which is just so important. Before her valuable advice and input we were struggling managing her wind, reflux and awake time but by the end of the 3 days we had a baby who was well
Settled and only waking up once at night! Following her guidance by 6-8 weeks our baby was sleeping through the night and had a structured routine through the day- something I could have only dreamt would happen! My partner and I are both doctors and I can whole heartedly say that I had full trust in her advice.

If you are looking for non judgemental friendly advice that works give her a call. She has made our lives as new parents much easier. We will certainly be getting further advice as our baby girl gets older especially during the weaning phase! Thank you!!

Charmian has been instrumental in helping us get our lives back! Her gentle but no nonsense approach ensured we had results from the very first night of implementing her advice/routine. So much so, my skeptical husband became the routine timekeeper! I cannot stress how much of a difference her advice/routine has made to our lives. We no longer live in fear of our son’s bedtime.

I highly recommend the 5 day consultation, she made herself available 24/7 and no question was out of bounds. Since then we have been back for weaning advice and once again she was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. I can’t stop recommending her to friends and family, her consultation is definitely one of, if not the most useful services I’ve experienced in motherhood so far.

As a first time mum, Charmian's book and 1-2-1 consultations helped my son sleep through the night from 8 weeks and for me to continue to exclusively breastfeed throughout my journey. Without Charmian's advice & routine I'm sure I would of stopped BF'ing, as she helped amp up my supply and also understand my personal milk let-down. As he has grown, she has helped implement a weaning routine and he continues to thrive as a happy, healthy bub. Charmian's cool and confident nature really helped reassure me, putting in simple tweaks and changes which were manageable but made a HUGE difference to our sleep. I truly wonder where we would be without Charmian's advice and I recommend her book to all my expecting friends - it is worth its weight in gold ✨✨✨✨✨

Having used some of Charmian's methods from her book successfully with my first child, when I got pregnant with my second I booked her to come and stay with us as maternity nurse shortly after his birth.

I had also booked a couple of weeks remote support with her before she came to us, so it's safe to say he was in a pretty good routine almost from the start!

Having had a bit of a traumatic birth & a digestive issue at the start - Charmian was amazing at helping us navigate the way through the repercussions of this whilst also putting him into his routine.

My son is an extremely happy and content baby. Now 10 weeks, the routine ensures that he goes down for planned naps & bedtime like a dream. He is (mostly!) very predictable and this helps me plan everything else in my life smoothly - including managing my toddler. Whilst not quite sleeping through the night yet (I think we are a few weeks behind due to the digestion at the start), he is on one 3am wake up & I believe he will do very soon.

If you like knowing what your baby is going to do & when and you want to remove the stress of feeding & sleeping then this is for you. It can be quite hard work in the beginning implementing routine as it takes time and effort BUT it is all worth it because the structure breeds habits that will stay with the child for a long time. Sleep & rest is extremely important to me - for me! - but also for my baby and this is why I am such a fan of the routine.

Thanks to Charmain my baby is sleeping throughout the night in just 5 days.
She is absolutely amazing and I am SO happy that I did the 5 day consultation with her.
She’s extremely to the point and gave me the confidence to feed effectively and now both mother and baby are extremely happy!
Please don’t think twice and call her now - you will not regret it!

As a first time parent I would highly recommend working with Charmian Mead. Charmian gave my husband and I both the knowledge and confidence to effectively feed, stimulate and support us in getting our new born baby into a routine.

Charmian demonstrated in depth knowledge about breast feeding; she identified the issues I was having and corrected these to enable me to effectively feed my daughter – this included identifying my daughter had tongue tie and monitoring both the flow and supply of my breast milk.

Charmian also showed us various ways to keep our baby stimulated in her awake time and outlined the importance of this in relation to the routine.

After working with Charmian we have a very happy and content little girl who has been sleeping 7.30pm – 7am every night since she was 7 weeks old and two well rested parents!