Honestly, I was a little skeptical about the effectiveness of this thing because I thought maybe I could create the same kind of effect with rolled up blankets or sheets. But I tried those things and my daughter still couldn't get a goodnights sleep at 11 months. I tried every bed time routine, watched dozens of YouTube videos on how to get your baby to sleep through out the night. My daughter is very active in her sleep. She moves A LOT. She'll end up on the opposite end of her crib and wakes up half asleep and cries because she can't find her comfortable spot. I think that was the problem. So I had to pick her up and cradle her back to sleep. Now I know for infant babies it's normal to wake up in the middle of the night for their bedtime feeding. My daughter is almost 1 and she no longer feeds at night. I used to think that was the problem but I realized it wasn't when I tried to feed her and she wouldn't drink it. So I gave in. I did my research and I decided to give this product a try. Literally the first night, my daughter slept 8 hours. Never once did she wake up in the middle of the night. I was used to waking up at 2 or 3 because that's when she would usually wake up and cry. Well when I woke up to check on her, I asked myself did I sleep through her crying?? Is she even breathing?? I went over there quickly to see how she was and she looked so comfortable snuggled up in the dockatot. She likes to sleep on her side most of the time and she was hugging the side of it like a teddy bear. as you can imagine I was Happily shocked. I had to ask my husband if he heard her cry or picked her up at all before I got up and he said no. I didn't want to write a review until at least a month after I purchased the dockatot to make sure it wasn't just that night, but nope, our daily routine hasn't changed at all and my daughter finally sleeps her 8-9 hours a night and both mommy and daddy are glad we made the purchase. I'm almost upset I didn't get this earlier.
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