From day #1 Charlotte was not the baby that you could put down. She just cried. She loved being held ALL THE TIME. Which as first time parents we didn’t mind. Of course we loved holding our little girl. Then as she got older it became a little more difficult. She was heavier, she wanted to move around more but really couldn’t because we had her in our arms. We ended up bouncing her on a exercise ball nightly to get her to sleep. The process would sometimes take hours and then when she was finally in a deep sleep we would ATTEMPT to get her into her crib. It was 50/50 really on it working. It became too much for all of us. She was not getting the proper rest she needed and neither were we. So at 5 1/2 months it was time for sleep training. In came Jillian. We had a home consultation with her. We knew immediately that we had made the right decision. She was so supportive of not just our child’s needs but also of us as parents. We came up with a plan together as family as opposed to being told “this is the way it should be done”. She was very thorough and walked us through everything. Even giving us a timeline of when and how things should play out day by day. I would be lying if I said the first few nights weren’t really hard, they were. BUT – Jillian was there 100% for us and it made all the difference in the world. Her support and motivation got us through to the other side. And now Charlotte is going down in her crib for naps and for nighttime sleep. She fusses for about a half a second and then she’s sleeping. She is such a happy, rested baby now. My husband and I just shared a dinner together in our home, at our dinner table, without bouncing our little girl while trying to eat!! It was the first time in 5 1/2 months that we have been able to do that. Yay!!! Thank you Jillian – You are an absolute godsend!
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What Happy, Rested Parents Say …
We had a wonderful experience with Jillian. We called her about our 4-year-old daughter who was waking early, and she completely solved the problem with one phone call! We instituted an earlier bedtime and followed her instructions about a special clock. Unfortunately, our 2-year-old son then began … Read more
Julie and StuartManhattan, New York
Prior to Jillian’s help, Diego refused to sleep in his crib. We spent our nights co-sleeping or waking up several times a night to soothe an angry, tired baby back to sleep. He would usually only fall back to sleep if he was being nursed! After 2 failed attempts of sleep training on our own, we ne… Read more
Casey and MartinBrooklyn, New York
We were having lots of trouble with our 7 month old daughter’s sleep habits. Naps were irregular and rarely longer than 25 minutes; plus she was still waking up several times a night. We were really losing our marbles when luckily we found Jillian! She was great at diagnosing the problem, creating… Read more
Eric and LoriBrooklyn, NY
We called Jillian after our daughter Lilou turned six months and wasn’t sleeping on any sort of schedule. Nights were spent co-sleeping and naps were consistently 30 minute cat naps whenever we could lull her to sleep. Jillian very patiently walked us through changes that we had to make in order c… Read more
Amanda and ChrisBrooklyn, New York
We had a fantastic experience with Jillian. We came to her when Alba was 4 months because Alba’s day sleep was almost non-existent and at night the only way she would fall asleep was if she was in a milk coma. Getting her to sleep during the day was always a fight and if she did sleep, she would m… Read more
Natasa and RalphBrooklyn, New York
Jillian has truly changed all of our lives, very much for the better. Before we started working with her, our one-year-old daughter needed to be nursed to sleep and was waking multiple times per night, each time needing to be nursed to fall back asleep. We were all exhausted. Jillian really listened… Read more
S & PNew Jersey
We had been doing our own version of ‘sleep training’ with our son Theo from the age of two and a half months to 9 months. This involved swaddling him for naps and feeding him for about 40 minutes to sleep and then carefully walking over to his crib to lay him down. desperately trying to not wak… Read more
Charlotte and JohnBrooklyn, NY
Working with Jillian and Best Rest Baby completely changed our family’s sleep life! Declan, our three year old son, was frequently waking at night. He was unable to put himself back to sleep and it was making night time a nightmare! She helped us set up a sleep program and it was a complete succes… Read more
Crystal and T.J.Manhattan, New York
When we first reached out to Jillian we were beyond sleep deprived. Everyone told us that parenthood would be exhausting and that we should get used to sleepless nights. But we never imagined we’d have a baby that would wake up every single hour during the night, and barely nap during the day. … Read more
Little Miss M.Brooklyn, NY
We are so thrilled we found Jillian! We never ever thought in our wildest dreams that Everett would take crib naps, but in under a week he was happily napping in the crib and sleeping over 11 hours at night! I know it doesn’t sound possible, but Jillian gave us a concrete plan and endless support… Read more
Jess and AndrewBrooklyn, NY