The Sleeping Baby Routine Reviews 

We’re so pleased we enlisted Charmian to help us. We were pulling our hair out with a number of issues with our 11 week old baby and Charmian has really helped us to sort a lot of it out. I wasn’t sure how much Charmian would be able to do from a remote perspective, but she was there for us throughout the 5 day remote consultation and tweaks here and then have made a huge difference to us. Her knowledge shines through. If money was no object, I would want to work with Charmian again for different stages, for example weaning. I only wish we’d contacted Charmian sooner, and cannot recommend her enough.

We had a remote consultation with Charmian a couple of weeks ago after getting in touch when I was desperate from lack of sleep with our 14 week old baby. I had got into bad habits with snacking and not giving full feeds on the breast to ensure they were being drained. We also did not have optimal sleeping positions and it was all adding up to a baby who could not be put down or settled for naps and who woke every couple of hours during the night. After reviewing our diary Charmian made suggestions which produced noticeable results within a couple of days. Very quickly our daughter was settling well after a full feed, and napping for appropriate times during the day. The first time I put her in her crib awake and she just happily drifted off, I cried because I had convinced myself that wasn’t possible! Charmian advised me how to increase my milk production and in my case it made sense to introduce 1 bottle of formula a day, at bedtime, because I wasn’t producing enough for this important feed. Night times improved very quickly, with her going from waking every couple of hours, to just twice during the night. Because we started all this so late, it will take a bit longer to get her sleeping through completely Due to hitting the 4 month sleep regression. But I feel confident that with the information Charmian provided we will get there!
Thank you Charmian and if only we’d come to you sooner!
We will be in touch with baby no. 2!

Charmian came to support our family when our third child child was 2 weeks old. Charmian slotted into our family and home with total ease and was a wonder with our baby, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results of our time spent with her. Within 24 hours our baby was in a good rhythm and we began the hard work to ensure we could reap the rewards of Charmian’s wealth of knowledge and experience. Since she arrived the baby has been waking up once a night (between the hours of 8-6) pretty incredible for a baby under 1 month old. I’m excited to see what happens next.

Charmian came to stay with us for 4 days a week for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks of our baby's life.
She was incredible. Considering that it is a very stressful time in anyone's life she became part of the family. Her routine requires hard work and focus, but what really shines through is her kindness and care for our little one and also, really noticeably, for me. Post c-section she was really focussed on my recovery and offered tips and guidance on my activity levels, my sleep and my nutrition.
27 years of experience really REALLY shows. She is magical with our baby and I don't think even realises how much knowledge she has as so much is passed on without her even noticing!
I couldn't recommend Charmian more highly. She is there when you need her, and has suddenly disappeared when you need a bit of time as a couple. How anyone copes with a new baby without her help I don't know! I have low milk supply but am currently able to give my baby everything I produce (and this has been maximised with Charmian's help) plus top up bottles for his big appetite, and he is sleeping through the night more often than he doesn't and he's only 4 weeks old.
Five stars.

Charmian, undeniably, is a font of knowledge, and I can only recommend her services to anybody with a young one.

I used her 5 day consultancy service with my 5 month old and she helped put in place structure around feed/ awake time/ sleep, that really does help to organise your day around, help you feel in control and keep you sane!

My son is not sleeping through the night however, but I am hopeful that over time this will improve.

Thank you Charmian!

I read Charmaine’s book and used remote consultation with my second baby and I can’t recommend her enough! Her book gives a perfect blend of routine without the traditional strict methods so as a complete softy I was so happy to find something that didn’t resort to cry it out.
I was unsure about how much a remote consultation would help but in less than an hour Charmaine got to the root causes of why my baby didn’t sleep through the night. I made the tweaks that she suggested and in the first night we were down to one wake a night and over the next few days she was sleeping through! Absolute magic!

I can’t say enough good things about Charmian and her routine. I was totally overwhelmed after the birth of my first baby and a great friend of mine recommended both Charmian and the routine highly . She guided me through from about 2 weeks in with the help of her book and remote consultations which were so reassuring as I had her on hand for any issues that came up every day of those weeks. Once we had managed to get our little one down to waking just once a night Charmian came and stayed for 3 nights and with her tweaks we were able to get him sleeping through. She is amazing with babies and fantastic company to boot. It’s been quite a rigorous routine for me and not without its moments where I feel like throwing my breast pump across the room but it’s been worthwhile ultimately. I have been breast feeding plus giving formula top ups plus expressing and that has been both time consuming and exhausting but now it’s all yielding results and none of my NCT class can believe it at 6 weeks.

I heard about Charmian through a number of friends who have used her over the years and was told she was the woman to get in to get your child sleeping through the night.

Having had two boys who didn’t sleep through the night until they were 6 months old I was determined that I wouldn’t make that mistake again and that this time I would get some help in. My husband took a bit of convincing as Charmian is not cheap and thought that I might just be jumping on the ‘Fulham Mum Bandwagon’ but after some persuading and a conversation with Charmian we decided to go with her and booked a home visit, 2 weeks remote consultation and a weeks live in help.

I bought the book too and took that to hospital with me to get into the routine from Day 1...Ivy is now 8 weeks old and I’m just coming to the end of my live in consultation with Charmian. Ivy now pretty much sleeps through the night and is a happy little baby and I put that down to the routine. Charmian has been a delight to have around, so incredibly knowledgeable and great with my other children too. I would not hesitate to recommend her and her book to any future Mums who want to save their sleep!

Our twins are now 11 weeks old and thanks to Charmian’s book and her consultation services the newborn stage has been a complete joy. The day is very structured but predictable and we managed to get the boys onto one feed in the night from week 1. Doing it so early on (which many said was impossible) has set positive associations with sleeping and feeding leading to happier babies and parents! I’m also combination feeding and may not have been able to breastfeed for this long if I had not had Charmian’s book and her expertise to hand. She’s also assisted with how to manage the babies and the hot weather leading to restful sleep. I do not think we would have managed so well without her!

Charmian came to stay with us when our baby Kit was 4 weeks old. We had little routine and Kit was waking in the night 3 times generally. She had Kit waking up once in the night within 24hs and when she left Kit is now sleeping through from 8pm- 6.30/7am. A dream! The routine is rigid but brilliant. Since Charmian came into our house and helped us to implement her routine Kit has been so happy. That’s the thing that has struck me even more than sleeping through the night is how happy he is whenever he’s awake - it’s incredible.
I cannot recommend Charmian and her routine enough.
Thankyou Charmian! XXX

Following the advice in Charmian’s book has ensured that both my babies have slept through the night from around 8 weeks which is remarkable. Not only that but once I started implementing the routine their mood and happiness seemed to improve huge amounts too. (As did mine!) The security we all felt from a routine was invaluable. Following her feeding advice meant that there was no longer crying from hunger or wind & discomfort. I would strongly recommend following Charmian’s advice to ensure your baby and you get enough sleep and to improve general happiness all round.

Charmian has made this newborn stage an absolute pleasure (with our first child it was incredibly daunting, we had many a sleepless night and just didn't know how to navigate the intricacies of a baby). We have learnt so much about how to read our newborn's cues this time round, how to make him a happy, thriving and interactive baby. And of course, the good night's sleep has been absolutely welcome too :)

Another key element of Charmian's expertise that I must mention is in relation to breastfeeding (which can bring with it a lot of stress and worry about if your newborn is getting enough) she helped me to understanding how my own body releases milk, increasing the flow, working out how my baby has been taking the milk and making it easier for him to access it. I didn't think I had enough milk for my baby, but Charmian was able to evaluate exactly what the issue was, work out the pace of my milk flow to understand how much milk was being taken, and when.

We have come away from our experience with Charmian feeling confident in understanding our baby's needs, cues and how to properly bond and stimulate him. We are having good night's sleep, have fit his routine in with that of our toddler and as a result of all of this we feel happy and content, and we can see our newborn is also!

We followed Charmian’s routine with both our boys. The older one slept threw the night at 7 weeks old and now is a 2.5 year old toddler who just loves his evening routine (that we never changed since he was a baby) and never woke up in the night despite teething, or baby crying next door. Investing the time and putting him in such a good routine early payed off and made our life so much easier when the second baby arrived (who is also very happy with following Charmian’s routine and slept threw at week 6).
She got the second one into a routine within days, one that worked for us and adjusted his to his older brothers routine, so that we can manage everything and actually enjoy the time together.
When she left I felt far more confident and equipped for the weeks ahead as she’d set us up so well.

Our friends and family keep asking how is that possible. I keep referring them to Charmian and her book. Everything you have to know about breastfeeding, bottle feeding, winding techniques, awake time, stimulation, etc and most importantly how to be flexible with the routine, so that both parents and their babies feel relaxed and happy.

Charmian is such a sunny personality and she made every part of being a mother enjoyable!

From reading the book to working directly with Charmian via remote consultation, our experience was great! Yes, the first few days can be intense as you need to provide a lot of detailed information about your day so Charmian can tailor the advice to fit you and your baby, however you’ll be happy you put in the hard yards when your baby is sleeping through the night! In our experience the routine worked great and it was refreshing to have some straightforward advice rather than all the ‘use your intuition’ guidance so widely dished out. Thanks Charmian!

Having had 2 babies already who were ‘tricky’ with digestive issues, creating really poor sleep and sleeping habits, I decided to change my approach and get some real advice when I was pregnant with my third baby. Having been recommended Charmian Mead and the 7pm to 7am Baby Routine by 3 friends I bought the book and started reading. Straight away, all of her advise made total sense to me in terms of digestion and sleep. I love that the book supports and encourages breastfeeding mums but also bottle feeding as well. As a breastfeeding mum, I didn’t want this to change for number 3 even though it isn’t an easy and straight forward journey for me and my babies. She gives practical advice, lots of flexibility for the routine and a great trouble shooting section which is really useful.

I now have a very happy 4 week old baby who is only waking up once for a night feed. I’m thrilled I’m not exhausted like I have been in the past and able to spend quality time and energy on my whole family. Never thought it would work for my babies but it has and I can’t stop recommending the book and routine to friends.

I had been feeding on demand, had no routine and a very fussy baby who was very unsettled when she slept. Charmian was a fairy godmother! She came and assessed us and then guided me the following week ensuring I stick to her routine. The end result was a content and sleeping baby who now wakes once a night instead of three to four. I have a much better understanding of her digestion and am much happier myself since gaining those extra few hours of sleep! Can’t thank her enough!

Charmian helped me more than I can say from my baby being around 6 weeks old. My little girl had what I thought was colic, crying terribly and sleeping for only a few hours at a time. I was using all kinds of over the counter medicines and was lost in what to do next. After a consultation with Charmian within a few days the colic and sleep was massively improved, no medicine required from that day! I’ve learnt an incredible amount from Charmian about babies digestion and sleep. I can honestly say our bedtime routine is now a joy, my little one and I both love it, and she’s such a happy baby which I believe is down to what Charmian taught me.

I contacted Charmian on recommendation from a friend following 6 months of feeding issues and poor sleep (my baby was 6.5months, so her whole life!). We had found a milk she could keep down but bad habits of waking at night had formed. Charmian helped us get her into a routine where she ate in the day not at night and she’s now sleeping 12 hours solid which has transformed my life (and saved my marriage ;-)). She’s been helping to get her on solids as she is a very unwilling participant. Whilst this will be a longer battle I do have an action plan to get her eating feed and feel more confident I know what I’m doing (this is my 2nd child but they are very different). I bought a 5 day package with Charmian but was still working through some issues at the end of this and she kindly made sure she saw me through beyond this period .

I contacted Charmian when my second son was 16 weeks old. I had suffered with milk supply issues and he had fallen into bad habits and wasn’t putting on much weight. George was feeding little and often throughout the night waking every hour for long periods of time from 1am, the wake ups were averaging seven a night.

I felt my relationship with both my eldest son and husband was disappearing and I was surviving on about five hours broken sleep a night. I booked an at home visit and five day consultation immediately.

The moment Charmian walked through the door I felt the grey clouds disappear. She increased George’s milk intake and implemented weaning into our routine and gave us great recipe suggestions to ensure the food he was having was the right kind. Within days there was a dramatic change, we went from seven wake ups a night to three which quickly decrease to two and then sleep throughs.

Charmian has been so supportive throughout the consultancy and after as well. She was very quick to respond to all my trouble shooting messages and naturally all of her suggestions worked.

Charmian is the baby whisperer, she has the most incredible and infectious ways with babies and I can’t recommend her enough, I’m just sorry I did not find her sooner!

Charmian saved us! I have booked Charmian twice now, once when my baby was around 8 weeks to get us into a routine and to boost my breast milk, then later on for sleep advice and weaning.

At 8 weeks Charmian got me into an amazing routine which meant I was maximising how much breast milk I was giving him, knew when my baby needed to be fed and needed to sleep!

At 4-6 months we were going through sleep regression which meant my husband and I were just not coping with the sleep deprivation. I was breastfeeding through the night which has become a tool for my baby to get back to sleep. I contacted Charmian and she has literally saved us, I thought we would have to do controlled crying but that was not the case at all, within a few days our son was sleeping through the night, and now is able to settle for naps really quickly as well. Charmian really knows what she is talking about. I did 5 day consultations both times and recently to help with weaning and sleep. I highly recommend her!