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My wife and I are first time parents and of course are adjusting the all of the changes with our daily lives. My wife found Kris after about a month and a half into our sons birth. We were desperate because we weren’t getting sleep at night, our boy was fussy so many days and we were losing sanity. All I can say is that Kris and her service has to be the most valuable investment we have ever made. In 3 hours, Kris was able to watch our nightly routine with putting our boy down, feeding him, dressing etc. she then gave us a consultation on methods that have been proven to help children sleep better. Literally within 72 hours of implementing her suggestions and schedule, our boy was a different baby. Happy, rested, joyful and we were so relieved. We still keep in contact with Kris for direction as she makes herself available for up to I believe a year after birth for questions.
All I can say is thank you, thank you very much. We highly recommend Kris and her services!
Chris & Christina (May 2017)
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My 3- month old baby boy was waking up 2-3 times a night! I hired several baby nurses but none seemed to provide me with tools or a schedule to reduce these frequent wake-ups. But, then I found Kris, who gave me a detailed sleep and feeding schedule, and got my baby boy to wake up only once during the night. She also gave me wonderful sleeping/bedtime tips for my preschooler, which has worked amazingly at getting her to go to sleep before 8 PM. I plan to hire her again to eliminate the one feeding during the night and I would highly recommend her to friends and family members!!
Amy (Feb 2017)
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My daughter was having trouble sleeping and was constantly waking up every 45 min throughout the entire night when she was around 5 months old. My wife and I received a recommendation from a coworker to look into Kris’ sleep service Hush A Bye Newborns, and it was a life saver! After working with Kris, only a week later, our daughter was, and continues to now at 1 year old, sleep through the night 6:30pm – 6:30am without waking up!!! She is a much happier baby, takes naps without fussing, sleeps through the night, eats well, and our lives as parents was made so much easier. Honestly, it was the best money I’ve ever spent.
Kris came to our house for a night, watched our bedtime routine (or lack thereof), and then provided us with so much useful knowledge we didn’t know and gave us a great plan to utilize to get our daughter to sleep better and just be a happier baby in general. She also provided us with great recommendations and reading material on baby products, organic formula, foods, toys, swaddles and sleep sacks, bottles, and everything else you can think of. We also got access to Kris via email/phone up until our daughter was 1 years old to ask any questions, get recommendations for when our daughter went through certain regression periods, and get her opinion on the best things to do after she was done being swaddled, as examples.
Kris is very responsive, very attentive, and super helpful. She was great to work with and has a service that I’m honestly surprised worked as well as it does. Don’t be hesitant or think that a “sleep trainer” is a weird or dumb idea. Make your life easier, trust me, and hire Kris to help if you have any issues with your baby not sleeping through the night, not taking naps, etc.
I have no personal or business affiliation to Kris whatsoever. I was simply someone who heard of her by word-of-mouth and hired her because my wife and I were out of options and about to go crazy from lack of sleep! If you are in that same boat, hire Hush A Bye Newborns service.
Brian & Melissa (Jan 2017)
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My husband and I hired Kris when my son Jack was 3 months old. At that point, he had milk protein colitis, severe colic and his reflux was significant enough he was on Prevacid and needed to sleep on a significant incline. He was sleeping in a rock n play as he desperately needed the incline due to the reflux. While his night sleep was great with only 1 over night feeding, his day sleep was TERRIBLE. Jack was accustomed to being rocked to sleep and we were use to doing it because of his pain. We would do about anything for him to be able to sleep (car rides, rocking, you name it). Jack was a terrible napper. Not only was it was a struggle to get him to sleep but then he would wake up 35 minutes into a nap screaming. You could literally set your clock by it every time. We would have to hold him for naps and that didn’t work consistently.
We were exhausted, stressed and really not sure how to help Jack become a better day sleeper. In addition he was starting to get a flat head from the rock n play and we knew we needed to transition him to his own room and his crib. However, we didn’t know how to elevate the crib without him ending up in the bottom of it. We tried a few naps in the crib with a slight elevation and a rolled receiving blanket – but it was going badly. At this same time, Jack was starting to break out of swaddles. We literally owned every swaddle out there.
Kris came to the house during Jack’s bedtime routine. She helped with products that made things a lot easier (the 1 swaddle we didn’t actually own & baby stay asleep for the crib incline) and transitioned him from the infant tub to the bathtub, which he LOVED. Luckily we had a good bedtime routine in place and she helped make a few adjustments, we put Jack down for the night in his own room and went downstairs to talk.
There were several HUGE lessons for me out of the time spent with Kris. She was able to help me with what a “typical” day should look like …how much Jack should be sleeping, eating and ultimately how to start to teach him to self sooth. I was clearly waiting too long to put him down for a nap. By the time I thought he was tired he was very overtired and therefore much harder to get to sleep. Kris helped me understand how their sleep cycles work, how to identify these sleepy signs sooner and how to increase nap success. I had NO idea he needed as much daytime sleep as she recommended.
One of the many things I really appreciated was this was not a one size fits all approach. While she had typical day suggestions, she had also worked with other reflux babies and helped tweak these approaches unique to Jack. Instead of expecting him to self sooth immediately, she helped work out a plan to set incremental goals by not rocking him as long and putting him down a little sooner each week until we were truly able to lay him down drowsy but awake. She’s also helped me understand what to expect going forward and how he will transition his sleep in the coming months.
Nothing happens overnight and I will say it’s hard work. You and your significant other need to be committed. There were times I just wanted to run back in and scoop him up. I had a lot of tears. Kris’ ongoing support was wonderful as her package includes support through their first birthday. Sometimes I would just need to hear I’m trying the right things…. and occasionally we needed to tweak the approach a bit.
If anyone would have told me I could have a baby that I can put in his Zippy, spend less than 2 minutes in his room and put him in his bed fully awake and he’d go to sleep every time on his own I would have laughed. Kris taught us how to make this happen.
We now have a very happy little boy who sleeps amazingly well and soothes to sleep. He actually enjoys his bed and is so comfortable, he just hangs out there when he wakes up waiting for someone to come get him. We’ve received several compliments and questions as to why he is now SO GOOD about sleep! Kris taught us what we needed to do and how to help Jack. It is such a relief to no longer spend the day in tears with a baby who is trying to spend the entire day catching up on sleep! Thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Warmest Regards, Jodi, Curt & Jack Klus (Oct 2016)
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Kris from the very beginning has been a loving professional. She really cares for your child and teaches ways to help your child sleep better. When we first met Kris my son was 5 weeks old after being born 5 weeks premature and sleeping very little. With Kris’ help of a new nighttime routine and tricks to make nighttime feeds short and boring, my son was sleeping in 4 hour stretches and learning to self soothe within a couple of weeks. Now at 4 months he sleeps 10.5 to 11 hours a night with no middle of the night feedings. Working with Kris has been one of the smartest and best decisions we have made as new parents.
Caroline Beck (October 2016)
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We hired Kris over a year and a half ago for my first son, Leo. At five weeks of age, my husband and I hadn’t slept much, and we were reaching our limit. I called Kris, who came highly recommended by our pediatrician. She came to our home within two days, and our lives immediately began improving. She walked us through a step-by-step bedtime routine with my son and reviewed daily routines and provided us a slew of literature on the importance of sleep and so many other helpful topics like feeding and gas and different organic products and homeopathic solutions.
We started on the proposed schedule right away, and my son quickly learned how to self soothe and settled into his new schedule. His sleep quickly got better and better. By four months, he was sleeping 12 hours through the night, and he has been a great sleeper ever since! I have recommended Kris to several friends who have called her and also had great results.
Thank you, Kris!
Katie L (August 2016)
