I tell every new mom I know about Kris. We did a consultation with her when our baby boy, Van, was 5 weeks old. We knew we were developing bad habits (i.e. feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, etc.) and couldn’t figure out why he was so fussy in the evenings – I was literally scared of the night time. However, after meeting with Kris, it turned out WE weren’t letting him sleep! As new parents, we had read all of the books when I was pregnant and made grand plans about our regimen; but once Van arrived, we went straight into survival mode and let too much time go by before we got back to basics and revisited all the important plans we had made prior to his arrival. Kris helped get us back onto a schedule, and really helped by giving us the confidence to let him cry for short bursts from an early age so that he got used to self soothing. Now we have a 4-month-old who sleeps 12 hours at night and goes downs for naps without an issue. My mother-in-law cannot believe how he will cry for just 1-2 minutes, if that, before turning his head and going straight to sleep. I’m not saying we don’t have our off days, but for the most part, Van is a great sleeper and gets himself through his sleep transitions at night without much, if any, intervention from us!
Sharon (December 2012)
