Nuala - Night Nanny

Before I heard about Nuala the night nanny and contemplated contacting her, my husband and I were going through a bad patch with our daughter and each other mostly due to the tiredness caused by our daughters bad sleeping pattern. She had no other problems at all and is a great child but she woke so many times at night and in the early hours we were exhausted and very snappy and in ill health. We finally contacted the agency and booked Nuala to come to our house.

Nuala arrived one Thursday evening and sorted everything out. We expected the procedure to take at least 3 nights of torture but we were so wrong. Out went the doo-doo (soother) and the boppy (bottle) and in came the new regime. We were very nervous about what would happen and I was in tears a lot but not due to Nuala, just my own silly emotions that our baby was gone and our big girl who would sleep through the night had arrived. Nuala told us exactly what to do, and with a tiny amount of crying and putting back in her bed our daughter got the message loud and clear and now she sleeps 12 hours a night, in her own bed, in her own room, by herself with a quick kiss and a hug and an 'I love you' she's off to the land of nod happily every night and nap time. She is a much better humoured child and so are we!! Nuala is a miracle worker and I would whole-heartedly recommend her to any family going through a similar problem.

REBECCA AND SEAN ANDREWS

November 2008