Sleep nanny / consultant in the Devon area

[georgyporgie]

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a sleep nanny/ consultant for a visit in the Devon/ SW area to help us with our 6 month old & sleeping. Ideally want a home visit rather than skype, but having difficulties finding someone (relatively) local!

Thanks in advance!

Hello Hope you find someone I am in leicestershire so too far happy to help via PM (obv for free as may not respond immediatly) as do a fair bit of sleep consultancy as well as night nanny work.

I can recommend trying www.kidsmatter.uk.com and seeing if she has a maternity nurse/night nanny/sleep consultant in your area.

or www.childcare.co.uk

hopefully someone else will come on with a recommendation.

If you want to google east midlands and warwickshire maternity night nanny then you should find my website and email contacts and welcome to email instead (as I say happy to help out a fellow MN and I may be slow to reply once little one gets up from his nap)

EMNN, that's wonderful, thank you! Just the reassurance to keep looking is enough to stop me teetering over the edge into sleep-deprived oblivion. Sadly the kidsmatter don't cover the south west (Am seeing a business opportunity here as just seems that nothing like it exists at all. Bit of mumentreprenuering in the old mat leave wouldn't go amiss) and the childcare website looks fab for au pairs/ childminders, but doesn't have anything specialist for sleep.

Will PM you if that's ok, and god, understand totally about responding- I tend to find a week goes past before I realise how utterly lax I've been Love the website, by the way!

Rachel waddilove is Devon based. She was gwyneth paltrows nanny and has endorsements from her. she has books you can google to see if you think her approach might suit. I haven't used her but friends have found her methods really helpful and balanced. She does consultancy at home on the phone and email - here. She does speaking events and q&a in Exeter at my old church quite often but looks like they just had one in march so none coming up sorry.

hello u have messaged right person but my silly phone is being pants at replying on here so welcome to email more details or message more details as know its me now! and will reply on laptop tomorrow lunch time if that's ok.

What are your issues, you may find some maternity nurses on here (such as myself) may offer some very useful and free advice: just with regards to routine, techniques etc that you may not be able to see due to being sleep deprived.. etc..

I recently sleep trained a 11 month old in 2 nights. It was just a few small tweeks and all done. Although do think that was a lucky case.

What are your issues, you may find some maternity nurses on here (such as myself) may offer some very useful and free advice: just with regards to routine, techniques etc that you may not be able to see due to being sleep deprived.. etc..

I recently sleep trained a 11 month old in 2 nights. It was just a few small tweeks and all done. Although do think that was a lucky case.

Hi there, By coincidence, i also live in Devon and have some sleep issues I think i need professional help with. My midwife and health visitor seem very capable individuals but i think my little one's issues may just be a bit too deep rooted for them. Basically, she won't sleep anywhere in the house except on me. It's kept me indoors and left me pretty desperate. All i can think if is that she's insecure somehow, although she's very happy and quite independent before she gets sleepy. If i do manage to get her to sleep in her bouncer, she awakens again and again. And then screams the place down. She's 14 weeks and we've tried all the approaches the professionals have suggests. Thanks in advance.