The Gentle Sleep Specialist

We loved working with Tara for the 2 weeks. Our 7 month old already had good sleep hygiene and was sleeping independently, we just needed to fine tune a few things particularly as he had started daycare. Tara respected what we had already implemented and gave us great tools to follow. I would recommend Tara to anyone, and just because your baby 'does sleep' it doesn't hurt to reach out and and try a few things to make some changes. Thank you Tara x

After having my first baby I never expected sleep would be SO hard to come by. We hit the 4 month regression hard and then a stint of sickness kicked it into overdrive. My son would wake every 45 mins day and night and only sleep if I was directly next to him. I reached out to TGSS and purchased the longest, largest program on offer (it was worth every cent!!!) - couldn’t be more impressed. Not only did he only wake ONCE on night one, he’s slept through EVERY night since starting the program!!! The program is so clear and took away so much anxiety around sleep and leaving the house. I now feel like a confident first time Mum, rather than a barely surviving Mum. Could not recommend more!!!!

We brought home our newborn and our toddler who slept 12 hours since 3 months old went backwards. He started waking at night just crying, and waking at 4am screaming and would not go back to sleep. Not ideal when also dealing with lack of sleep from the newborn. We reached out to Tara as we had no idea what to do. He never slept in our bed, never had a night bottle, had white noise. So we were stumped. With a lot of trial and error to bed times and the occasional catch up nap, he started sleeping 12 hours again! And was so much happier in the day. She saved our sanity, in that postpartum period we couldn’t juggle the sleep of two of them without her help. I also highly recommend the newborn video for sleep guidance, I followed it religiously and had an amazing sleeper from day 1 with our second child. I’ve recommended Tara to friends, our neighbour who I could see juggling bub down the road daily to get him to sleep, work mates. They’ve all used her and are so grateful for the sleep! Can’t recommend her enough.

I can not recommend Tara and her team enough! It’s been nearly a month now of amazing sleep for both my babe and myself. We were co-sleeping and feeding around the clock of a night time and now he sleeps in his cot all night with no wakings! He loves his sleep space and he’s so much happier!He’s 15 months old and has adapted to his routine amazingly! It’s never too late to start!

I owe Tara my life! She saved our sleep & taught myself, my husband and my daughter amazing sleep habits. I can’t thank her enough for being so supportive and present with all of our questions and worries. Tara is exactly as her title says “gentle” and an incredible “sleep specialist”. I would never hesitate to recommend Tara to anyone & use her service again in the future. I feel so much better rested and confident my daughter has now built correct sleeping habits! Thank you Tara!!!!

We were at our wits end with many night wake ups, feeding and rocking him back to sleep. We started the baby program and were frustrated that it seemed everyone else was having good results and we weren't. We almost gave up on the whole program but then decided to try the extra support with 1:1 calls. It made such a difference!! Tara was able to point out the few things we weren't quite getting right and then it all came together and worked. Within two nights it was a massive turnaround with our 5 month old sleeping through the night or waking but resettling. Even with sickness we have more confidence in navigating sleep thanks to Tara. The program and Tara are absolutely priceless it has made such a big difference being able to sleep again for everyone in the family.

I do not have words for how amazing Tara is!! My 9 months old had been waking every hour for the past 9 months and would not settle! if she did manage to sleep longer then 1 hours she would then be up screaming for 3 hours straight. Tara's recommendations helped instantly! My 9 months old started waking once a night. She was so thoughtful in her approach and her daily check ins really helped. I can't recommend her enough!!!

We had a wonderful experience working with Sam. Our 4.5 month old had become reliant on being bounced to sleep and would wake every 30-60 minutes at night, often only sleeping longer stints while on me in the recliner chair. Managing this along with a 2.5 year old was becoming unmanageable and to say I was beyond exhausted was an understatement. Sam provided us with the education and techniques to implement and we now have a very happy baby who falls to sleep independently and is on average only waking once to twice per night. The best part about working with Sam was how understanding and supportive she was in addressing our needs to improve sleep, however not to let it rule our lives and have still some flexibility. She provided advice on how to troubleshoot different situations to ensure we felt confident moving forward. I can’t thank Sam enough for her help and would highly recommend The Gentle Sleep Specialist to any parent looking for improved sleep for their little one.

We are incredibly grateful for Tara and the Baby Sleep Program. Tara educated us on baby's sleep, healthy sleep habits/environments and the factors affecting baby’s sleep. She equipped us with knowledge, strategies, and information to help us address the things that weren't working and/ the negative associations causing sleep disturbances. I am eternally grateful for Tara's help, information, and support. It has been one of the best financial and health & wellbeing investments we've ever made. We highly recommend the BSP with TGSS! xxxxx

We did the BSP and can start to see improvement on day 2. By day 6, our 5 month old bub who used to catnap for 30 mins can sleep for 2 hours by himself on nap 1. He can also self settle within a few minutes of being put on the cot without crying, whereas in the past we had to rock him to sleep for 30-45 mins. Thank you Tara!