What Parents Say About Gentle Sleep Support

“Once meeting Catherine online we were instantly at ease. This woman got us, she cared, showed empathy and you could tell in minutes she really loved what she does and wanted to help. She’d clearly read our pre consultation form and taken the time to really digest. We set realistic goals which fitted with our values and with our daughter. 

Throughout our journey with Catherine she supported us through the positives and negatives - having the email support was great because sometimes you need someone just to tell you that setbacks are ok and expected and that you’re not failing.

Our two favourite things about our sleep journey with Catherine were simple. She is a real woman, a real parent with real experiences and passion. The second is she gave the why. She explained the why behind what she suggested so we could fully understand what it was aiming to achieve.

The only thing we’d change is that we met Catherine earlier in our sleep journey!”

"We've been burned with sleep support previously which had been packaged as gentle and wasn't. But the approach taken with The Parent Rock is a breath of fresh air. Attachment-focused and evidence-based.

We only needed easy simple tweaks to change everything for us. Sleep went from a 2.5 hour battle and driving to sleep, to a toddler pointing to his bed and asleep in no time.

It's better than we could have imagined. Fewer emotional outbursts, more time and bandwidth because everything is so much easier.

We've fallen in love with parenting again.

Honestly game-changing and Catherine is so lovely."

"I'd been debating booking a call with Catherine for months as our 1-year-old was waking every hour or two, and I was completely exhausted. I wish I'd done it sooner.

Catherine took the time and asked lots of questions about us and our routine and suggested a few changes we could make and within a week of putting these into practice we had gone from 6 or more wakings a night to 2 or 3.

Though we have blips where she reverts back to waking more often, we now have the tools to get back on track, and it's honestly made such an amazing difference.

Catherine's empathetic and understanding approach to little ones' sleep is exactly why I chose her. I didn't want to cry it out or give up breastfeeding and Catherine didn't support those methods either.

I've been telling all my friends about her."

“I am a first time mum and have been in the absolute trenches of sleep deprivation since Christmas, when my then 9 week old baby decided to wake up every single hour throughout the night. This went on for around 3 months until myself and my partner were honestly in tears with stress and exhaustion. 

I contacted Catherine who offered me to book in a free 15 minute video call with her. Catherine listened to our situation with care and compassion and offered advice; which in our case was to make a few tweaks to daytime nap routines and cap my boys last nap before bedtime, in order to build up sleep pressure. 

I’m not even kidding….from that first night and beyond, he has slept AMAZINGLY well. Only waking up 1-2 times max a night and so easy to get back down when he does. 

Catherine’s advice has changed everything and we are so thankful! I really appreciate Catherine’s gentle approach, which is making small adjustments to the routine you already have in place. I found her advice really reassuring rather than overwhelming like lots of conflicting information that is offered online by others. 

I highly recommend Catherine!! Thank you so much for your help”

“I had been struggling with getting my 14 month old daughter to sleep independently in her own room and stumbled across Catherine (The Parent Rock) on Facebook. I had my first zoom call and came away feeling as though I had found someone who understood and shared the same gentle approach I would want to use for my daughter who is highly sensitive.

Catherine helped me create a plan and suggested small changes to help first of all build those foundations towards independent sleep from what we as her parents thought would suit her. We were able to message daily and update as to how we were getting on.

My husband and I now feel as though we have the tools to continue this journey with our daughter and have already seen such an improvement. We would highly recommend Catherine if you’re looking for support with your child’s sleep. We were met with empathy, warmth and so much knowledge and it has been a great learning experience for us as parents to implement into different aspects of parenthood and with our two year old son.

Thank you so much for your help!”

“We approached Catherine for help, primarily, with reducing the number of times our baby has us up during the night. On average, we were dealing with four or five wakes every night, and were keen to reduce this before the end of my wife’s maternity leave. I (Dad) also needed help with setting the baby down for daytime naps in her cot, as I could only get her to nap either in the pram or via a contact nap.

The results have been brilliant. During our Zoom consultations Catherine listened carefully to our problems and gave detailed advice on changes to our daily schedule that would help our baby to achieve the sleep we needed. Catherine then backed this up with daily WhatsApp conversations, whereby we messaged her with an update each morning and she advised on how to approach the day ahead.

She gave us clear instructions, useful advice that helped to adjust our mindsets when it comes to our baby’s sleep and - perhaps most importantly! – made us feel that we weren’t going mad. As any parent with a sleepless child will know, it’s so easy to wonder what you’re doing wrong, and Catherine helped put those thoughts to bed.

We’re now down to two wakes a night (sometimes one), and as a bonus I have been able to put our baby down for naps in her cot with no issues.

If you’re struggling, I’m sure Catherine will be able to help.”

“I'd been following Catherine on social media for some time... her realistic posts and snippets of information/advice really stood out amongst all of the not so realistic "help" out there.

After chatting on and off, I was facing a few challenges with my almost one year olds naps.

Catherine offered a fantastic zoom call that helped me shed some light and give me the confidence to move forward and she also gave me a few pointers that have helped massively!

Something super affordable for those little tweaks and advice were just what we needed!

We now have a one year old who is on his own schedule and I'm no longer getting caught up in generic sleep schedules that unfortunately are everywhere you look on social media.

Catherine's gentle and professional approach was amazing and I wouldn't hesitate to get in touch should I need any help in the future!”

“Catherine was wonderful to work with!

She took the time to understand exactly what was going on around my son’s sleep and give us a few manageable tailored adjustments to make!

She’s a voice of peace and reason in a sea of fear around baby sleep!”

"When we first spoke with Catherine, we were utterly exhausted. Our 8-month-old was only napping latched during the day and waking more than 10 times every night.

Catherine was so empathetic, guiding us through small but meaningful changes with a gentle method that avoids cry-it-out.

Soon, our little one started napping independently during the day, and we finally saw those longer stretches at night. She's a game-changer."

"Finding Catherine was like a breath of fresh air. I have a 15-month-old who has never been a good sleeper. Her whole life has felt like a continuous sleep regression with her waking me up every 2 hours.

I was feeling absolutely exhausted, stuck and alone.

Catherine was so kind and supportive and completely normalised the situation. She suggested we look at sleep over the 24-hour period - tweaking the naps and setting a standard morning wake time and a later bedtime.

Within a couple of weeks I have gone from a baby waking me up on average 7-8 times a night to now 3-4 times, which for me is amazing.

I felt so supported and seen by Catherine."

“Working with Catherine has been a wonderful experience. Catherine really took the time to get to know our family and understand our baby's personality. We were struggling with frequent night wakes and a lot of unpredictability around naps and bedtime.

Catherine suggested a few simple tweaks to begin with and within the first week we already saw some movements in the right direction. Our daughter then unfortunately caught a cold which threw sleep off and Catherine very kindly offered to pause things until she was well again which we so appreciated.

By the end of the two weeks we were seeing longer stretches at night, more predictability and easier bedtimes. Our daughter even managed to sleep 9.5 hours straight one night recently which was unimaginable before!

I have been able to continue feeding to sleep and there was no expectation to do anything resembling sleep training at all.”

“I have to say the SOS Sleep guide is fantastic!

I went through very quickly, very well written and full of useful advice and knowledge. My partner and I have both read it and decided to try with a bit of a modified approach with the tips you shared in the guide, hence have not gone forward with the full on sleep package for now. 

After a week, we ditched the awake windows and we are already seeing a lot of improvement and are down to 3/4 wakes (instead of 8), most of all we are both more relaxed and feeling more in control!”

“Thank you Catherine for your incredible guidance and support - you're a lifesaver! 

Our daughter had slept through the night twice in the first 2 years of her life and, in the last week, we've had 3 successful nights in the last 5!

You really took the time to understand our daughter, understand us and sympathise with our situation.

We would highly, highly recommend you and your services.”

“Catherine made it all make sense... She added some clarity to our situation, reassured us and gave us the information and confidence to start to improve our daughter's sleep!

She was patient with us and looked at our family as a whole to offer advice and changes which would be reasonable and simple for us to achieve. A holistic approach of supporting us.

Our daughter's sleep is much improved and we now approach nights feeling more confident and relaxed.”

“I'd been debating booking a call with Catherine for months as our 1 year old was waking every hour or 2, and I was completely exhausted. I wish I'd done it sooner.

Catherine took the time and asked lots of questions about us and our routine and suggested a few changes we could make and within a week of putting these into practice we had gone from from 6 or more waking a night to 2 or 3.

Though we have blips where she reverts back to waking more often, we now have the tools to get back on track, and it's honestly made such an amazing difference.

Catherine's empathetic and understanding approach to little ones sleep is exactly why I chose her, I didn't want to cry it out or give up breastfeeding and Catherine didn't support those methods either.

I've been telling all my friends about her and hope this review pushes someone to make that jump and book in with Catherine.

It will be well worth it.”

“Catherine has empowered me to be the parent I always want to be.

She listens and allows me to be honest with my struggles and gives me small implementable ways I could improve our struggle at that moment.

The Sleep SOS sleep kit is a must for any new or not so new parent, and is my go to when we hit the next sleep struggle.

I hope and know Catherine is and will be part of my parenting toolbox for lots of years to come.”