“This class and resources were so helpful for us! We had already learned some of the basic components of this course from Good Inside, but were not having much luck with implementation. This course gave us the structure that we needed to actually put it in place. And it was reassuring that the concepts lined up with what we already learned from Dr Becky. We only had one night of crying and we made some small customizations that night to what we said and timing and those customizations immediately soothed the crying. Next night and every night since have involved no tears at all! We were spending between 30 minutes to and hour in a dark room waiting on him to fall asleep (despite being an amazing independent sleeper up until 2nd birthday). Now we say our reassurances, leave the room, and maybe pop in once right after to remind him we're right outside and we're good! And night wakings have gone from once every other night to once every 2 weeks maybe. This class has made bedtime enjoyable again!! Totally worth it!!”
“For background, we sleep trained our daughter using the TCB 5-24 months when she was around 9 months old. After that, we had a great sleeper for about 15 months. Then out of nowhere our daughter started waking up not wanting us to leave the room. We ended up sleeping in her room or pulling her into bed with us almost every night for about 3 weeks. We finally caved and bought the toddler class. After 11 nights, we finally have our great sleeper back!! We stuck to the plan to a T and it really did work. On night 9, it was really tough, and we both had our doubts but two nights later we were out of the woods. I highly recommend this program! It is expensive, but it really did work for us.”
“I’ll be honest this program didn’t work for us. I originally purchased it to help our son sleep past 5am as he consistently wakes up between 4am-445am. It helped for about a week and he’s right back to early wakings. He doesn't show the signs of dropping the nap yet (he’s 2 years and 3 months) and will not go back to sleep using the same techniques we implemented at bedtime if he wakes at all before 4am. In fact I started the program with our son and started working with him and about 2 weeks in it backfired on us, he no longer lays down for bedtime (and naps on weekends) with me, only my husband. I spend 10 mins of one-on-one time with him during the day to eliminate the separation anxiety and still nothing.
It’s beyond exhausting.
I was hopeful this would work for us as I was desperate (and still am), or I would not have spent $200. Glad to hear it works for others, wished it would have worked for us, but I am now still looking for a solution….”
Hi Stacie, We know how exhausting and tricky those early morning wakings can be. If you're at all interested in help, I would love for you to email info@takingcarababies.com. We have a whole team of expert sleep consultants who would be happy to help look at what you're seeing to game plan a modified strategy for your son. If you feel like this simply isn't the right fit for your family, please know we have a 30-day money-back guarantee.
“We bought the Toddler Sleep Training course to help get our 4 y.o. back on track. We did the 5-24 month class when he was 7 months and had an AMAZING sleeper for the next 3.5 years. Out of nowhere, we began experiencing early morning wakings (4, 5 & 6 every day), nightmares, fear of the dark, etc. This went on for months and we were all exhausted. We bought the toddler course and within 3 nights our amazing sleeper was back!! He had the skills to sleep all night, he just needed our help to get back into his routine. We were also able to move him into a big boy bed about a month later because he was confident about bedtime again. Cara's sleep courses have SAVED us over the years! I recommend her classes to everyone who struggles with newborn or toddler sleep. They give you the confidence and tools to handle all the ups and downs. I truly can't say enough good things about Taking Cara Babies.”
“Absolutely love this educational training! Cara walks you through it all. She provides tools and helpful resources and even specific videos for individual scenarios like room sharing or dropping naps. I especially like she gives tips about what to do with your toddler during the day time in order to prepare them for bed and how to handle tantrums during transition periods, so it wasn't just a sleep training videos. I would highly recommend this course to friend and family. I honestly don't know what I would have done without this course.”
“We did Cara's newborn sleep course and had great success. Our little girl was sleeping through the night at 4 months and continued to sleep brilliantly until about 2 years old. We started to struggle at bedtime, she kept asking for more books, more stuffed animals, more hugs, any and all things to avoid lying down. When it started taking an hour for her to fall asleep, I knew it was time for Cara to step back in again. I devoured the course in two days. Our girl was putting herself to sleep, so we were starting off on a good foot, and within three days she stopped asking for more and would stay lying down for the rest of the night. I not so jokingly say if Cara ran for president, all parents would vote for her because we'd all be so well rested! If you're at all struggling with bedtime, I can't recommend this course enough. I have told all of my friends about it and swear by Cara and her methods. They are firm but kind and caring, and give you the tools to successfully set and hold boundaries with your child so they can get the sleep they need, and you get some calm back at bedtime.”
