I contacted Sophie when my baby George was only 14 weeks as a nervous first time mum obsessing over his sleep. George was a chronic day time catnapper and hard work to get down so I resorted to rocking my bright eyed boy to sleep... and could see a bad habit forming. From the word go, I loved Sophie's gentle approach to helping babies (and parents!) get more sleep. I honestly felt like I'd known Sophie for years after our first phone consultation, where she made small adjustments to George's sleep environment and gave me realistic expectations on self settling. Within a month George's sleeps started getting longer and he was self settling like a little champion. Like all babies, he still has his off days and when we hit hurdles like teeth or developmental leaps I ride it out and know his sleep will go back to normal in no time... And it does! A big thanks to the gorgeous Sophie for all her help. Couldn't recommend her highly enough X

Kate and George

I would like to thank you for all of your help with our 7 month old. He has gone from screaming the house down every time I put him down for a nap, and waking every 2 hrs overnight; to sleeping 12 hours overnight, and no longer resisting his day naps. We now follow your routine during the day and he is just perfect at night! You have seriously changed our lives and he is such a happy baby now!

Clorinda and Jayden

Our son used to be a great little sleeper. After a month-long trip to the UK when he was 4 months old, everything changed. He wasn't sleeping longer than an hour or two at a time (including overnight), he wasn't napping during the day and woke frequently during the night. After 5 long months of this we were at our wits end....enter Sophie our saviour! With her routines and recommendations for us, we had results on the second day. He started napping much better during the day, he was eating better, and now a month later we are often getting a full nights sleep! I cannot thank Sophie enough, I have my sanity back I actually have energy during the day, and more importantly - I have a happy baby! Her constant encouragement and support was a godsend for us, and I would highly recommend her services to anyone struggling with sleep issues

Prue, David, and Ethan

Thank you Sophie, for your guidance & support and for instilling the confidence in us to help Alexandra transition to self settling. A month ago, we were feeding/rocking/patting our 14 month old daughter to sleep for short day sleeps/naps. She regularly woke (every half hour) at the end of each sleep cycle, for the first three hours after she went down at night. We weren't sure we would ever be able to help our little girl learn to sleep properly. We have now completely eliminated 'comfort' feeds, with Alexandra able to settle herself in her cot for all day sleeps and her night sleep. She happily goes into her cot and no longer associates Mummy with sleeping. We cannot believe the turn around! As a result, she is happier, more alert and developmentally thriving! Thank you for the calm you have reintroduced to our family! xxx

Nick, Emily and Alexandra

"Sophie saved us!" My daughter was a relatively good sleeper at the beginning but then we hit the 4 month sleep regression! Because I hadn't needed to equip myself with many settling techniques in the first 4 months I was at a complete loss. Sophie was supportive, attentive, listened to all my concerns, and provided me with fantastic guidance to settle my little girl. She was even a shoulder to cry on at times. Within a week my daughter was back to sleeping through the night, has solid sleeps during the day and is generally a happier child as a result. As Sophie says - sleep promotes sleep. This statement is so true! Sophie, I can't thank you enough for your advice and positive attitude. From a very happy well rested mummy

Danielle and Maisie

I called Sleep Play Love practically in tears after an attempt at a sleeping school - which in our case made everything worse! Noah was impossible: cat napping his way through each day (only 10-15 minutes at a time) and getting worse! Sleep school made him resent sleep time even more; I would walk into his room and he would start crying hysterically, which bought me to tears also. I was at the end of what I could take, and was prepared to do anything, except letting my darling cry it out... Which is what drew me to Sophie even more, being on the same page of beliefs made me feel really secure about the outcomes and how I would achieve this with Noah... So, we started Noah's sleep program, and LO AND BEHOLD on day 2 yes yes on DAY 2 he slept a 2 hr nap and I had to go WAKE HIM!!! I was stunned, such simple tricks but oh so valuable! But most of all Sophie gave me back my confidence into mothering my little man. Then there was teething... and then we had to take an unexpected trip overseas for family reasons, just as Noah was settling into his new sleep routine...but nevertheless Sophie provided us support through opposite hemispheres, time zones and countries. This was the height of any service I have ever received, to be flexible in such a way to help one mother across the world to have a happy sleeping baby - that is absolute dedication to the success of her clients! Noah is now 10 months (!!!) and is still a great sleeper (when he isn't teething of course...) Thank you for giving me my sanity back and returning my little Noah to his happy self!

Noemi and Noah

I was a tired, vague, emotional wreck. And Gus was a tired, wired, grizzly handful. Enter Sophie, and a few days later our life changed. Gus went from being a 30 minute cat napper to sleeping for 2 x 1.5-2hr blocks during the day and 12 hours straight through the night! Unlike the first sleep consultant I talked to, Sophie didn’t push the cry it out technique. We opted for a much gentler approach, and 4 months later he’s still sleeping like a champion. I have recommended Sophie to my mothers group and friends, and asked my maternal health nurse and family doctor to pass her number on to other struggling mums. I couldn't recommend her highly enough, she's a game changer!

Lara, Cal, and Gus

Sophie has been a pleasure to work with to help me reach my sleep goals with Cooper. Unlike other sleep consultants, she took into account my gentle parenting style and never pushed me to do anything I wasn't comfortable with. Sophie was able to guide me using simple little things that I would never have thought of or tried. The biggest improvement has been his day sleeps that have gone from 40 min cat naps to 1.5-2 hours! It has been amazing. Sophie is very supportive and is there to talk at anytime during the month if you have any questions. She always follows up with a text or phone call and gives you ideas if things aren't quite going to plan. I couldn't recommend Sleep Play Love enough

Melissa, Kitch, and Cooper

Just want to say a HUGE thank you to Sophie Acott. She has been fantastic and so helpful with getting my daughter to sleep! I haven't had any experience with sleep consultants before, but I couldn't recommend her enough. It's amazing how much of a difference it has made just making a few adjustments to Madi's routine. Before this, I was getting 8-10 hours of broken sleep and maybe an hour during the day. Now I'm getting 11 hours solid of a night and 2-3 + hours during the day. Thank you so much!

Olivia and Madison

We decided to call Sophie upon a friend’s recommendation as we were getting hardly any sleep. To put it simply, we had developed a habit of bringing our daughter into bed with us and I would end up giving her a feed every time she stirred. I thought to myself, ‘If I just give her a quick feed, she’ll fall asleep again.’ Well that didn’t work! The one thing that did work was Sophie! I found it very confusing to read about different sleep training approaches on the Internet. Sophie on the other hand provided us with the strategies and support needed to get through the toughest days of our sleep training. Within a week, our baby was sleeping earlier and having better naps throughout the day. Then we hit a speed bump and our baby started cutting new teeth. That was the wonderful thing about Sophie’s service. We had Sophie’s support for a whole month, which allowed us to get back on track after our baby’s teething stopped. I never thought Annika would sleep 12 hours at night and have two 1.5 hour naps each day. Sophie once told me that I’d be laughing at Christmas time. She was right! One day I had told her she was magical, and in my eyes, I think I was right! My baby sleeps now!!! Thanks Sophie

Cecilia, Lee and Annika