Amber cared for our son full time from about ages 4 months to 13 months. She helped him (and us) get into a routine and actually figure out how to nap! Amber is a trustworthy and loving caregiver. She communicates well, is easy to get along with, and is always on time. She was open to sharing her experience and insights with us, while also respecting our preferences. As first time parents, Amber’s help was invaluable and we were lucky to have found her. Feel free to reach out to me.
Thank you for taking such good care of our baby for the past year. Knowing you were with our little girl afforded us such an unbelievable peace of mind. Thank you and I hope you are available in the future to help us.
Amber is an amazing newborn care specialist, and I strongly recommend her. She is experienced, professional, positive, reliable, has a calming presence, and communicates thoroughly. We always felt our baby was in good hands with Amber, and we trust her as we would a member of our family. Each night that she arrived, she brought a sense of peacefulness to our home, and we were able to get much needed sleep with confidence that our baby was in excellent hands. Even though our baby has had some health problems, this did not intimidate Amber, and she always gave our baby the gentle, loving care that he needed. Our only regret is that we didn’t meet Amber sooner and have her help with all of our children. She is a treasure! We have worked with others but she is the best!
Amber has helped me get my infant on a regular schedule, prepped pumped bottles as well as formula bottles, prepared meals, Did my child’s laundry weekly. Ensured my little one hit milestones such as rolling over by doing daily tummy time sessions. Kept track of my child’s daily routine via the BabyConnect app so I could check in from work. Taken my active toddler to the park multiple times a day. Captured all of the fun moments on photo or video for me to enjoy. Developed a loving bond with my child. Amber is extremely responsible, reliable, articulate and trustworthy. She loves children, especially babies, and lights up (as does my child) when she walks in the room. She has experience with multiples (including quadruplets!), newborns, toddlers and school-age children, so she can multitask in even the most challenging of situations. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. You will not be disappointed!
To whom it may concern, We highly recommend Amber Gilmore to work as your Newborn Care Specialist. She is kind, professional, punctual, trustworthy, and respectful. Amber helped care for our boy/girl twins when they were 3 months old. She was hired to help sleep train them. When she first started they were sleeping 5-6 hours a night with several wakings throughout the night where they would cry for their pacifier. Within a month, the babies were no longer reliant on their pacifiers and they were sleeping 10-11 hours a night with minimal or no wakings. Amber is very knowledgeable about infant care and skilled at sleep training. She is also very dedicated to accomplishing her goals. Amber guided us through the phases of helping our babies self soothe, stretching them longer through the night, gentle crying it out (with my permission), and increasing their food intake during the day. This combination helped them sleep through the night and she was very careful to explain to us the purpose of everything she was doing. She even offered to work some additional nights to provide consistency when the babies were making progress. Additionally, she was excellent at handling the twins–we even picked up some tandem feeding pointers. She is incredibly knowledgeable about baby care and we have put into practice many of her techniques. We would be more than happy to discuss our experience further if you have any questions.
We cannot say enough positive things about Amber! She came to our rescue for a week as a fill-in when our twins were 8 weeks old, and she had to face two sick babies that had gone off schedule due to their illness and a poor fill-in prior to her arrival. This did not intimidate her! She was eager to get us back on track, and she did that and more. Because of her outstanding work, we invited her back for two weeks when the twins were three months to help us make the transition to being on our own. It was the best decision we could have made. First, she pointed out that my daughter’s fussiness, especially around feedings, was likely due to “silent” acid reflux. We were skeptical at first, but she was correct! Once we put our daughter on Zantac, she became a different baby! She was less fussy, smiling and coo-ing more, feeding and sleeping significantly better. Once our daughter was feeling better, we tackled sleep training. She is well learned in sleep biology and training, and with that and her incredible patience, she was able to get the babies on a day and night schedule that improved naps, made bedtime easy and enjoyable, and made night wakings minimal (from 3-4 to only one in less than a week!!). She was very supportive to me, both during her stay and after she left, to help me keep the babies on track. She wrote everything down, which has been incredibly helpful to as a reference, and she’s been available by phone as well. If we could have had her stay longer, we would have! Amber has a certain professional grace to her that made working with her a true pleasure. She came a stranger and left as family. She is a kind, loving, smart and confident NCS and anyone who has the opportunity to work with her will be so glad they did!
Words cannot express enough what Amber was able to do for our family. Our only regret in hiring Amber was that she was only with us for a short time. While Amber was working with our twins, we were able to go from 2 hours between feeding cycles, to the kids sleeping 8 hours a night. Because they were able to sleep longer, the kids made amazing progress in eating higher volumes during the day, and they eat and nap on a fairly consistent schedule. The kids have made amazing developmental milestones and we attribute that to their ability to sleep and grow. When Amber started with us, the kids were at the bottom of the growth scale for their age, and they are now over 50%. I attribute our successes to her method and her professionalism. She really loves your kids like they were her own. That meant so much to us. In addition to the kids successes, we were able to leave the children in her hands knowing that they were safe and in good hands. We were even able to go on a few date nights, which was much needed and greatly appreciated. Running small errands and help with Dr. appointments when my husband was out of town was beyond helpful. While she is only one woman, she has done incredible things for our family, and she did a lot in a little time. We really wish she could have stayed with us longer. The kids loved her and so did we. We had our hands full with the twins and I don’t know how we could have done it all without her. We would recommend Amber’s services to anybody. It is difficult for us to express how much Amber did for us. She was truly a miracle worker with our children. We miss you Amber.
You guys! If you are looking for a night nurse, I can’t imagine anyone could be better than Amber! She was incredible. She was always prompt, so thoughtful and kind. She quickly felt like part of our family. She was so helpful in the middle of the night while i was nursing. But more than that she was the key to getting our baby to sleep. She taught her how to sleep through the night with no crying! Baby now sleeps 12-13 hours a night. When she was there I had complete peace of mind and I was able to rest well too knowing that Amber was literally watching baby sleep. I can’t recommend her more highly! She was hands down the best parenting decision we have made so far!
Amber helped us during the first few weeks with our newborn. She was wonderful and trustworthy. We were so grateful for her services and has our full recommendation!
Amber was a very supportive and helpful night nurse! Her knowledge and kindness helped my husband and I get through the first couple of weeks with baby. She put our minds at ease during the night. Would absolutely recommend Amber!
Amber has been a true godsend for our family.. She was able to do in a short space of time what a previous night nurse had not - teach our baby how to fall asleep by herself and self soothe. The result of this cannot be over-estimated - it gave us genuine peace of mind. As a new parent, you understandably feel anxious about leaving your baby under the care of someone else. My worries were instantly put to rest the moment I met Amber. She is warm and kind, with a confident and trustworthy manner which immediately put me at ease. Pretty soon, my baby would light up whenever she saw Amber. That told me everything I needed to know! From day one, she never pushed us to do anything out of our comfort zone, but instead listened to us patiently and thought carefully about what would work best for us and our child. She started her on a solid bedtime routine and was able to draw on her wealth of experience to make (seemingly) small changes that made a massive difference to the length of time our baby slept each night. Within a few days, our baby was sleeping thought the night! We were amazed. Amber genuinely wants the best for your family and taught us how to replicate her actions to ensure continued success after she had gone. In a short space of time, she became like a member of our family. We were so happy to see her at the door every evening. She has a great sense of humor and is a real pleasure to be around. We were also grateful for the long notes she wrote after each shift describing how our baby had slept with pieces of advice for us. We feel so reassured that if we have any sleep issues in the future we will not hesitate to call Amber. In fact, we called on Amber again recently when we returned from Europe and our daughter was suffering from croup and jetlag. She saved our health and sanity yet again. Thank you Amber! Put simply, she is an expert at what she does and any family that she helps are truly blessed!
Amber was absolutely amazing. My only regret was not reaching out to her sooner! She started taking care of my daughter overnight when she was about 7 weeks old after I’d gone back to work. My primary goal was to get some much needed sleep on those nights, but my secondary goal was to have Amber help me sleep train her. She is very knowledgeable about the different types of sleep training and will help educate you about them. I would recommend picking one method and sticking with it. Amber was supportive of whatever I wanted to do, but since I wasn’t 100% sure myself, I kept going back and forth between the progressive crying method and the cry it out method. Once I finally went all in and let my daughter just cry it out, Amber helped me make it through a really tough week. But at the end of it, my daughter was sleeping through the night! Before that time, Amber made sure my daughter was getting enough food and was okay otherwise. I will definitely be recommending Amber to friends and would honestly recommend her to anyone. She is currently educating herself on breast feeding/nursing, so will soon be even more of a help!
Amber is amazing with kids. My daughter was 3 months old and was sleeping through the night because of Amber. Very few people I trust with my daughter and I definitely trust Amber!
Amber was our nanny for my son from about 7 months old to 1 and half years old and we absolutely loved her! She has such as passion for taking care of little ones and she is an expert in infant development and sleep. She is very dependable and instantly feels like a part of your family due to her friendly and easy going personality. I would definitely recommend her services to everyone!
We highly recommend Amber to work as your infant and child sleep consultant. She is kind, professional, punctual, trustworthy, and respectful. Amber helped care for our boy/girl twins when they were 3 months old. She was hired to help sleep train them. When she first started they were sleeping 5-6 hours a night with several wakings throughout the night where they would cry for their pacifier. Within a month, the babies were no longer reliant on their pacifiers and they were sleeping 10-11 hours a night with minimal or no wakings. Amber is very knowledgeable about infant care and skilled at sleep training. She is also very dedicated to accomplishing her goals. Amber guided us through the phases of helping our babies self soothe, stretching them longer through the night, with my permission gentle crying it out, and increasing their food intake during the day. This combination helped them sleep through the night and she was very careful to explain to us the purpose of everything she was doing. She even offered to work some additional nights to provide consistency when the babies were making progress. Additionally, she was excellent at handling the twins--we even picked up some tandem feeding pointers. She is incredibly knowledgeable about baby care and we put many of her techniques into practice.
Amber was very kind, supportive, non-judgemental and compassionate. I felt that I could be as open with her as needed and she helped me overcome many hurdles that I’ve encountered while sleep training. My family and I couldn’t be more grateful for her. We are so thankful for the time she spared to work with us and her level of knowledge, understanding and willingness to help. In the two weeks we have worked together, I have successfully been able to have my infant self-soothe for bed time. As naps have been a current challenge, Amber has helped us take the necessary steps to establish a nap time routine. I feel more than confident that following the sleep plans provided, we will be able to successfully have our infant self soothe during the day for his naps. It has been such a pleasure to work with Amber and I will surely recommend her services to other families and friends who struggle with sleeping training process as I have!
Amber came into our lives just in time! If you’re feeling defeated, exhausted, and maybe without hope of ever sleeping again, she’s a breath of relief. Luckily our boy was a star pupil and quickly adapted to our plan but it was so comforting to know what we were doing was right and was working. And that helped us stick to a consistent routine. My only regret is that we didn’t reach out to her sooner! Our babe slept like an angel until he turned 1, so we figured he was too old to be sleep trained. Working with Amber we gained confidence in our routines and plan which was vital to our success. We went from sleeping 4 nights out of the month back to sleeping through the night up to 11-12 hours, and were 1 month in! Thank you so much Amber!
Amber began working with my son when he was 3 weeks old. I had her 3 nights a week. (S, T, Th). At the time, he was waking up 2 - 3 hours a night for feedings. She stressed that we should be feeding him every three hours, which would set him up with good habits to eventually sleep through the night. Keeping him on that schedule was so much better, because before I felt like he was eating all the time. He was basically a “snacker.” Once his eating schedule was set, everything else fell into place. I saw his nighttime feedings get to be fewer and fewer until, by the time he was 3 months, he was pretty much sleeping through the night. He may wake up once in the night, but Amber stressed the importance of teaching the baby to self-sooth. So even if he wakes up once in the night, which is rare, he will sooth himself back to sleep. Amber is awesome and I highly recommend her!!!!
We cannot say enough positive things about Amber! She came to our rescue for a week as a fill-in when our twins were 8 weeks old, and she had to face two sick babies that had gone off schedule due to their illness and a poor fill-in prior to her arrival. This did not intimidate her! She was eager to get us back on track, and she did that and more. Because of her outstanding work, we invited her back for two weeks when the twins were three months to help us make the transition to being on our own. It was the best decision we could have made. First, she pointed out that my daughter’s fussiness, especially around feedings, was likely due to “silent” acid reflux. We were skeptical at first, but she was correct! Once we put our daughter on Zantac, she became a different baby! She was less fussy, smiling and coo-ing more, feeding and sleeping significantly better. Once our daughter was feeling better, we tackled sleep training. She is well learned in sleep biology and training, and with that and her incredible patience, she was able to get the babies on a day and night schedule that improved naps, made bedtime easy and enjoyable, and made night wakings minimal (from 3-4 to only one in less than a week!!). She was very supportive to me, both during her stay and after she left, to help me keep the babies on track. She wrote everything down, which has been incredibly helpful to as a reference, and she’s been available by phone as well. If we could have had her stay longer, we would have! Amber has a certain professional grace to her that made working with her a true pleasure. She came a stranger and left as family. She is a kind, loving, smart and confident NCS and anyone who has the opportunity to work with her will be so glad they did!
Having Amber help with our son was life changing!!! Our first son didn't sleep well until he started kindergarten and I was determined to make changes to the sleep routine with our second. Amber was with our family for 4 months (one - five months) and our son is completely sleeping through the night and laying down for naps without issue. She also helped us through the swaddle transition. Even though Amber was only in our home during the night time, she helped us set up a day time routine that would set the night up for success. We TRULY appreciate all of the advice that she shared. She also shared the Wonder Weeks app/book with us, which made a world of difference to understand the science behind why your child is behaving a certain way. In most other areas of life, we are bit of control freaks. However, Amber's warm approach and depth of knowledge made it easy to put our full trust in her. Amber is professional and a true joy to be around. I would HIGHLY recommend having her assist with any family.
This book was helpful when discussing the importance of sleep with a toddler to 6 year old. Adorable pictures.
The ABC’s of Sleep is such a beautiful book. The writing and illustration flows together gracefully, and so sweet. I loved reading this book to my children and they enjoyed hearing it. If you are looking for a great bedtime book or just a children book in general this is the perfect book.
Such an adorable, fun book for both parents and little ones to read! Goes over helpful sleep tips in an easy, entertaining way. The illustrations are colorful, beautiful, and full of amazing details to discover. Would recommend to any new parents.
The best children’s book ever! I recommend this to anyone who has kids! This book is very soothing and calming for my 2 year old and helped with getting her to sleep easily. The graphics were also very eye catching to my daughter.
My twins thought this was so cute. They love their ABC books and being able to teach them to keep their good sleep routine is fantastic. It's like having a little piece of Amber with us. We love it!
My two boys (ages 3 and 6) and I love this book! It is a very creative and kid friendly way to teach about good sleep habits and also helps kids learn their letters. The author did an amazing job of rhyming with fun phrases and words and the illustrations are so cute! My youngest son kept on going back through the book to find all his favorite letters! This book will definitely be a family favorite for us.
We loved this book!!! So great for bedtime and introducing sleep and the alphabet. Definitely worth the purchase and would make a fantastic gift!! One person found this helpful
This is an adorable, sweet and also really practical book to help kids of all different ages learn about what sleep does for your mind/ health and why sleep is important. I think it's also worth noting it is written by someone (Amber) who really knows what they are talking about in terms of good sleep habits for children. The illustrations are really cute, and it is a timeless add to any nursery library as it addresses issues/ questions kids of all ages will have about sleeping to help them fall and stay asleep (and adults get more sleep too :). Highly recommend!
