Testimonial
Sarah- 6-month old daughter
Hiring Olive was the best decision we could have made when it came to sleep training our 4.5 month old daughter. Prior to working with Olive, our daughter was either being nursed or bounced to sleep and woke up the instant when we tried to put her down. I am being quite serious when I say that she only ever slept on a human. I was spending 3-4 hours a day bouncing her in a dark nursery for naps. We would have continued this but for the fact that my daughter started fighting every nap and every bedtime, and was sleeping terribly. We knew that sleep training was inevitable, but after 2 months of colic, we were terrified. We read a lot of sleep training books, spoke to a few consultants, and conferred with our pediatrician. Literally the one and only principle to emerge from the five million different opinions and programs out there is the importance of consistency. And we knew that inconsistency would most likely arise from not having a concrete plan, poor decision making in the middle of the night or during a particularly difficult time, and the fact that, as first time parents, we would be prone to self-doubt and second guessing. Olive was the single most important factor in keeping us consistent. She came up with a clear, flexible and easy-to-follow plan, specifically catered to my daughter and our parenting philosophy. She was astoundingly available to us, to help us make good decisions based on what was happening in the moment. She was encouraging and supportive every step of the way. Olive truly made us feel like our daughter's sleep and well-being was as important and urgent to her as it is to us. My daughter has been napping for almost 90 minutes, after going down with barely a peep. She is happier and well rested. The journey wasn't pain free, but we are confident that not a single tear or difficult night was in vain on account of Olive's guidance and support.
June 2020