What Families Say

Gemma has been a life saver!

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My boy went from taking 1 h of magic juggle to fall asleep and then stay awake 3 h per night to a 7 to 7 schedule in litterally 2 nights!

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The other thing I loved with working with Gemma is HER, she was very knowledgeable from the first call, super competent and understanding, followed us through our sleeping journey and loved the way she empowered and reassured me it will be fine!

I literally cried when she told me she could fix the 3 h + awake time per night!

Not even after a week nursery even noticed a change in him, he is indeed more relaxed as he is getting all his sleep now!

Thank you so much!

Gemma has transformed our whole family’s sleep. We had reached a point where our son was waking three to four times a night, and the quick fixes we tried were only making things worse. Our son has struggled with eczema and disrupted sleep since he was four months old, and by 21 months we were desperate to help him — and to restore some quality sleep for all of us.

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After searching online and speaking with a friend who’d had great success with Sleeping Gems, I decided to reach out. From the very first conversation, Gemma made me feel understood and reassured, and I signed up straight away.

I love Gemma’s approach. Gemma quickly recognised our son’s cues and adapted the plan to suit him perfectly. He now sleeps through the night and wakes up happily, bouncing on the bed and excited for the day!

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A welcome change from the toddler who refused to wake up and struggled to go sleep!

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I would highly recommend Sleeping Gems to anyone. My only regret is not starting sooner.

"Having sleep trained our eldest at 6 months old we thought we knew what do do with our youngest but the truth was we didn’t! Having got to 18 months old we were sceptical we’d get a good nights kip again...

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But then we met Gemma. From the first conversation we were put at ease and received a first class personal service from Gemma. It felt like she was invested in us as a family. Oh and we’ve definitely accomplished the dream of a good nights sleep with sleeping through and staying in her cot for 12 hours.

We highly recommend Gemma for anyone else out there suffering!"

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"My 5 month old daughter, Neave, would only nap for 30 minutes at a time during the day and woke multiple times during the night. 

Within two weeks of starting Gemmas plan Neave was having two consistent naps each day lasting between 1.5-2 hours and sleeping for 12 hours at night! Before sleep training Neave would only go to sleep when being rocked/ in her pram, she is now able to settle herself to sleep quickly and independently. 

Gemma was amazing and made this experience so much easier for all of us.

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Thankyou so much for all your help! I am one refreshed mumma."

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Before I met Gemma my 4.5 month old would only ever contact nap or Co-sleep in my bed all night long!

Waking me up every time he detached from my nipple- it was exhausting to say the least. I would go to sleep at 7/8 pm most nights upon my son's demand which became very depressing and draining.

I was very sceptical in the beginning as he was so young, but Gemma has a very gentle approach to sleep training and to an extent let’s baby lead the way (where necessary)

Gemma talked me through each stage and answered any questions I had. I was so surprised at how easily my son adapted to his new sleep routine and began to fall asleep without any of my help. Fast forward to today.

My baby now sleeps in his own bed and I have my evenings back, he also has three naps a day. He also takes very full feeds during the day and his development has gone through the roof.

I am so so so happy I met Gemma and I’m so grateful for how she has transformed our lives.

After 4 months of Sofia waking up every 2 hours at night, I asked my cousin and wife how did they manage to get their boys to go to sleep so easily, so they told me they were helped by Gemma.

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I had read other books and heard about other methods that to me, were too cruel so I preferred to keep waking up for my baby, until I realised that I wasn’t doing her any good and teaching her to sleep independently was the right thing to do for her. Gemma’s method has a much kinder approach.

After 2 nights of using Gemma’s method, Sofia slept through the night, my husband and I couldn’t believe it. During the day she was a happier baby and our bond was enhanced so much due to the fact that we were both rested and much happier.

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We had a couple of bumps along the path but Gemma immediately made us notice what we were doing wrong and put us back on track.

So I would say that the two-week support she gives is as important as the initial sleep program.

I regret not getting in touch with Gemma before but I am so so glad I have now. Our life as a family has improved greatly!

Thank you!

We were given Gemma's contact details by a friend who had previously worked with her and had shared a rave review. We contacted Gemma and she responded really quickly and we had a call straight away.

She was really personable and made us instantly feel like we would resolve our sleep issues.

At the time our 7 month old had been surviving on 30 minute naps and waking lots during the night. He was exclusively breastfed and we knew we needed to get away from using that to get him to bed but we didn't know how to go about making a change. Gemma's plan was really simple and easy to follow and worked 1st night!!!

We saw an instant improvement and couldn't quite believe it. We have been following the plan for around 1 month now and have only been to him at night 3 times (once he was poorly) as he now regularly sleeps through. He also now has 2 consistent daytime naps which has totally transformed our lives, and given us so much more time with our 3 year old and a much better structure and routine. He goes to bed awake and falls asleep on his own and re-settles himself without our help if he wakes. Its amazing!

She is the real life Mary Poppins!

Gemma has been lovely to work with, would highly recommend to anyone looking to make a change, the impact on us all has been truely amazing - wish we'd started sooner!

Genuinely thrilled and amazed!

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We worked with Gemma with our 9 month old son, when we couldn't take the early mornings any longer, especially with my return to work looming.

Within a few days his sleep was totally changed and he was going for 12 hours at night.

Gemma was so supportive and gave us some extra help when we hit a few hurdles, which we are very grateful for.

I highly recommend this for any parents questioning whether sleep routines can be changed. They can and you'll feel so much better for it!

"My husband and I were initially sceptical that anyone could change our sons sleeping habits & thought he was just a baby who ‘didn’t sleep’. It got to the point that our 11 month old son was so tired & grizzly (and so were we!) that we decided we needed to try something.

A good night for us would be him waking 4/5 times a night and taking 10 minutes to settle, either fed or rocked to sleep.

A bad night he would be waking every 45 minutes and have up to a 2 hour awake period 2am-4am. On the first night working with Gemma we didn’t even have to go into his room!!!

Gemma was so supportive over the 2 week period and answered any questions we had immediately. Naps & bedtime routine were sorted! (And she also helped us to get rid of his dummy!!)

I wanted it to be a fairly soft approach and didn’t want him to cry for too long & this is the exact approach Gemma gave us.

We are so, so grateful for the help Gemma gave us and it has literally change our lives!

We would highly recommend Sleeping Gems!"

"I would highly recommend Gemma, she has changed our lives so much.

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Our 7 month old was waking up every hour through the night and a nap in the day was a rare treat!
I knew something had to change and that I couldn’t do it alone.

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Gemma was amazing so supportive and helpful with a plan that my sleep deprived brain could deal with.

Everyone from friends to my daughter’s swim teacher has noticed how much happier our baby girl is. Her development has gone through the roof and both of us are so much happier and healthier."

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"Her advice has been life changing for me and my family. My daughter now sleeps through the night, and can settle herself, previously she was cuddled to sleep and would wake regularly through the night and get into our bed.

Thank you Gem for everything!"

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Sleeping Gems is the best thing we ever did for our 4 month old baby boy! We were extremely sceptical at first but we are overwhelmed and astounded by the positive impact it has had on ours and our babys lives. Our little boy would wake in the night sometimes up to 8 times, he would nap for 30 minutes max during the day and the only way we ever got him to sleep was rocking him in our arms. 

We have now come out the other end with a much happier baby who sleeps through the night, who happily goes down in his cot wide awake and settles happily to sleep, and naps up to 2 hours long! 

We can't thank Gemma enough for all her help and constant support. It has been worth every penny!"

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If only we had found Gemma earlier....We were amazed how quickly Jenson slept through the night after starting Gemma's sleep plan. We honestly did not think anything would work with Jenson and before our initial consultation were pessimistic, but thought "what have we got to lose". Well, we lost nothing and have gained so much- our evenings, our nights and some extra time in the day. Plus a very happy little boy who's cheekiness and character is even more amazing than it was before.

Jenson was waking 2 to 3 times a night, and feeding on wake up, and was completely unable to self settle. Whilst the nights were manageable what we struggled with was the fact that he would wake within 30-40 minutes of falling asleep, whether during the day or at night. It could then take another 30- 60 minutes for him to fall back to sleep. He also would only go to sleep after being rocked and jiggled to sleep. Within 3 days of Gemma's sleep plan Jenson was able to settle himself when he woke, without a feed or jiggle, and within a week he was consistently sleeping through with only a few squeaks during the night.  From week 2 we have bot needed to go in to him during the night.

Gemma was encouraging and extremely supportive throughout. We started the plan on 19 December and despite Christmas festivities she made herself available at all times to check in on our progress and answer our queries.  She reassured us when we struggled and tailored the plan to fit with Jenson's older brother and to help with nap time problems. We still cannot believe that Jenson sleeps through and have and will continue to recommend Gemma to other sleep deprived parents!

Thanks again for all of your help!"​

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"My son always had pretty regular night wakings, and feeds but I just thought 'this will get better as he gets older'. Then we hit the 4 month sleep regression and he  was feeding 2 hourly overnight (more than he did as a newborn!) I was exhausted and knew we needed to do something. 

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Gemma has been absolutely amazing in guiding us and helping my son become able to self soothe! He now sleeps for 12 hours a night with only 1 feed which I explained I wanted to do, so this was incorporated into Rory’s plan (it's a nice peaceful little moment just the 2 of us).

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His daytime naps are great too, meaning, I can actually get things done around the house without having to rush at the thought he might wake any minute. Thank you so much Gem, I actually feel human again!" 

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I worked with Gemma from Sleeping Gems when my baby just wouldn’t sleep. As a mum of three, I honestly didn’t think there were any “tricks” left — I thought I knew it all. But after six months of no sleep, I was completely broken.

Gemma literally saved me.

I couldn’t believe that within just two days, my six-month-old — who was waking for multiple bottles every night and relied on a dummy — went to sleeping through the night with no feeds and, even more amazingly, no dummy. It felt impossible… until it happened.

And even more incredibly, he went from catnapping to having proper daytime sleeps — one to two hour naps that finally allowed me to rest and actually get things done around the house. It gave me my days back, not just my nights.

My little boy is now six, and I still recommend Gemma to everyone. It genuinely saved my sanity. It was the best money I’ve ever spent as a new mum.

Now that I have my own business, I truly understand the importance of testimonials — and this one matters. If you are a tired mum (or dad) who is desperate for sleep, I honestly cannot recommend Gemma enough.

Reaching out for help isn’t a failure — for me, it was a total game changer

Gemma has been super helpful in navigating us through the process. She really put our minds at ease that there are methods and routines to help get out little one into a regular pattern.

Thanks Gemma your help has been invaluable!

Gemma was amazing. She explained everything to us really well even though we were a bit anxious about starting. Within 3 nights our little boy was almost sleeping through the night and its changed our lives for the better! Hes much happier and knows his routine. Gemma was always there to ask questions and made sure she got an update from us each day. Thanks alot!

Gemma’s advice and help enabled us to completely change our day to day living- where baby was sleeping just 30 minutes at a time, had to be heavily rocked to sleep and would only sleep on us. Within a week we no longer needed to rock or hold baby to sleep and baby was sleeping longer chunks in the day. At night, bedtime was finally at a normal time and our little one would wake just once for a feed or sleep through (she was just 4 months!)

We never could have achieved what we have without Gemma and her knowledge. We had completely lost our way with our baby’s sleep and we didn’t know how to fix it. Working with Gemma was the best thing we did, not just for us but for baby too who is much happier now she gets proper restorative sleep

Would highly recommend Sleeping Gems to anyone and everyone!

Amazing! my little boy now sleeps 7 till 7 in his own bed couldn’t of done it without Gemma

So kind and helpful

Gemma, I just want to firstly start by saying a massive thankyou! You have given us our lives back and we will be forever grateful.

Phoebe who is 2 years 3 months has never ever slept in her own cot since she was born. It was always contact sleep including her naps. We never got a break and either me or my partner had to go to bed with her and she slept with one of us.

2 weeks later and we have a whole new approach to phoebes sleeping and she sleeps through the whole night in her own cot. We’ve even started to drop her naps - her own choice and we now have our days back to! From night 1 I was completely shocked by how well phoebe took to the new approach and even then she slept through 12 hours!

So thankyou so much again Gemma, you have been amazing and I wish I did it sooner! You’ve given us our lives back

Before I met Gemma my 4.5 month old would only ever contact nap or Co-sleep in my bed all.night.long!!! waking me up every time he detached from my nipple- it was exhausting to say the least. I would go to sleep at 7/8 pm most nights upon my sons demand which became very depressing and draining. I was very sceptical in the beginning as he was so young, but Gemma has a very gentle approach to sleep training and to an extent let’s baby lead the way (where necessary) Gemma talked me through each stage and answered any questions I had. I was so surprised at how easily my son adapted to his new sleep routine and began to fall asleep without any of my help. Fast forward to today ..My baby now sleeps in his own bed and I have my evenings back, he also has three naps a day ranging from 40 min -2 hours. He also takes very full feeds during the day and his development has gone through the roof. I am so so so happy I met Gemma and I’m so grateful for how she has transformed our lives.

I contacted gemma about my daughter, Mila who is 5 months old. Bedtimes for me were filled with anxiety as I would feed her to sleep and know that I would be woken every hour (sometimes even more) throughout the night, needing lots of help (rocking, bouncing, feeding etc) to fall back asleep. There was little difference throughout the day as she would only nap for 20 minutes a time and it would always be on me! Gemma was very friendly and put me straight at ease during our consultation call, talking me through the plan and ensuring I understood it. We decided to transition our daughter to her nursery at the same time as starting our training.

We noticed massive changes even on our first night, and Mila had slept through with no wakes by night 3!! By using Gemma’s strategies Mila now falls asleep without our help, sleeps 12 hours a night, and takes longer naps, all in her own room! She is much happier and full of giggles and squeals! Gemma was great at keeping in contact throughout our training period, helping us overcome obstacles and answering our questions promptly. We can never thank Gemma enough for the knowledge and skills she has taught us as a family. Bedtime is now an enjoyable experience and our evenings are relaxed. Our only regret is that we didn’t contact you sooner! Thank you so much Gem!

I was so desperate at the time of reaching out to Gemma and felt I had tried everything to get my 11 month old to sleep! He was up anywhere from 1-4 times in the night. The plan Gemma gave us was so easy to follow and so simple yet SO effective! I did not for one minute think I’d be the lucky person who had their baby sleeping through from night 1!!!! As the nights went on it just got better and better for us, and he became such a little pro independent sleeper! He goes to nursery 3x per week and Gemma factored all this in and we didn’t have to be as regimented as I feared when I started! He’s really adaptable to being in different places and it hasn’t affected him. I feel completely relaxed around his sleep now and it really has changed our lives getting more sleep! I really do reccomend the 2 week course for anyone struggling! It’s absolutely worth it.

I contacted Gemma after stopping myself a few times because ‘sleep training’ wasn’t something I really wanted to do. Just turned 1 year old who had never slept through the night, in and out of my bed all night every night (the bed sharing never a problem, lack of sleep was)

Return to work was coming up and I needed some help.

Gemma was so thorough in getting to know our routine and what we wanted, checked in every step of the way and always on hand for any advice I needed.

Anyway night 1- not as bad as I was expecting at all, all felt very gentle and I was always right there with my son.

From NIGHT 2 onwards he has slept through 11-12 hours each night in his cot!

I cannot recommend Gemma enough and am forever thankful she has given me the support to do this.