Annabelle Aston

We are so grateful that Raquel came into our lives. Our four month old was waking almost hourly at night, reliant on rocking and his dummy to sleep, distracted during feeds and cat-napping during the day. We were both tired and injured from rocking an increasingly bigger baby to sleep, and completely overwhelmed with information (from both the internet and trusted friends) about how to help him to sleep independently - and felt an enormous amount of guilt about wanting to do so. Raquel cut through everything. Over the two weeks we worked with her, she was responsive, reassuring, intuitive and kind. She immediately identified things we could change in his routine and within three days, he was sleeping through the night. She gave us the gift of sleep, but more importantly, the confidence to trust our instincts and our baby. We're all so much happier (and well-rested) for it.

Abby Stephens

Raquel’s service honestly pulled us out of the sleep deprivation trenches! We were struggling with every 50min wakes up throughout the night for a week straight before we contacted her when Bub was 3.5months. Wish we called sooner because around the 5 week mark, I was stuck at home with no sleep, a baby who wasn’t feeding well, diary and soy intolerance, bad reflux, colicky, torsion throughout his body and extremely bad gas pains and did not see how it could ever get better. I was googling everything, obsessed with sleeping/feeding schedules, doing numerous online sleep programs but nothing was helping. Enter Raquel! She came over for a 5hr visit late sunday night and worked with us for two weeks afterwards via messaging and she had our baby sleeping through the night from 7:30pm til 6:30am with one feed at 3am on the very first night! And by the end of the two weeks our baby was sleeping through from 7:30pm til 7am with no wake ups or feeds. I get out of the house everyday, I don’t have a schedule of sleep or feed times, it’s so freeing! I can even put the portocot in the back of the UTV and park it over at the stables while I feed the animals and ride the horses! Baby is just an absolute champ now at putting himself to sleep. Even has quick power naps during independent play on his mat in the kitchen while I make dinner. Raquel also helped improve baby’s feeding and made us so confident in listening to what baby is trying to communicate and how we approach parenting. She is definitely a lot more than just a sleep consultant. Book her in now! She will change your life. She has changed ours and we are so thankful!

Abby phillips

Raquel’s service honestly pulled us out of the sleep deprivation trenches! We were struggling with every 50min wakes up throughout the night for a week straight before we contacted her when Bub was 3.5months. Wish we called sooner because around the 5 week mark, I was stuck at home with no sleep, a baby who wasn’t feeding well, diary and soy intolerance, bad reflux, colicky, torsion throughout his body and extremely bad gas pains and did not see how it could ever get better. I was googling everything, obsessed with sleeping/feeding schedules, doing numerous online sleep programs but nothing was helping. Enter Raquel! She came over for a 5hr visit late sunday night and worked with us for two weeks afterwards via messaging and she had our baby sleeping through the night from 7:30pm til 6:30am with one feed at 3am on the very first night! And by the end of the two weeks our baby was sleeping through from 7:30pm til 7am with no wake ups or feeds. I get out of the house everyday, I don’t have a schedule of sleep or feed times, it’s so freeing! I can even put the portocot in the back of the UTV and park it over at the stables while I feed the animals and ride the horses! Baby is just an absolute champ now at putting himself to sleep. Even has quick power naps during independent play on his mat in the kitchen while I make dinner. Raquel also helped improve baby’s feeding and made us so confident in listening to what baby is trying to communicate and how we approach parenting. She is definitely a lot more than just a sleep consultant. Book her in now! She will change your life. She has changed ours and we are so thankful!

Stacey Strickland

Raquel came into our home and gave my partner and I the confidence to take control. After a year of no sleep, raquel taught us how to listen to our baby, learn routines and implement them into our daily lives. Before we met raquel, we would have to rock our girl to sleep, she would only sleep on top of us and I would feed her to sleep approximately 3-4 times a night. After meeting raquel, our girl slept through the night, went down for her day naps and dropped her night feeds. Raquel also offered support over the phone for 2 weeks after our consultation which was very comforting!!! Would highly recommend raquel to anyone that is struggling with routines, bed time, waking throughout the night for feedings etc. Thanks for absolutely changing our life raquel!! 🙏🙏🙏

Rachel Leavitt

Working with Raquel over two weeks completely transformed our lives with baby no. 2. We reached out to Raquel when our baby was 4.5 months old as he had never slept well, despite everything we had tried. I decided to book on a whim (having not come across Raquel previously), and honestly it's the best decision I've ever made. We saw improvements immediately (as in, the same day!). I was blown away. Our baby went from not napping in his cot and having really broken sleep overnight to regularly napping throughout the day (self settling) and waking once overnight. Life changing stuff. Raquel was so responsive during our two weeks and never took long to answer any random question I had. She would also check in if she hadn't heard from me (because my baby was now sleeping!!). If you're considering booking Raquel or you're sitting on the fence - do it! You definitely won't regret it.

carolina sandler

We felt so lucky to have had Raquel's support with our 10 month old sleep & feeding. She was incredibly supportive, tailored the advice to us and was so adaptable to our circumstances. Raquel made us feel like we were learning how to be more in tune with our bub and not just going through the motions or "check-list" of what to do. We feel like we've really learnt valuable long life skills. Highly recommend!

Elle James

Raquel helped me to become more confident as a mother, and also inspired me to further explore the parenting style that I wanted to have for our family. Most importantly, she helped me to understand our baby's emotional development, and how to support her to develop and regulate her emotions throughout early childhood. For this I will be eternally truly grateful. Raquel is calm, supportive, gentle and never makes you feel like you’re asking a foolish question, even when you ask it repeatedly. She explains things in a way that make it easy to understand what you need to do and why. My partner and I are so appreciative of Raquel’s support. We no longer fight our baby to go to sleep, and her new earlier bed time has given us much needed time to spend together as a couple. Thanks again, Raquel. I believe choosing to complete a program with you was the best thing we have done for our baby since she was born. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend completing Raquel's 1:1 program. It really is so beneficial & life changing!

Leah Ryan

Honestly words don’t suffice the amount of gratitude and utmost respect we have for what Raquel has given our family. Her expertise, patience and nurturing aura is second to none. Since the birth of our little angle 11months ago, sleep has never been high on her list of priorities. Every night we were up every two to three hours and if we were lucky she would sleep 45mins to 1hour during the day. However, more often than not, day sleeps were non existent. We had tried everything imaginable and brought anything that promised to help bring sleep, but nothing worked. Truthfully I was a little sceptical as to whether Raquel could actually help, but what did I have to lose? The process meant we had to change all that we thought we knew about sleep. Which had it challenges in itself, but Raquel asked me to trust the process, and I m glad I did. By day two our little one was sleeping through the night, and has continued to do so ever since (currently on week three) day sleeps are now predictable and she is averaging an hour to an hour and a half. We are a new family! I only wished I had done this sooner. Thank you, Raquel from the bottom of our hearts. You have no idea what you given our family.

Megan McKinnon

I reached out to Raquel when I’d just about hit rock bottom - my son wasn’t sleeping through the night at 15mo, he was still having multiple overnight feeds and we were just struggling - no one was getting a good nights sleep and I was missing out on valuable time with my older children! Raquel was gentle and supportive, with a straight forward and sensible approach - just what we needed! She helped me to set and hold boundaries and change the relationship I had with hearing my child cry - understanding that it’s communication, not distress, and that it’s okay to meet my own needs before answering his call. More than just practical sleep advice, Raquel also helped talk me through the intense feelings I was having while dealing with the sleep settling process. She was the calm in the storm, and a reassuring shoulder to cry on. It was all virtual support given we were in separate states, but she answered every message so quickly with empathy and suggestions on how to adjust things in real time. It was an intense two weeks, but within days I saw the positive changes she had promised. A month or so down the track now and my son is a different baby - no more overnight feeds, he settles himself to sleep within minutes and if he wakes overnight 9/10 he can resettle himself without me having to go into him! I’ll forever be grateful for finding Raquel when I did, and for the support and care she provided us. Thank you!

Amy Danielle

I am trying to find the words to describe the extent of gratitude and utmost respect we have for what Raquel has given our family. Her expertise, patience and nurturing approach surpassed every expectation I had of her. Our daughter was born 12 months ago, and until a month ago, I couldn’t remember a time since she was 2 months old where sleep hasn’t been a problem. Every night we were up every one to two hours. On a good day she would sleep 45mins to 1hour during the day. But for the most part, naps didn’t really happen. We had tried everything. Or so we thought. I told Raquel I didn’t like our chances of success, and she reassured me that if we were willing to trust her and the process, she was certain she could help us turn things around. So we did. And that process meant we had to reset all that we thought we knew about baby sleep. And thank goodness we did! By day two our baby was sleeping through 12 hours overnight, and has continued to do so ever since. Naps are now predictable and she is averaging an hour to an hour and a half. It felt like magic - our family feels brand new. Thank you, Raquel. You have a very special gift and we are so lucky that you share it.

Kearna Mcgrail

Raquel’s support and knowledge was incredible. I never thought we would actually be able to fix it or have my sanity back but Raquel was able to do both! Our little one developed a bottle aversion at 3 months due to reflux and we were going 2.5 months with a screaming baby who wouldn’t take a bottle through the day unless it was from mum on a change table in her room. We now have a baby taking fuller feeds, drinking in public, drinking every 4 hours and back to sleeping 12-13 hours with only 1 wake up! We couldn’t thank Raquel more!

Kearna Mcgrail

Raquel’s support and knowledge was incredible. I never thought we would actually be able to fix it or have my sanity but Raquel was able to do both! Our little one developed a bottle aversion at 3 months due to reflux and we were going 2.5 months with a screaming baby who wouldn’t take a bottle through the day unless it was from mum on a change table in her room. We now have a baby taking fuller feeds, drinking in public, drinking every 4 hours and back to sleeping 12-13 hours with only 1 wake up! We couldn’t thank Raquel more!

Amy Danielle

Raquel has so much valuable knowledge and I can't recommend her enough to all my friends with little bubs... she'll help make an incredible difference in your family.

Kim Ravell

Our 7 month old daughter was not sleeping at night unless fed to sleep or with a dummy. This all changed when we selected to use Raquel’s 1:1 Baby Sleep Support Program. It was the best thing we did for our daughter and ourselves. Raquel’s approach is so thoughtful and gentle, and she also makes you feel comfortable to express the concerns you are having. By the end of our experience with Raquel, my husband and I were filled with confidence to put our daughter to bed without dreading it! Our little girl also started sleeping through the night by the end of the first week too. I believe Raquel has provided our family the foundations of a great sleep routine which can implemented at any age. Thanks Raquel xxx

Lindsay Vaughan

I met Raquel in 2019, when I started doing some personal training with her. During our training sessions I had the opportunity to speak with her about her work in depth. I was very intrigued with her philosophy and impressed with her compassion for parents and respect for infants and children. When I became pregnant in mid 2020 I knew exactly who I wanted to speak to about the life changes that would soon be upon me. I was very anxious about becoming a mother. I always have been, which is part of the reason I waited so long to have a child. Raquel was very understanding of those anxieties and helped me to navigate them as early as pregnancy. She made a wonderful book recommendation to help me feel more confident and comfortable in parenting an infant and beyond. After having my son, we began working together in many aspects. She gently guided my husband and I on everything from wake windows and sleep environment to play space and meal times. She helped us to work through our own unease and uncertainties. She was there to support us through every milestone and difficult change along the way. She provided compassionate and personalised recommendations and reassurances when needed. She helped us to discover respectful and caring ways to nurture our son, which in turn supported the creation of a beautiful and secure bond with him. We have been told we are lucky our toddler has slept through the night since 6 weeks old, that he handled teething and "leaps" with ease; and maybe we are lucky. But I strongly believe that working with Raquel has made all the difference for our family. My toddler is confident in his physical abilities and secure enough in our connection to play unguided and uninterrupted. My partner and I have confidence in our ability to help co-regulate the sometimes huge emotions of our 2 year old. And we both find parenting to be pleasurable even when it is difficult. Raquel has helped us to learn the tools to find this parenting place. She is soooo much more than a sleep consultant and I recommend her to anyone who wants to build an open, secure relationship with their child, while holding compassionate space for their own needs as a parent.

Lindsay Vaughan

I met Raquel in 2019, when I started doing some personal training with her. During our training sessions I had the opportunity to speak with her about her work in depth. I was very intrigued with her philosophy and impressed with her compassion for parents and respect for infants and children. When I became pregnant in mid 2020 I knew exactly who I wanted to speak to about the life changes that would soon be upon me. I was very anxious about becoming a mother. I always have been, which is part of the reason I waited so long to have a child. Raquel was very understanding of those anxieties and helped me to navigate them as early as pregnancy. She made a wonderful book recommendation to help me feel more confident and comfortable in parenting an infant and beyond. After having my son, we began working together in many aspects. She gently guided my husband and I on everything from wake windows and sleep environment to play space and meal times. She helped us to work through our own unease and uncertainties. She was there to support us through every milestone and difficult change along the way. She provided compassionate and personalised recommendations and reassurances when needed. She helped us to discover respectful and caring ways to nurture our son, which in turn supported the creation of a beautiful and secure bond with him. We have been told we are lucky our toddler has slept through the night since 6 weeks old, that he handled teething and "leaps" with ease; and maybe we are lucky. But I strongly believe that working with Raquel has made all the difference for our family. My toddler is confident in his physical abilities and secure enough in our connection to play unguided and uninterrupted. My partner and I have confidence in our ability to help co-regulate the sometimes huge emotions of our 2 year old. And we both find parenting to be pleasurable even when it is difficult. Raquel has helped us to learn the tools to find this parenting place. She is soooo much more than a sleep consultant and I recommend her to anyone who wants to build an open, secure relationship with their child, while holding compassionate space for their own needs as a parent.

Becky Solman

I can't tell you what a relief Raquel's support has been for our family. We have a much more normal life now where I can enjoy my baby (and get things done!) rather than constantly being stressed about trying to get the baby to sleep. We've gone from it taking up to 60 mins during the day (longer at night) of boob feeding, rocking and side settling to get my 4.5 month old to sleep to it just taking 10 mins of a set routine before I put him in his cot and leave him to go to sleep. He is a much happier baby overall but it's also had lots of other benefits. My very patient 2.5 year old daughter has gone from uncharacteristically mucking up and waking at night crying (and ending up in our bed) to sleeping through the night again. Now that I am not always distracted with the baby's sleep issues, I have the emotional and physical energy to focus on her and make her feel loved and secure. I've gone from spending my evenings getting the baby to sleep to now being able to spend time again with my husband. We were simply stressed as a family and now I feel like we are normal people again. Raquel's program gave us a solid foundation to manage my baby’s sleep. But having her mentorship through the program was invaluable. It's not easy to start the program as it was an enormous change for my baby. So it was great having someone by my side (figuratively speaking) to reframe my thinking, help me keep perspective and to guide my decision making when I was suffering self-doubt. Even after that first night, ongoing there are always those moments of wondering how to handle different situations as they come up. I've learnt so much about my baby and myself during my time with Raquel. It has felt like an awesome parenting boot camp and now I am ready and armed to tackle whatever my beautiful boy has install for me. Thanks, Raquel. I appreciate everything you've done for me and my family.

andrew moulton

Before Raquel, my son and my partner and I were getting 2-3 hours sleep per night. It’s now been 14 days since meeting her, and my son sleeps all night and has moved into his own room! I was honestly losing my mind, I rocked him to sleep, for every sleep from birth until 14 days ago! Now at 10 months he goes to bed awake and puts himself to sleep! The amount of support and guidance she provides is really amazing. We both feel so much more confident as parents as a result of working with her! It was the best decision we ever made getting Raquel's help, I can't thank her enough!

Jonathan Engel

When my family was struggling, and there was little to no sleep for me or my wife. Raquel stepped and gave us the support we needed. She turned our battleground into a loving and functional home. Mary Poppins doesn't hold a candle to Raquel.

Trish Taylor

I can't tell you what a relief Raquel's support has been for our family. We have a much more normal life now where I can enjoy my baby (and get things done!!) rather than constantly being stressed about trying to get bubs to sleep. We've gone from it taking up to 60 mins during the day (longer at night) of boob feeding, rocking and side settling to get my 4.5 month old to sleep to it just taking 10 mins of a set routine before I put him in his cot and leave him to go to sleep. He is a much happier baby overall but it's also had lots of other benefits - my very patient 2.5 year old daughter has gone from uncharacteristically mucking up and waking at night crying (and ending up in our bed) to sleeping through the night again. Now that I am not always distracted with the baby's sleep issues, I have the emotional and physical energy to focus on her and make her feel loved and secure. I've gone from spending my evenings getting the baby to sleep to now being able to spend time again with my husband. We were simply stressed as a family and now I feel like we are normal people again. Raquel's program gave us a solid foundation to manage bubs sleep, but having her mentorship through the program was invaluable. It's not easy to start the program as it was an enormous change for bubs, so it was great having someone by my side (figuratively speaking!) to reframe my thinking, help me keep perspective and to guide my decision making when I was suffering self-doubt. Even after that first night, ongoing there is always those moments of wondering how to handle different situations as they come up. I've learnt so much about bubs and myself during my time with Raquel. It has felt like an awesome parenting boot camp and now I am ready and armed to tackle whatever my beautiful boy has install for me. Thanks Raquel, I appreciate everything you've done for me and my family ☺

James Hardiman

We had put off sleep training with our 2 year old for far too long and were referred to Raquel by a friend. We were both very hesitant at first but after a week of amazing support, both via text and phone, we have a new lease on life! It's not an easy journey but Raquel is non judgemental and her support is backed by research which is reassuring. Our child now sleeps through every night and drops to sleep by himself with little fuss!

ARTHUR MCMANUS

I can’t recommend Raquel enough! We had a very high spirited 9 month old that was waking every two hours through the night and couldn’t self settle. After two weeks of guidance and support from Raquel she can now self settle and is sleeping 10-11hrs straight at night! For us the first 7 days was tough but we made a commitment to follow all of Raquels advice and give our baby the best chance to learn this new skills and it definitely payed off. Thanks Raquel.

Jessica Edith Adams

Raquel was an incredible support through our week together. We loved that we were able to ask as many questions and Raquel would always be willing to share her knowledge, wonderful analogies and made us feel in control of any situation that popped up. I would highly recommend Raquel to any parents out there that are needing guidance on sleep training and understanding their bubs communication. Xx

Laura Gallagher

Our 23 month old was ready to be transitioned to a big bed, climbing out and waking in the night to explore the house. Raquel was amazing for us when she was 7 months and we did not hesitate to contact her again to help with the next stage in our daughters sleep. She took the time to step us through her developmental needs as well as reminding us how capable she is. Our daughter is now in her own bed out of a cot every night and says night night to us and rolls over and let's sleep come. She is going to bed at 7pm and sleeping through until 7-7:30am. She is back to her confident happy self again. Thank you Raquel. Since using her 3 weeks ago. I have reccomended her to 3 other families having difficulty with sleep.

Natalie Daly

If you are thinking about getting a sleep consultant, book a 1:1 support with Raquel yesterday! I could not recommend her more highly! Our 11 month old pretty much lived in our arms for the entirety of her life. She slept in bed with us because that was the only way we could all get any sleep (or so we thought!). She was more often than not breastfed to sleep and she would wake 5-6 times through the night to feed. On night 1, she went into her own room and only woke once all night. From night 2, she slept through the night and has done so ever since! If I'm completely honest I was dubious that the program would work for us. But boy was I proved wrong! Raquel gives you the confidence and the information you need to develop an independent and resilient sleeper. She makes you feel comfortable with the process and provides support to get you through any hiccups along the way. My only regret about working with Raquel is not doing it sooner!! We can't thank you enough Raquel. You are absolutely amazing! 🤗

Melinda Milik

Raquel is a true gem. We were fortunate enough to have had Raquel help us with our first bub so when we started having sleep issues with our second, we had no hesitation to re-engage Raquel. With our first, we worked with Raquel in person and got to know her kind and bubbly nature. With our second, we signed up for the remote 1 week program and achieved wonderful results! Within 1 week, everything was better!! My 8 month old was taking fuller feeds, sleeping well for day naps and sleeping long streches at night. I couldn't have done it without Raquel's patience and wisdom. She takes the time to listen, and really tailors the advice and strategies for each baby and circumstance. Her sms support was so valuable too! She responded very promptly with empathy and care, giving me the much needed confidence. It really felt like she was holding my hand the whole way. I have recommended her services to everyone I know with a baby! Raquel is exactly what sleep deprived mums need to turn things around! 😊😊

Heather Nielsen

My husband & I were desperate, we had reached breaking point with our 7 month old baby girl. She was waking every few hours, wouldn't sleep in her cot during the day & we had resorted to sleeping in separate beds & doing 'shifts', with my husband on a camping mattress in the living room. We were in survival mode. Raquel Tara came highly recommended to us from some close friends & seeing the results they had experienced from working with Raquel, we were keen to make a change. As soon as I contacted her through her website for the 1-1 package, she responded within 24 hours suggesting a time the following Monday to have a skype conversation & get started. All the extra materials she provided prior to our chat really helped, so when we did speak we were on the same wavelength & I felt prepped & confident to start the hard work of sleep training. Her guidance & support over the next week was incredible. Even though we were messaging through WhatsApp, I felt as though we were speaking face-to-face all week. Raquel has the amazing ability to keep you going when you want to quit, it's like she knows exactly what to say at the right time. She has made us more confident parents & taught us to observe and listen to our daughter, rather than just focussing on trying to stop her crying. Every time I was hesitant or had extra questions, Raquel would help me to understand & this made me feel that I wasn’t just following advice blindly. Not only did we see results on the 1st night, they have lasted, with our daughter approaching 11 months old. We are no longer fearful of naptime or bedtime & with her sleep sorted out she has thrived, is happier & is growing into a confident young girl. We cannot recommend Raquel Tara highly enough, & would happily pay 3 times what she is currently charging for her services, knowledge & support. The results we have experienced, and the skills we have learnt are more than we could ever have hoped for.

Jacqui Taylor

Raquel has been nothing short of BRILLIANT. We have had a dream run with our little man but had fallen into an accidental feed to sleep routine. It was taking longer and longer to put my little man to sleep and noone else was able to help. Raquel was extremely supportive, reassuring and down to earth. There were times during our week program that I was sure Raquel was in the room as she just understood what was going on at my house. She was extremely responsive to messages, I rarely had to wait for any replies. This meant I felt confident with what I was doing with my baby at sleep time. Raquel's holistic approach to sleep even improved my breast feeding to the point that I am now able to express and build a stash of milk and my baby takes any type of bottle when previously he wouldn't take a bottle. I will be recommending Raquel to friends and family who need this sleep support. x

Daisy Hickey

We’ve had a wonderful experience with Raquel. She has really helped me to understand that my son is far more capable then I was giving him credit for. We changed a lot of things during our week which I would not have had the confidence to do without her calm, loving guidance, and now my son is sleeping far better, and I’m understanding that the uncomfortable feelings are just as important as the comfortable ones and not to fear them.

Nikki Williams

With Raquel's calm, loving support my son's sleep has been transformed! We have a very strong-willed baby but no longer spend hours feeding, rocking, patting and singing him to sleep. Instead, he has the skills, trust and ability to calmly go to sleep by himself. The holistic approach that guides Raquel's advice has made me a better parent and better in tune with the needs of my bub. Raquel's advice went beyond just sleep and also helped me with feeding (bottle, breast and solids), travelling, parenting, etc. I too have been transformed from this experience. The mentoring program has given me the confidence to help my son have a healthy relationship with sleep and I feel better empowered about the kind of parenting style I want for my children. In a world full of conflicting advice for parents I'm so glad I took the leap of faith and contacted Raquel. If you're ready for a beautiful philosophy and holistic approach to babies and sleep then contact Raquel; you won't regret it. And to you personally Raquel - thank you for the free Q&A sessions and all you do to support a community of mums, dads, carers and babies who need more sleep! It was such a delight to work with you ❤

Lucy Coventry

I am so thankful to Raquel for all that she has done for our little family. While our bub started out a great sleeper, at 5 months a switch flipped and she started getting up all night and fighting sleep all day. She fed to sleep for most naps, or fell asleep on me, and it would take 6 or more attempts to put her down without waking into her cot. After a month and a half of no sleep, we were pretty exhausted and decided to complete a program with Raquel after hearing about a friend’s success. Fast forward a week with Raquel’s amazing support and our bub is confident putting herself to sleep in her cot, no longer feeds to sleep, has two long days sleeps appropriate for her age, and sleeps through the night. She’s happier all round getting the sleep that she needs to help with her physical and cognitive development. Raquel also helped me to become more confident as a mother, helped me to further understand the parenting style that I wanted to have for our bub, and helped me to understand our bubs emotional development and how to support her to develop and self regulate her emotions. For this I am truly truly grateful. Raquel is calm, supportive, gentle and never makes you feel like you’re asking a silly question, even when you ask it more than once (‘mum Brain...’). She explains things in a way that make it easy to understand what you need to do and why. My partner and I are so appreciative of Raquel’s support, not fighting our bub to go to sleep and her new earlier bed time has given us much needed time to spend together also. Thanks again Raquel, I believe choosing to complete a program with you was one of the best things that we have done for our bub since she was born. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend completing a program with Raquel to help with your baby’s sleep, it really is life changing and so beneficial.

Nikki Williams

With Raquel's calm, loving support my son's sleep has been transformed! We have a very strong-willed baby but no longer spend hours feeding, rocking, patting and singing him to sleep. Instead, he has the skills, trust and ability to calmly go to sleep by himself. The holistic approach that guides Raquel's advice has made me a better parent and better in tune with the needs of my bub. Raquel's advice went beyond just sleep and also helped me with feeding (bottle, breast and solids), travelling, parenting, etc. I too have been transformed from this experience. The mentoring program has given me the confidence to help my son have a healthy relationship with sleep and I feel better empowered about the kind of parenting style I want for my children. In a world full of conflicting advice for parents I'm so glad I took the leap of faith and contacted Raquel. If you're ready for a beautiful philosophy and holistic approach to babies and sleep then contact Raquel; you won't regret it. And to you personally Raquel - thank you for the free Q&A sessions and all you do to support a community of mums, dads, carers and babies who need more sleep! It was such a delight to work with you ❤

Maria Suraci

For 7 months I had tried endless ways of trying to get my bub to sleep! In the end we were co sleeping and waking every hour. Bub was using me as a dummy and would only be rocked and breastfed to sleep. He would only sleep on me day and night and it was always a struggle to get him to sleep. I resorted to a sleep clinic and there were improvements made whilst we were there but as soon as we arrived home it spiraled out of control again quite quickly. I was at my wits end and then I came across beautiful Raquel and all I can say is THANK GOD for that! With Raquel as my mentor she provided me with the knowledge and guidance to help my bub to become self confident SLEEPING baby! Within a few days bub was actually having day naps and sleeping through the night all in his own sleeping space! Her methods work amazingly and even better Raquel is there every step of the way and any concerns you have Raquel is there to ease your mind! If you have a baby struggling to sleep do yourself a favour and get in contact with Raquel! You will not regret it! Raquel changed our families life and I couldn't be more grateful ❤❤

Katheryn Beck

Very insightful and great advice!

Katerina S

Wow. What can I say but wow. Raquel is an amazing mentor. I was severely sleep deprived, very snappy, hubby and I were getting zero time to ourselves and I was just so exhausted. Enter Raquel. I sought her assistance after having listened to a few live Q&A’s and got 1 on 1 support as I was determined to make some changes to Nicholas’s (11 months) sleep. From having NO routine whatsoever, and never self settling, in just 2 weeks my son sleeps 10-12 hours a night! All on his own! Winning! And it’s all thanks to this wonderful woman. We are now so much closer than before. You provide the most amazing support and couldn’t recommend your services enough! Much love.

Sharon Davidson

Honestly words don’t suffice the amount of gratitude and utmost respect we have for what Raquel has given our family. Her expertise, patience and nurturing aura is second to none. Since the birth of our little angle 11months ago, sleep has never been high on her list of priorities. Every night we were up every two to three hours and if we were lucky she would sleep 45mins to 1hour during the day- however more often than not, day sleeps were non existent. We had tried everything imaginable and brought anything that promised to help bring sleep, but nothing worked. Truthfully I was a little sceptical as to whether Raquel could actually help, but what did I have to lose? The process meant we had to change all that we thought we knew about sleep. Which had it challenges in itself, but Raquel asked me to trust the process, and I m glad I did. Day two our little one was sleeping through the night, and has continued to do so ever since (currently on week three) day sleeps are now predictable and she is averaging an hour to an hour and a half. We are a new family! I only wished I had done this sooner. Thank you Raquel, from the bottom of our hearts, you have no idea what you given our family x

Jacqui Nuttall

Raquel has been nothing short of BRILLIANT. We have had a dream run with our little man but had fallen into an accidental feed to sleep routine. It was taking longer and longer to put my little man to sleep and noone else was able to help. Raquel was extremely supportive, reassuring and down to earth. There were times during our week program that I was sure Raquel was in the room as she just understood what was going on at my house. She was extremely responsive to messages, I rarely had to wait for any replies. This meant I felt confident with what I was doing with my boy at sleep time. Raquel's holistic approach to sleep even improved my breast feeding to the point that I am now able to Express and build a stash of milk and my boy takes any type of bottle when previously he wouldn't take a bottle. I will be recommending Raquel to friends and family who need this sleep support. x

Maria Louise Suraci

For 7 months I had tried endless ways of trying to get my bub to sleep! In the end we were co sleeping and waking every hour. Bub was using me as a dummy and would only be rocked and breastfed to sleep. He would only sleep on me day and night and it was always a struggle to get him to sleep. I resorted to a sleep clinic and there were improvements made whilst we were there but as soon as we arrived home it spiraled out of control again quite quickly. I was at my wits end and then I came across beautiful Raquel and all I can say is THANK GOD for that! With Raquel as my mentor she provided me with the knowledge and guidance to help my bub to become self confident SLEEPING baby! Within a few days bub was actually having day naps and sleeping through the night all in his own sleeping space! Her methods work amazingly and even better Raquel is there every step of the way and any concerns you have Raquel is there to ease your mind! If you have a baby struggling to sleep do yourself a favour and get in contact with Raquel! You will not regret it! Raquel changed our families life and I couldn't be more grateful ��

Bianca Milic

Raquel was the best decision I made with helping my baby sleep better and becoming a more conifdent parent. We went from hourly wake ups, short naps, constant settling our baby multiple times a night to now having a calming routine with no anxiety or stress and a baby who sleeps amazingly and all on her own! I only wish we knew about her sooner.

Tired Mumma

I cannot thank Raquel enough for helping me with my sons sleep. I had got into the habit of feeding my 6 month old to sleep, and although that works for some, it wasn’t working for me. Every nap would take me longer to get him to sleep, than how long he would sleep for. Nights I could be up at least 5 times, just to feed him back to sleep. I was exhausted and knew something needed to change. Raquel saved my sanity and gave me the confidence I needed to change a couple of things. My son started napping for 1.5 hours and sleeping 12 hours at night with only one feed. One night I was even lucky enough for a 14 hour sleep! It was so nice having her check in each morning to see how I was going and to make sure I was having me time - something that had been pushed to the side for too long. If anyone is in a similar situation, don’t even think twice! Raquel thank you, thank you, thank you!

Lucy McPherson

Hi Raquel I just wanted to reach out to say thanks. My husband and I have been following your page for a couple of weeks. We listened to your seminar and your question and answer sessions. I’ve also read a bit of your website. Our nearly 11 month old had no sleep training before and now she is sleeping a solid 12 hours at night in her own cot. It’s been absolutely life changing for us. She’s happier during the day and now has a good relationship with sleep. It only took 5 nights and we just had to adjust a couple of things about our routine. Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

Jane Marie

I am SO pleased and SO glad I came across Raquel! My first born was the worst sleeper and we just put up with it hoping it would get better one day, and then it finally did at 2years old! So when we had our Son I knew I had to try something else! I found Raquel via Facebook and Omg she is amazing! I listened to her Q&A sessions on Thursday nights for a few weeks and asked questions and implemented a few changes. These changes were a simple as following the same routine to taking away his dummy and following her wake times (I never knew this)! And omg within a few days our 5 month old Son was sleeping 6pm till 7am only waking once for a feed some nights and other nights sleeping the whole way through 😯. This is so different to our daughter and I’m so thankful we are able to get a good night’s sleep now. I’d recommend Raquel to everyone as she is so helpful and understanding and really wants to help everyone. Thank you Again :) #HappyBabyhappyMummy

Bianx Ann

For over 2 months when we put our baby to bed for the night she would always wake up at least 30 to 45 minutes and we would have to cuddle her back to sleep. From then on in I was up every 1 to 3 hours (3 hours was a great night otherwise it was 2 hours) feeding her back to sleep again. Normally I would then give up at around 4 am because mentally and physically I couldn't get up anymore so our baby girl would just sleep with us only to be attached to my boobs for the rest of the morning. I was having a difficult time to say the least and started to resent being a mum and couldn't even function some days because I was so severely sleep deprived, frustrated and anxious. Everyone told me it will pass and it was just a "phase" or would tell me "she just isn't a sleeper" and I was waiting for it to pass and yes it finally did....But only when I came across Raquel and her program!!! Its truly saved my life. I've just completed the 1 on 1 program with Raquel and on day 1 of the program my 7 month old slept from 6 till 7:30am with only 2 wake ups :D I was still so skeptical and surely it was a fluke but she continued to do it again and again for a whole week and is improving each day. I am so blessed and thankful for having Raquel be part of our family and having her guide us in the right direction and trusting in her techniques.

SMK

Raquel's interactive Sleep Support facebook page was recommended to me as a good listening tool to get more information on our baby's development. After listening to 2 sessions and having a question of our own answered, we signed up for specific one on one support. Raquel was amazing, she had a great depth of knowledge and was able to answer all our questions. She was easy to talk to, explained everything in detail and was an amazing help in keeping us calm and in control. We sought support with our 8 month old, who was sleeping very well during the day, but waking multiple times during the night, needing to be breastfed to return to sleep. Our boy, William (10months), now continues to sleep well in the day and sleeps fantastically at night, usually 5:30pm-6:00am only waking once for a feed. We have broken his need to comfort suck, fall asleep on the breast and wake after 1 sleep cycle. He is more alert during waking hours and his intellectual development has sky-rocketed! Raquel was also able to answer our questions on other parenting issues, such as his food and nutrition, using a bottle and supporting each other as new parents. Raquel went above and beyond to support us, even contacting us well past the end of our support time together to check in and make sure things we had put in place were still working for us. I would recommend her to anyone!

Jodes McKeown

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Raquel's interactive Sleep Support page was recommended to me as a good listening tool to get more information on our baby's development. After listening to 2 sessions and having a question of our own answered, we signed up for specific one on one support. Raquel was amazing, she had a great depth of knowledge and was able to answer all our questions. She was easy to talk to, explained everything in detail and was an amazing help in keeping us calm and in control. We sought support with our 8 month old, who was sleeping very well during the day, but waking multiple times during the night, needing to be breastfed to return to sleep. Our boy, William (10months), now continues to sleep well in the day and sleeps fantastically at night, usually 5:30pm-6:00am only waking once for a feed. We have broken his need to comfort suck, fall asleep on the breast and wake after 1 sleep cycle. He is more alert during waking hours and his intellectual development has sky-rocketed! Raquel went above and beyond to support us, even contacting us well past the end of our support time together to check in and make sure things we had put in place were still working for us. I would recommend her to anyone!

Hanna Gopperth

Absolutely love Raquel and her approach!! Became part of an online group that Raquel started when our little girl was born and was so amazed (and grateful) that someone was willing to offer their time to support new mums! It was really more about assurance in the beginning for us - there are so many opinions out there on the internet and it was nice to have assurance that what our little one was doing and how we were handling it was all normal!! Then there came a time where we needed help with our bedtime routine as our little one had become reliant on milk to get to sleep. Raquel suggested a new routine which we implemented the next night and while it took a week for our little one to adjust, it totally worked!! We have our awesome self settler and sleeper back!! Thank you thank you thank you - Raquel comes highly recommend from us. Remember to persevere - it doesn’t always (& most likely won’t) happen the first time!!

Janine Anderson

I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner...probably because I didn’t think anything would work 🙈😄 Raquel’s baby sleep support has been SO worth it. I breastfed baby to sleep for pretty much all naps and bedtimes which worked for me for a while, but around 7/8 months was starting to take a toll and was becoming harder and taking longer to settle her and keep her asleep, then I found Raquel! Now we have a routine that has worked wonders 🙌🏼 I had all the support while starting it and check ins along the way to see how we were going and work out any issues or just give a boost of encouragement and confidence. Now after nearly 2 months bedtime is enjoyable, she self settles, is sleeping longer (right through most recently) and I no longer have to feed to sleep which feels so freeing 😆 I’m thrilled with how this has worked out 😘

Katerina Kiosterakis

Wow. What can I say but wow. Raquel is an amazing mentor. I was severely sleep deprived, very snappy, hubby and I were getting zero time to ourselves and I was just so exhausted. Enter Raquel. I seeked her assistance after having listened to a few live Q&A's and got 1 on 1 support as I was determined to make some changes to Nicholas's (11 months) sleep. From having NO routine whatsoever, and never self settling, in just 2 weeks my son sleeps 10-12 hours a night! All on his own! Winning! And it's all thanks to this wonderful woman. We are now so much closer than before. You provide the most amazing support and couldn't recommend your services enough! Much love. � �

Katie Upton

At 5.5 months my baby was waking every two hours during the night. I was exhausted, emotional and sadly starting to resent my baby. I knew something was wrong and that I needed help. During one of Raquel’s live Q & A session I was instantly drawn into her methodology of baby sleep coaching. Her expertise and knowledge of baby sleep was obvious and it was clear to me (through my sleep deprived haze) that I really was in desperate need of help! The following day I did a one on one session with Raquel which was extremely informative and motivating. Something that I had been fearing was now set out in stone and easy to follow. I put her suggestions into place immediately and immediately saw results. Six days later my baby had gone from waking every two hours to sleeping 12 hours straight, only waking to feed once during this period of time. Raquel took all the guess work out of what I had been doing wrong and empowered me to make the change I had so desperately been in need of. I found it fascinating that by simply tweaking and defining my babies routine how quickly by baby responded. I knew babies like routine however I now have proof that they actually thrive off of it! If your baby is not sleeping and you are wanting help then this baby sleep guru will change you and your babies life.

Bonnie Humphreys

Thank you so much Raquel! You helped give me reassurance and valuable advice and tips to help build a great foundation for my little ones sleep! You were super friendly and amazing to talk to so thank you, thank you, thank you 😊 ❤️

Daniel Kyriacou

Raquel - (RaRa to our son) has become a trusted and integral part of our family. She has been our Son's Nanny for the last 18 months, she has also been a parenting support helping us through to many sleepless nights with sound advice, ideas, and encouragement. Our son decided at six months that sleep was not for him, or it seemed us. we had a rough couple of months following this. We really struggled. We visited all the usual places without much help. We then found Raquel. With her advice, we took a new approach - she told me to step up as Dad and be the only person who went in at night. We practiced a new routine to use each time he started calling out. Raquel checked in each day on how I was going and helped me adapt. Within a week (a tough week) we had Franklin sleeping through the night. It was a life saver. Since then Raquel has continued to assist us to adapt our routine to keep our son sleeping through the night. Just recently when our son started waking at five AM she helped us adapt his bedtime regime and like magic he was sleeping to 6:30 or even 7. Raquel is a star. She is honest, and a pleasure to work with.

Catharine Jean Ross

Raquel provided me with some advice yesterday regarding my 19 month old who has been going through 18 month sleep regression. I've called the maternal health line a million times however I found her take and point of view very refreshing. She gave me handy and practical tips, food ideas, and the reassurance I needed to start breaking my daughter's behavioural pattern. Its only been one night but I managed to get Lily to stay in bed until 7am instead of 5 through employing her suggestions. I feel much more confident and can see a light at the end of the tunnel ��� thanks Raquel, much gratitude to you �