No, no one really can. For example, if you as the parent have taught your child that the way to fall asleep is to be held to sleep for all naps, bedtime, and wakings, and you decide that you want to change this; your child will naturally protest or resist this change. After all, they don’t know why you have changed your approach. If your child is pre-verbal, then they will cry. My goal is to have as little crying as possible. I encourage parents to be loving and responsive, but to allow the child the room to learn this vital life skill of putting themselves to sleep. The parent responds and stays with their child and offers physical and verbal reassurance without putting the child to sleep. This supports the development of a secure attachment between parent and child.

Babies from birth to 6 years old. Theres is no research to support that babies are developmentally ready to sleep training before 4 months of age. I offer sleep shaping for 0-5 months that follow realistic sleep expectations for a newborn, how to set up a good sleep foundation and most of all how to offer soothing strategies for this age group.

For babies 4 and 5 months old, I can assess when a baby is ready for gentle sleep training and where to start.

Absolutely no! I support a mother who wants to continue to breastfeed while sleep coaching. If you decide to stop, I recommend using a gradual night weaning approach so you will never be coaching through hunger.

Refers to methods implemented by parents to improve their children’s sleep skills. My gentle sleep approach, will gradually give your children more and more space as you do less and less for them to figure out how to soothe themselves to sleep at night or naptime.

Sleep helps with brain development, boosts learning and memory, growth, heart health and immunity. You may also notice a happier, lighter mood, less fussiness and irritability, less sickness and more quality time with your baby due to improvement in your own mood and energy levels.

A coach is a person who supports those who need assistance with their development. They don’t play the game or do the work for the players. Even when the team loses, the coach can provide strategies for doing better next time, but still can’t play the game for them. It’s the same with sleep; as a coach, I can support you in guiding your child to acquire the skills to fall sleep independently, just as they do it on their own.

This depends on many factors including your child’s age, temperament, developmental stage, and methods that have been tried in the past. Most babies will sleep through the night within 2 weeks of starting and being consistent with your sleep coaching plan.