“I think the concept is great. There’s definitely less crying than the cry out method and than we expected. However, it didn’t quite work for us. We been implementing the ABCs of sleep for about two months but our son still consistently wakes up 2 or 3 times every night.”
I’m sad to hear sleep continues to be a struggle. We would love to help you see how to modify or adjust the strategies so that they'll work with your baby! If you email info@takingcarababies.com, we have a team of sleep experts to support you with next steps towards sleep success.
“At 13.5 months old she would only go down for naps and bed with certain people, her naps were often too short, bed time became a struggle, getting her to sleep was taking 30 minutes of work from us (patting, rocking, etc), and she would still wake 2 - 3 times every night crynig out until she was nursed back to sleep. We decided for everyone's benefit it was time to start sleep training. I was very nervous and honestly kind of doubful that TCB would have any information I didn't already have or if it would be successful. None of the information is ground breaking or something you can't find online, but it's all in one place and it's organized and when I couldn't find something, I just sent an email and someone would reply with where to find the info in the course. In addition to easy to access information, the logs that TCB provides were really the most helpful part! Being able to see her recent sleep and what was and wasn't working, plan for how I'd help her, and easily log her sleep during training all made a big difference! The other really helpful piece is that TCB offers flexibility with how you can help your child through the night, how you handle night time feedings, and whether or not you want to do nap training at the same time. It's not super rigid, but it all follows the same basic idea of starting somewhere and weaning down your help as you go through training. We decided to cut the feedings entirely (no weaning), we did nap traning simultaneously, and we used the customized night interventions sheet to decide how I'd help her throughout the training. Even after watching the videos and preparing the logs, I was still very nervous this wouldn't work. In general the amount of crying each night went down, except for night 4 when there was an obvious transition in how I was offering help. And I just kept repeating some of the stuff TCB reminds you of for moments like this. Night 3 she was awake for an hour in the early morning, but put herself back to sleep. Night 6... For the first time ever she slept all the way through the night! Only 30 seconds of crying at the very start of being put in the bed, but she slept from 7:10 - 6:45! And... She has slept through EVERY night since!!! She wakes up every now and then for a brief period, but always puts herself back to sleep. She has also gotten really great at just resting in her bed if she wakes too early until someone comes to get her. The REAL test was when we went on a trip 4 weeks later and she had to sleep in a pack-n-play in a random room. She went down easily and slept through every single night of the trip! Naps too!!! I am so grateful for TCB and all the course offers. I do think it is somewhat parent and/or child dependent, but the information and tools provided by TCB are easy to understand, easy to use, applicable by nearly everyone, and were worth every penny for us! Thank you TCB for helping me teach her these skills in a loving and safe way, helping her get restful and consolidated sleep, and restoring the household's overnight sanity!!!”
“Before the ABCs of sleep course our son was waking up twice during the night for feeds and was used to being rocked to sleep every night. With the help of Cara and her team we were able to successfully wean our son’s night feedings and get him to sleep in his crib throughout the night uninterrupted. We were totally skeptical at first but after just 4 nights it truly worked. We are so grateful for this course. It has made our entire family so much happier and healthier! If you’re on the fence as to whether or not this class can work for you, take this as your sign to do it! It truly does work wonders!”
“It is truly life-changing to have a baby that sleeps. I have so much more energy now to enjoy this short, sweet time with my baby girl. Thank you Cara!”
“baby and I were co-sleeping for the first five months and we loved it but eventually , he started sleeping less, rolling around, staying awake and fussing at night.
I had a feeling he wanted to sleep in his own space but we had no idea to go about it! I really didn’t want to sleep train because before this course , I thought it would be too hard to hear him cry and not intervene.
This course taught us so much and helped us understand his needs and get our sleep back! Baby now happily sleeps from 7pm to 7am. We were even able to travel to Spain and keep our night routine!!! life changing.”
“I have a very stubborn 12 month old that was stuck on waking up at 1:30ish for a bottle. After using Cara with our first baby at 7 weeks old we had her sleeping throught the night & she still does at 3 years old, so I knew I needed Cara for this one as well. It took us a solid 3 weeks of sticking to the plan and trusting the process- I can HAPPILY say, we now have a great sleeper!! I reccomend Taking Cara Babies to literally everyone.”
“This program transformed the whole family’s sleep! So worth it, I only wish we’d done it sooner! Cara’s approach makes it so easy to follow, and I loved all the facts and explanations behind why we do what we do - it helped reassure my mama’s heart”
