We purchased this course after 10 brutal nights with our 9 month old. We had originally put off sleep training because our baby, although he wasn't putting himself to sleep, didn't require much to get down. That all changed right when he turned 9 months, all of a sudden he was waking up every 2 hours crying hysterically and would not stop crying unless he was brought into our bed or fed a bottle. I was terrified to sleep train because I did not want to implement cry it out and it seemed all the sleep training courses centered around this method. The happy sleeper does not use CIO however there will be crying - so be prepared for a rough first night. By some miracle it only took our son one night of crying for about 1 hour and 15 minutes - to understand how to self soothe. The next day his naps were great and there was no crying on the second night. My husband and I are shocked! Thank you for the wonderful gift of sleep! read more

Our Nicolas needed us to learn how to help him sleep through the night. Heather listened to us explain our situation and she outlined a customized plan that would help us achieve our goals. We listened back, implemented, and succeeded. The implementation wasn't without its hiccups, but they were minimal, and Nico has been sleeping through the night for over 6 weeks now. Heather trained us in one session via Zoom, and checked in via email at the right times. We always felt she would be available if we needed her, but we stuck to her plan which turned out to be all we needed. Thank you Heather!!! read more

Truly a life saver! We searched every website, tried every sleep training trick out there and nothing worked until we hired Heather and read the Happy Sleeper book. We followed Heather's custom instructions carefully and our (lovely but stubborn) daughter has been able to navigate sleep regressions and learn how to put herself to sleep. I now gift this book to all my friends who are expecting their first baby. Thank you so much for all you've done for my family. Sleep is so important for both parents and a healthy, happy child. Grateful. read more

This book changed our family's life and brought so much health and happiness into our home. I read all the sleep books. ALL OF THEM. And we chose this method (which has quite a few important differences from Ferber, including an altogether more nurturing tone and many more helpful details). I (mama) was TERRIFIED of what "sleep training" would do to our relationship, his secure attachment, his heart? my heart? Our marriage? I was absolutely convinced there was NO WAY I could hear him cry and not run in and pick him up. It felt so wrong not to soothe him immediately whenever he cried. Our 7 month old son has never slept more than 3 hours consecutively without feeding... he and I were cosleeping in a separate bed... I am a birth doula primarily for planned home births and I put a lot of pressure on myself to cosleep (as did the midwives, birth teachers, doulas, and other "attachment" parents I knew). We had a very traumatic birth ending in an emergency c section under anesthesia and I thought I would be furthering both our birth trauma by separating at night. By seven months, our son was nursing every 45 mins- 2 hours, napping 4 20-30 min naps a day, and not gaining weight on the curve as he had been. Every time he woke to nurse, it took 10-30 mins of rocking, shushing, and sucking in my arms for him to fall back asleep. I was an absolute zombie... I stopped driving because it didn't feel safe, and I wasn't able to socialize with other parents with kids the same age because I was so jealous, and I have never been a jealous person. I finally admitted to my husband that I "couldn't survive this anymore". I had gone back to work part time, as had he, and I really felt like my health and safety were at risk if we continued on this path, but I just didn't know what to do. We tried having him do several bottles a night, etc. but still none of us were sleeping and our son was screaming for mama without me in bed with him. We tried soothing him without nursing, sitting with him while he cried, etc. so he wouldn't "feel alone". This was 100 % the right program for our son. We prepared for two weeks, prepping a space for him to sleep just as the book described, writing a plan, and doing two consultations with Heather (worth every penny!). On our first night of training, I did our bedtime routine, laid him down, said our mantra, and walked out of the room, and then RAN out of the house to go for a walk while my husband did the five minute checks. I thought I absolutely couldn't hear him cry without interfering. After 15 minutes, he called me to tell me that our son was "out cold!" having cried intermittently but never as hard as he did when we were trying to soothe him before. He only woke 3 times the first night, twice the second and third, and once for the next few days (he slept for nine hours in a row and then fed then two hours after). He never cried for more than 20 minutes, and usually not at all or for a few minutes, and never half as hard as he had when he was in our arms. We used their method for almost all of our naps in the next week (he once dozed off on the couch and did a few naps in the pack on papa so I could sleep in) As Heather said, "you will be amazed by how capable your little guy is". Indeed, we were absolutely blown away by how skillful he is at soothing himself. It honestly has been a real pleasure to go through Happy Sleepering him. Heather was available by email throughout the entire process and we tweaked the feedings and such with her help. I really appreciated reading a book about sleep written by MFTs, rather than pediatricians or nurses like Taking Cara Babies or some of the books about extinction methods. This book truly is "science-based" and lays out great detailed plans. Any doubt I had about whether this was right for our baby and our family was soothed by our consults with Heather. Heather and Julie really try to keep their practices open for consults themselves, as opposed to some of the other authors of similar programs who have lots of people working for them. Our family and parenting has forever been changed by reading this book. We are so glad we "sleep trained". All our friends and mentors who coslept happened to have babies who slept for at least 3-4 hours consecutively without feeding, or who nursed for minutes and went straight back to sleep. With our sensitive little guy, it was clearly just too much stimulation to cosleep. Now he is much happier, growing really well, his development is clearly more supported, and he has two very happy parents. We spend lots of time together during the day cuddling and nursing, and he seems so settled in his own independent sleep space. This is THE book. GO FOR IT! read more

I was fortunate enough to come across this book when my twins were 6 months old. My husband and I knew we wanted to sleep train them, but didn't want them to follow the Ferber method.... so in comes "The Happy Sleeper"- which has a "5 min check" sleep method we could connect with. The first time we tried sleep training, it didn't work out for us, as we had travel plans around the Holidays. Traveling ruined whatever sleep training we tried to do 10 days prior to leaving. However, we knew this was something we needed to do, as I was sleep deprived, with only 4-5 hours sleep each night. Each day I wasn't fully rested, seemed to roll into the next day until I knew something had to be done. We called Heather Turgeon and requested a second consultation. This time the twins were already 8 months and waking up 2-3 times at night. She helped give me the confidence this could be done within the next two weeks or less, and we were excited to start that same day!! I am happy to say that after 6 days, both babies were sleeping 11 hours straight through!!! The sleep I am getting every night has made a world of difference in how I feel, and more importantly, interact with the twins. For any parent looking for the perfect sleep method, which doesn't require the "cry out" method, I highly recommend calling Heather for a consultation. You won't be sorry you did. read more

Julie was amazing and our daughter is such a great sleeper as a result of their very easy sleep training plan! Would kiss her full on the mouth if we ever met in person -- that's how grateful I am!! read more

The Happy Sleeper changed everything for us in the best way. Our son slept pretty well from birth. The swaddle and swing worked like a charm. He would do 9 hour stretches at night around 3 months. But when he started consistenly rolling both ways around 4 months, the swaddle was no longer an option for us. I started rocking him to sleep for naps and trying to place him in the crib without waking. It became unsustainable. I would rock for an hour sometimes just to have him wake when setting him down or only nap for 15 minutes. I would try and just place him in the crib but he would cry. I sometimes felt like I spent my entire day trying to get my son to nap. Even though he was sleeping well at night, I just knew I needed a better way to get him to fall asleep and I knew I was in his way. I needed a plan and a course of action. I felt lost. Around 5 months we contacted Julie. We live in New York and our friend was practicing the Wave and told us a bit about it and the book. I bought the book but scheduled a Skype consultation with Julie immediately because I wanted a plan right away and wanted a person to answer questions if I had them. She was fantastic. My husband and I felt like we had a plan and steps to follow and we could do it as a team. We planned our routine and started it the next night. We had a few rough nights of some tears, but we felt good about going in and letting our son know we were there for him and he could do it. He caught on to the pattern pretty quickly and within a few days naps were already much easier. We had a couple rough nights again a few weeks into it and we had a 9 month sleep regression where we had to bring out our script again. We contacted Juile for a follow-up when our son started standing in the crib and she responded right away with confirmation of what we already figured we should do. She is great. Having your baby be able to roll around in their crib and put themself to sleep is the most liberating and wonderful feeling. It has made all of our lives better and our son loves his routine, his lovey and his sleep! Highly highly recommend! read more

I recently had a private consultation with Heather, co-author of 'The Happy Sleeper' regarding my 4 year old little girl. Alejandra, who was always a really great sleeper had begun to have real problems getting to bed. We had just entered the world of fear.... fear of being alone, fear of the dark, fear of noises... you name it! All of a sudden the world was a big scary place for our little one. She cried when she went to bed, she wanted lights on, doors open, she would jump out of bed several times. Our easy night time routines had turned into long, sleepless nights. In just a couple of minutes of explaining this situation to Heather, she knew exactly where I was with my daughter... and was able to help me understand what my baby needed. What's great about 'The Happy Sleeper' approach is that the advice, support and methods come from a place of great understanding, empathy and compassion. Heather gave me tools and instructions on how to help Alejandra cope and work with her and her needs instead of being stuck in a power struggle with her. The steps Heather had me take worked on on day one.... maybe not perfect, but by day 3 we had our sleeping girl again. Besides getting to sleep, Alejandra isn't scared and enjoys our new bed time routine. No gimmicks- no contests, no bribes... just great coping mechanisms for both Momma and baby;) read more

I have a 22 month old who only slept at the breast. I would wake multiple times to nurse her to sleep, even though she was in her own room and crib. She also has tummy issues, and it was all just an exhausting cycle! Heather helped us out so much with her plan and tips. She was prompt and detailed in her replies. It was nice having written guidelines, and someone coaching us along the way, because I had A LOT of questions. I was very skeptical about this process, and after many failed attempts I had accepted sleepless nights as my fate. So grateful to Heather for all her help and guidance. read more

We are incredibly happy with the results from our consultation. We set up a consult with Heather when our son was just shy of 6 months and implemented the sleep wave in mid December. Now, at almost 7months he's sleeping very well through the night, going down to bed around 6pm and sleeping until 5:30-6:00am. We have watched his self soothing skills develop tremendously-- it's so cool to see him briefly awake at night and settle himself back down. Some of the biggest changes for us was changing up bedtime so we weren't nursing him to sleep and it went much smoother. Heather was fantastic about answering our questions in the days and weeks after the consultation which was beyond appreciated. And as parents it's given us a lot of confidence and it's given us pride in his abilities. It's nice to know that we have skills and tools as a family (and to know that we can count on parent time once he's down to sleep and not feel dread that he might wake up and we all three have to struggle to get him back down). Highly recommend!! Thank you! read more

BEST INVESTMENT EVER! We started the sleep wave when our baby was 10 months old. The first night he slept 11 hours straight. That's right! He went from waking up 2 hours to sleeping through the night in a day. It's been a full month now and our baby sleeps an average of 11 hours at night and takes two 2 hour naps during the day. He's a very happy baby and so is mommy and daddy. Prior to sleep wave, we were bedsharing and our baby was waking up almost every 2 hours (yup, mommy was a zombie). We were definitely starting to feel the toll of not sleeping both physically and mentally. Now, my husband and I finally get to relax in the evenings and get quality rest at night! We signed up for their online course and had a couple of phone sessions with Heather. She was wonderful to work with. Julie and Heather's approach to sleep training is well researched and very gentle! It's not traumatizing at all to your child which is really important to us. I highly recommend The Happy Sleeper to any family that needs to sleep! read more

As a new parent with an infant, I have read numerous books on sleep (Ferber, Babywise, etc) and "The Happy Sleeper" book/class by Julie and Heather made the most sense to me. I started implementing their strategy "the sleep wave" when my son was just about 5 months old. Within 2-3 weeks his sleep had dramatically improved, nights first then naps. While we are still working on naps , the sleep wave has been an excellent tool. And most importantly, has given my husband and I a game plan....whereas before when he'd fight sleep we'd kinda panic and get stressed out as to what to do (no one likes to hear their baby cry!). But now we have a consistent and working strategy. Most of the time we hardly have to go in and check as he just whines now, he doesn't really cry. After reading the book I attended their class for babies 4-24 months, at the Family Room in Pasadena, and it definitely helped reinforce and supplement the book...it was def $40 well-spent! Heather taught the class and was very informative and helpful, and was gracious to answer individual questions. I only wish I'd gone to this sooner! Thank-you Julie and Heather! :) read more

We met with Heather about the sleep challenges our 2.5 year old was having and my old regret is not doing it sooner. Heather's direction was clear, concise and easy to follow. We had nearly a month of awful sleep and issues with the transition to the toddler bed. We were drained and frustrated. Heather's advice changed everything in a matter of days. I cannot thank you enough!! If we have another baby, you guys are our first call. Your guidance was PRICELESS. read more

I was a sleep deprived single mother of an infant when I sent out an SOS on Facebook and someone told me about the Happy Sleeper. This changed my life forever. I watched their video and had a phone consultation with Heather and after about a week, my son was an expert sleeper. Sleep issues literally became non existent and I completely eliminated that challenge out of my single mom life. At 21 months my son began crawling out of his crib so I had to transition him into a toddler bed. I had another phone consult with Heather due to some special circumstances-single mom, living in a studio apartment with my son, early transition into a toddler bed before the age of 2 in a studio of all things! I implemented her ideas the first night and it only took about 30 minutes to get him to sleep (and he slept all night!). By night 3 he let out a little cry, grabbed his blanket and crawled into bed to sleep. I have friends with kids the same age who are chronically sleep deprived and I am fortunate enough to get the sleep I need to be a good mom, and own and operate my own business. I am forever grateful for these women who have helped me ease into motherhood as a single mom and a well rested entrepreneur, despite the special challenges that my lifestyle has presented! read more

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My partner and I are so grateful for the happy sleeper. Our baby was completely capable of sleeping on his own and we were just standing in his way without having a clue. He's soooooo much happier now and we are new people. And not only that but the system works so well and our baby loves it so much that even when he stays with a Nanny he does his thing. Thank you Heather for the greatest gift - the gift of sleep!! read more

Heather is our hero! Working with Heather throughout the years with both of our kids has truly been a game changer. She guided us through the transition from crib to bed with my son while I was pregnant with my daughter. Then helped us wean nighttime feedings with my daughter and helped get her to sleep through the night. After that, we successfully transitioned to both kids sharing a bedroom. And then overcame the nighttime jitters of monsters and the dark with my son. We did this all with the patient, non judgmental and kind guidance of Heather. She has an ease and calm about her that is so comforting especially when you are sleep deprived. If there are ever difficult days, I always go back to her advice and guidance and the slight tweaks always make things less chaotic. I would recommend her to any parent looking to get a good night sleep. She is magic! read more

Guess who's sleeping through the night!? By day 2 with no milk our little guy was sleeping independently. We've had to bust out the sleep wave twice, but that's nothing compared to two weeks ago! Long gone are the 2, 3, 4 am feeds; the question of "how long has this bottle been out?" at 5am and the zombie like behavior my husband, son and I would exude the day after. Thank you Julie! Having you sit down with us, work out all the details and answer our questions along the way, was a game changer. We're telling all our friends who are in need of guidance, about you! read more

Highly recommend this book and working with Heather! My little one was never a great sleeper and then we experienced a terrible 4 month regression (up every hour for weeks and needing to be rocked and put down asleep!). I had a great phone consult with Heather that not only gave me support I needed as a new mom trying to figure out the complexities of baby sleep but also a step by step plan I could follow for sleep training. After 3 nights of minimal crying and fussing our 5 month old baby was going to sleep on his own. Truly a miracle! read more

The Happy Sleeper is truly a gift to a parent of a newborn. Being a first-time parent, I had no idea what I was doing, and being sleep deprived on top of it meant that I wasn't making the most logical choices when it came to working out my baby's sleep cycle. The Happy Sleeper brought calm to our chaos and I am forever thankful for finding something that worked so well for my baby, husband, and I. That being said, a book does not always help with specific issues that are unique to your situation. Because The Happy Sleeper writer's Julie and Heather offer consultations, you are able to pinpoint your issues in a safe, and positive environment. I was able to use my time with Julie to understand exactly why my 5-month old baby rams her head into the crib at nap time and develop a plan to continue to support her in her self-soothing techniques. I would definitely use this service again and feel that the opportunity to talk with the writers of this method is what sets it apart from methods that are similar to it! Thank you Julie! read more

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I want to throw this out there to anyone struggling with a child that doesn't sleep. Ellie was waking up 4-5 times a night for me still at almost ten months old. I am three days in with this program. Night one she woke up twice. Night two she woke up twice. Last night she gave me no grief at bedtime and she slept from 7pm to 4am, nursed for ten minutes, and went right back to sleep til 7am. She also allowed Mark to put her down for a nap this morning without being "put to sleep". She was sleeping through the night for my mother-in-law while we were on vacation, but went right back to waking all night for me. Note: SHE HAS NEVER EVER SLEPT FOR ME LIKE SHE DID LAST NIGHT!! Not once... This book has ideas, science and information in it i've never read or heard before, and I do a LOT of research!!! Benny was so easy, and slept through the night at ten weeks old. When he would go through sleep regressions, I used "Camping Out" and "Gentle Sleep training" which worked perfectly. None of these worked for Ellie. I was even willing to try "Cry It Out" with her, but in our small condo she was waking Ben up all night long because she would begin to scream so frantically at such a high volume and pitch. Anyhow, I highly recommend this book! It's even helping me with what I may be doing wrong that causes Ben, who is a great sleeper naturally, to wake up super early at times. I could cry I am so happy right now! Good Luck Fellow Mamas and Daddies! Any baby showers I go to going forward are getting this book!!!!!!! read more

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"I thought Julie and Heather may have done themselves out of a phone consultation through the effectiveness of their book/approach! :) I emailed them the night before starting using the wave method - the first night I used the technique my 5 month old went back to sleep after 25 mins of wave response/script and since then he wakes only twice a night and goes back to sleep without much fuss after his much reduced length of breastfeed, which I am weaning down as per their recommendations to below 5 mins. I've had more sleep in the 48 hours of using this approach than in the last 5 months! I'm so grateful! And just when I was vowing to never read another book or blog on baby sleep again". I wrote the above a few nights ago - since then baby boy is waking only once for a brief feed(which I am weening slowly down) and then sleeping through the night until 7am! The biggest endorsement for this book and Julie and Heather's approach is how my little one was even more happy, alert, curious, talkative and physically active the next day after his first near 12 hour sleep. It was so wonderful to see how the great night's sleep was so good for him.. I did end up booking a consult with Heather, not because the approach wasn't working - it was! Just because I thought it would be useful to have her support if I had any questions or if anything came up, and I'm so glad I did. The consult was useful, I learnt even more about what was happening specifically with my little one, some useful tips about daytime napping, and got some much needed validation and support for the work I had put in thus far. I recommend talking to them if you can. If you can only get the book I highly recommend this approach and if you are consistent it really is a gentle and effective game changer for your family and your baby :) read more

This book was so incredibly helpful, and I had a few phone consults with Heather and she was FANTASTIC!!! It was just so nice to be able to talk to someone and ask all of my questions (there were a lot!) and she answered every single one of them with such patience and care. For me, the wave made training less scary and I really never felt like my baby was in any distress because we could do the check-ins with him. The first night he slept independently longer than he ever had, and it just kept getting better with each night. By night four he slept almost 12 hours with only a few little wake-ups!! I have slept more in the last few nights than I have in the last five months!! Love this book, love these women. Highly recommend!! read more

The Happy Sleeper is an absolute MUST for parents and caregivers. It's a loving and effective approach for getting your little ones to sleep soundly, enjoy the comfort of their own space and be confident in self-soothing. I have used this book with my daughter and son and have found it to be reassuring, educational and intuitive. I recommend purchasing the book so that you can continue to reference it whenever you need to! Thank you, Julie and Heather!! You are so friendly and accessible and I would follow your input on any and every childhood development subject. read more

This is magic! I had used the Happy Sleeper philosoply when my daughter was a baby and it worked incredibly well. We were so hesitant to do any kind of sleep training for fear that it would be traumatizing for everyone involved. But this philosophy felt gentle and compassionate -- and provided a super clear structure for nighttime sleep, naps, and even weaning. And after 9 months of sleepless nights, it was totally life-changing! My daughter recently turned 2 and her sleep turned upside down. I ended up sleeping on her floor for over a month and getting myself into a totally unsustainable situation. Barely hanging onto sanity, I called Julie Wright for a phone consult. Everything turned around in under a week! It felt like a miracle. And the process was respectful towards both mine and my daughter's needs. It was trauma-free and worked like a charm. So grateful! read more

I am so grateful to Happy Sleeper for helping me bring back consistent naps to my 2.5 year old! I really thought we had almost lost it, because I thought I had tried everything! But after a consultation with Julie, she asked me a few questions, and we figured out the issue. It literally started resolving itself the same day and my life is again DOABLE. I have two children under three sharing a room and she went through all the variables with me and helped me feel so much better and in control and now my kids are so much happier with good naps again!! YAY!! The book is an essential resource and so is JULIE WRIGHT! read more

Wonderfully informative class and book! The Happy Sleeper is exactly what I'd been searching for-a book and method informed by science and attachment theory with practical applications (sample routines, troubleshooting, "what do I do if...."). My routine of giving my son a bottle and rocking him to sleep stopped working when he was around 7 months old. He began to wake up and cry as soon as I put him down. I was at a loss of what to do to help him get a good night sleep until I found Julie and Heather. One of the most important things that they taught me was that my 7 month old was capable of falling asleep on his own. After rocking my son to sleep for so long I had to mull over the fact that my infant can fall asleep on his own. I was humbled when I had to consider that perhaps it was me that was holding him back from sleeping on his own because I thought he needed me to help him fall asleep. So, on our first night of following the sample routine in the book, I gave my son a bath, read him a book, said goodnight to many things in his room, turned on our noise machine, turned out the lights, put him down in his crib with his wubbanub while he was awake and said "goodnight". He smiled at me and then proceeded to roll around, vocalize and suck for the next ten minutes. And then he fell asleep. I heard him wake up about an hour and a half later but got himself back to sleep in a couple of minutes. He awoke at 6:45am with a smile on his face- and I greeted him with a genuine smile on my face because I too had a good night sleep. We've followed the Sleep Wave method for naps as well and it's been tremendously helpful. I'm so grateful to have found Julie and Heather and can't recommend them highly enough! read more

I highly, highly recommend a sleep consultation with Julie from the Happy Sleeper. Our daughter went from being the worst sleeper to a very happy and content sleeper who slept through the night when she was 5 months. More than a year later, at 22 months, our daughter is still a good sleeper, but when a few things changed with our daughter, we found ourselves needing help again and Julie's expertise was able to rescue us again. I fully trust Julie and her kind, evidence based approach. I not only recommend the book but speaking to Julie was able to fix the issues we were having. read more

I used The Happy Sleeper book to train my 5-month old to sleep on his own, and it worked like a charm. At 14 months, we had a major setback, and I had a 30-minute call with Heather. She gave some great tips, and my son has been sleeping wonderfully! He's like a whole new baby. He loves his crib and can't wait to get in at night. He's so happy to be going through the new bedtime routine and even "sings along" to twinkle, twinkle little star. Crying at bedtime (and even nap time!) is a thing of the past. The naps took a little longer, as she said, and he cried for an hour the first two days, but now goes down happily. His nighttime sleep has been great and he has been sleeping in later as well! I'm sure there are more setbacks to come, but it feels great to be equipped with the tools we discussed. read more

We were skeptical that our 90 minute session with Heather would be worth it....but the customized plan she crafted for us worked wonders. After about a month, our two kids were sleeping much more consistently than they ever had before. We had read her book, but the key value of the consultation was figuring out what strategies to employ for our particular situation (2-yr-old boy, 3.5-yr-old girl). Heather's coaching gave us the confidence to stick with a plan, even during the difficult moments. Thank you Heather for restoring our sanity. read more

Was having issues with our newborn. I was referred by my wife's friend to this place. I was skeptical at first but wow, I was wrong. From the beginning to the end, they guided us and always were willing and able to assist us with any questions we had. Thank you again guys. You guys rock!!!!! read more

Heather Turgeon helped me have the confidence to trust my baby's ability to fall asleep by herself in her crib. We had all been getting terrible sleep as our little one needed to be bounced, shhshed, and nursed to sleep and was waking every two hours...needless to say, none of us was waking up rested or in a good mood! Heather helped me identify all of the signs my baby was giving that she was just as ready for a change as we were. After one night of The Happy Sleeper method, our baby slept through the night. It has been two weeks and we are all still sleeping through the night with a wake up here and there. Heather's support and expertise gave us all the gift of sleep! read more

I usually don't write reviews, but I felt I needed to spread the word of this invaluable tool. I found The Happy Sleeper when I was transitioning my 4 and almost 2 Y old daughters into their own beds. I had been cosleeping with them and nursing my younger daughter to sleep. I am very much into attachment based parenting, so knew when it came to transition them into their own beds that I couldn't do the cry it out method. The reverse sleep wave method worked like magic for my girls initially. I couldn't believe it! It was hard for maybe 2 nights and then very shortly my daughters were sleeping through the night easily and so was I! When we hit a hiccup because my parents didn't follow the routine and my younger daughter was having a hard time, I loved that I could email the authors, heard back within the same day, and could set up a consult call that actually fixed the problem! My daughters are 4 and 6 and still have healthy sleep habits. I also have a 19 month old. So when I saw their online class for only $40, I took it hoping it would be a good refresher. Julie and Heather did not disappoint! It was a great refresher and helped me even further understand ways attachment is being woven into this easy method. Again when I reached out about night weaning, I got a response within hours! We have started the sleep wave technique with my youngest. The first night was hard as expected, the second night my daughter went to bed quickly and slept great! I have recommended this book to several friends who report the same success. One tip that they say and was helpful for us, really let the more confident parent handle the wave. My husband was not as emotional about it all like I was. I think him going in saying the words and putting them back to bed helped the process! read more

Happy Sleeper book was exactly what I needed! I took Julie's class for my first child who is now 3.5 and he has always been an incredible sleeper since we started her sleep wave plan. I needed a refresher for my 2nd and the book was incredibly helpful. I also did a phone consult with Julie a few weeks before returning to work because I had severely transitions I wanted to put my baby through and was unsure as to how to approach it. Julie's advice as perfect and after just a few days my baby could easily fall alseep on her own. After 2 weeks she also dropped the night time feedings and sleeps through the night. I highly recommend the book, classes and the private consults! read more

I literally do not know what I would do without Julie Wright. Her knowledge and sensitivity helped me through some of the toughest times with my young daughters. Her strategies are easy to follow and they work quickly. I buy The Happy Sleeper for every pregnant friend, and even though my kids are 7 and 4 now, I keep it next to my bed for easy reference if I need it. read more

My husband and I literally pulled our backs out bouncing, rocking, and swinging our baby to sleep from 0-4 months. Believing how important sleep was and is for our baby, we wanted to do everything to make her a good sleeper. We tried two other methods and neither reassured us that what we had been doing was normal and could be undone. Our pediatrician recommended your book and we really believed in the philosophy of good sleep and loved how your book outlined common problems as well as explaining the reasoning behind patterns and behavior. There are really so many books about sleeping and we were truly overwhelmed taking bits and pieces from different approaches. We decided to stick with your method and began with picking up and laying down for the first nap of the day before 4months. This got our baby used to crying some and falling asleep. Then by 5 months we knew she was familiar with our bedtime routine, soothing with her lovey and her fingers and we started the sleep wave. Night one she cried 12 minutes and night two 6 minutes! Wow were we then believers and couldn't believe how capable our baby was. We have told many people about your book and feel like we have our life back without spending the majority of the day putting our baby to sleep. We are almost done weaning her at night with one feeding left in the middle of the night. Thanks for making your book so accessible and for not making us feel like we had ruined our child for life. Happy Sleepers and Happy Parents read more

Julie Wright has helped us tremendously with getting both of our boys (2.5 and 9 months) on consistent and healthy sleep schedules. Sleep training is one of the least enjoyable things to do as a parent but her sleep wave technique is very effective and humane. Both of our boys were sleeping through the night after 3 nights. What I love about her methodology is that you can continue to go back to it when you hit sleep regressions along the way (from illness, traveling, developmental leaps) which are inevitable. It provides you with a very consistent and stable foundation. We've done personal consultations with Julie a few times and she's just a lovely person as well as being very knowledgeable and helpful. I keep her book on hand when I need to troubleshoot. Like for example, two weeks ago when my 2.5 y/o who is normally a great sleeper, went through a bit of a regression and started screaming after we put him to bed. I took her recommendation of mapping out his night time routine with him and it worked like a charm. We also did the sleep wave again with our 9 mo old after traveling threw him off his schedule. Now they're both back on track and sleeping 11-12 hours/night (for now!). read more

I have two boys, 3.5 and 1.5. My oldest was having major issues with bedtime after we moved him into a big kid bed. It was taking hours every night and so many tears and frustration before he'd finally go to sleep. After a couple of months of this, I was out of ideas and dreading 7pm each night. I did a consult with Julie and it changed everything. She listened to me and created a plan for us to start that night. She was warm, understanding, and knew exactly what I was going through and how to get us into a bedtime routine that worked for all of us. She was so knowledgeable about children in general and gave me back the control over bedtime. After two nights of setting the limits, staying calm, and sticking to the plan Julie had created for us, bedtime became a sweet and loving routine. But most importantly, my son happily got into bed at 7pm and went to sleep on his own - and it's been that way ever since. Julie's services have been invaluable to my family! read more