‘Thank You, Tresillian’ — Testimonials

Tell us about Your Tresillian Experience!

Many of our parents tell us what a positive difference Tresillian has made to them. Some of them have shared their experience below. If you would also like to share your experience with Tresillian, please use the comment form on this page. In order to respect their privacy, we will not publish any nurses' names.

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Anonymous
Posts: 27

8mths later
Reply #24 on : Wed April 11, 2012, 19:18:52

We had a stay at Canterbury in October 2011 and am please to say after taking your advice/help home we are still sleeping 6.30-6.30 and 1x2hr day sleeps 8mths on!
thankyou thankyou thankyou! its been so nice actually SLEEPING!

Fiona Higgins
Posts: 27

Thank you
Reply #23 on : Tue February 21, 2012, 15:02:28

I had a recent stay with my youngest child, 9 months, who had been breastfeeding up to five times a night to be settled back to sleep... within two days at Tresillian, he was a changed baby.

Thank you all for your gentle and caring assistance.

Anonymous
Posts: 27

Happy Baby and Happy Parents
Reply #22 on : Thu February 16, 2012, 09:19:22

I stayed at Tresillian in Canterbury with my 5 month old baby who was used to being rocked to sleep, and held during his sleeps as he used to wake as soon as we put him down. He also would wake up and scream the house down between sleep cycles. Night times were better in that he would go into his cot, but he was waking up to 10 times a night.
After 4 nights at Tresillian the situation was turned around, and I now have a baby who is well on the way to self settling, takes long naps where he can sleep up to 1 1/2 hours without stirring, and now wakes once overnight to feed before going straight back to sleep til morning. Before Tresillian I was scared I couldn't cope any more, and now a few weeks later I feel like that is just a distant memory. The nurses at Tresillian were lovely, extremely supportive, and never said "you are doing this wrong" but just modelled what we could try. They provided practical and emotional support, as well as lots of parenting information for the coming months. I cannot praise Tresillian highly enough.

Anonymous
Posts: 27

Thank you so much
Reply #21 on : Sun October 16, 2011, 20:34:30

I have been using the great advice of your service over the past went months. Most recently with toddler who went through a very unsettled time. K got great advice to try gradual withdrawal and it worked beautifully.
Thanks again.

Elizabeth Parker
Posts: 27

THANKYOU!
Reply #20 on : Wed September 21, 2011, 14:49:21

I stayed at the Nepean Tresillian with both of my daughters as they were shocking sleepers. After only a matter of 4 nights my children were sleeping and self settling without any problems. I came home a more confident, happy mum and my girls were content and settled into a better routine which enabled us all to get some much needed sleep!
The nurses were BRILLANT so very supportive and helpful - loved them all :)
Plus I made some great friends whom I still have contact with to this day.
Thanks again Tresillian - god sent!

Anonymous
Posts: 27

Thank you!!
Reply #19 on : Tue August 30, 2011, 11:10:34

Just wanted to say a sincere thank you to everyone at Tresillian helpline and the nurse who I spoke to this morning! You have assisted me with advice with both my boys over the last few years (one 2 1/2 years adn the other 8 1/2 months old) from breastfeeding issues late at night to constipation over the easter weekend. Your advice is always wise and empathetic.

You have given me confidence and reassurance about the boys care and I can't thank you enough!!!

Last Edit: November 11, 2011, 13:57:51 by crunch

Jodie
Posts: 27

THANKYOU
Reply #18 on : Sat August 06, 2011, 15:49:12

After buying every sleep book on the market and trying very hard to get it right, I finally rand Tresillian. I spoke to the nurse for about 10 minutes, and after 3 days of following her suggestions we have gone from waking every 2.5 hours at night to waking only once last night. Thankyou so much! A new life for us all :)

Alisa
Posts: 27

Thank you
Reply #17 on : Thu May 19, 2011, 21:56:16

I just wanted to say a belated thank you to Tresillian Wollstonecraft. All provided such wonderful support, encouragement and advice in a really positive and non-judgmental way.

Despite my efforts, my daughter never slept in the day; she would scream hysterically and then also became so overtired by the end of the day that she would scream for hours every evening until she was 5 months old. Everyone kept telling me that things would improve by 3 months so when things actually got worse at this time I was starting to doubt my abilities and lose confidence. Adding a post-baby medical problem to the mix I was feeling a bit of mess and was referred to Tresillian by the early childhood centre.

The support provided to me by the outreach and day stay was invaluable. The extra tips to help my daughter sleep really helped and an understanding ear also did me a world of good. My daughter in now 9 months old and whilst she is still quite a ‘high needs’ baby, things have improved dramatically and she is the light of my life.

Last Edit: November 11, 2011, 13:59:02 by crunch

Nesrin
Posts: 27

I couldnt've done it without you.
Reply #16 on : Tue November 23, 2010, 20:36:43

To all Tresillian staff at Canterbury,

I had twins (boy & girl) 2 1/2 years ago. My husband and I struggled with the kids feeding and sleeping as one of the twins was diagnosed with reflux and the other with eczema. We survived on 2-3 hour sleep before we were recommended to take them to tresillian.

When we took them to tresillian, they were 4 months old and I never looked back.

The twins have since been eating & sleeping by themselves with no trouble. They even settle themselves back to sleep if they wake up in the middle of the night. We moved them to big cots with no trouble.

As a full-time working mum of 3, this was the best decision I have ever made as I have been getting my 7-8 hour sleep per night ever since.

Thank you so much, you are angels sent down to help us which is something we'll never forget....

Karine
Posts: 27

A massive thank you!
Reply #15 on : Fri October 08, 2010, 14:28:45

I wanted to say a massive thank you to Wendy from the outreach program and Gina from the day stay program! You have made such a difference in our lives and helped me SOOOO much!

My daughter was very very unsettled for the first 2 month of her life. Neither me nor my husband could get her to sleep in the afternoons and it took us 6 hours of crying and patting and cuddling to put her to bed at night, every night!
Wendy came 3 times as part of the outreach program and showed us how to put our daughter to sleep in front of our bewildered eyes. My husband and I were just not doing it the right way at all!!!! Following Wendy's first visit I could immediately see a huge improvement and our daughter going to bed in less than 2 hours (down from 6 hours the day before)!!!! We could even settle her in her bassinnet instead of our arms!

I then spent 2 days with Gina as part of the day stay program to improve my daughter's day sleeping habits. Those two days spent with Gina have taught me so much!!!! Her experience is invaluable and every new mum should be able to spend a day with her when she has her first child. Not only did she demonstrate hands-on how to teach self settling to a 3 month old baby, but she also gave me during those 2 days an incredible number of guidelines and key sentences that I keep repeating myself each time I'm not sure about what to do next to help settling my child. It has made me a much more confident mum and our whole family beneficiate from this! I now feel I'm in control of my life again and my days have got some structure which helps me enjoy them more. Getting more sleep my daugther is also happier and livelier and her daddy can also enjoy her more at the end of the day, instead of coming back to a crying home.

A million thanks again to both of you!!!! I hope many other new mums will have the priviledge of getting your help like I did!!!!

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