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Just watched 'the baby whisperer' and were amused with the end of the programme advising parents not to sleep their baby's on their backs according to Plunket. We had always slept our baby on his side, using a wedge to support him, but after being advised that this is not recommended we changed to sleeping him on his back and had terrible results! He woke constantly and was very unsettled. We have returned to sleeping him on his side! Results - happy baby, happy parents!

I watched with great hope your segment about the Baby Whisperer on last weeks programme as i have been struggling to settle my 2 week old daughter. I swaddled and lay my baby on her side as advised and she slept for 7 hours straight the first night. The baby whisperers advice certainly worked for me! Thank you very much from a tired mum!!

In response to your story "The baby whisperer", I can already hear mothers around the country saying that you need exposure to and experience with babies to know how to care for them, but are those not precisely the qualities that Sharlene Poole has in buckets? Being the child's biological parent clearly does not automatically qualify one as being a great caregiver. Sharlene is obviously very talented at her craft and offers a great alternative to mothers who fall outside the bounds of Plunket.