For February and March 2022, I will not be seeing any families for Sleep Consulting. I look forward to returning to work in April. The intake form below will be populated with dates for April as of March 21. Happy Spring!
In my work with new parents, I meet many families who are at their wits-end about sleep issues.
In response to their need and their requests, I have started to offer sleep consulting. My goal is to help the parents formulate a plan that will suit their values, their baby and their family. In this work, I rely on my training and experience as an adult educator and breastfeeding counsellor.
I meet with both parents – without the baby present – and ask them about their beliefs about babies, their values about parenting and their understanding of sleep issues. I listen to what they perceive the problems to be, what they need, what they want and how they would like to achieve it. I make sure both parents get to have their say and that they listen to each other.
Then, together, we formulate a plan; it might involve letting the baby cry a little, it always involves having one parent sit with the baby or visit the baby frequently and it never involves abandoning the baby to cry for long periods of time alone and unsupported.
When parents formulate a plan they can both agree to and decide when to implement it, and are CONSISTENT about it, they are almost always successful within a week or two.
My fee is $90 for a one-hour consultation. I will give you my cell-phone number and you can call me in the days following our meeting to ask questions, or if you need support. If you need more than a few minutes of my times, we can set up another appointment.
How is my service different from the services of other Sleep Consultants?
I don’t do the sleep training for you. I don’t come to your house to check on how you have set the room up, or whether it is dark enough. I won’t call you or email you in the days after our consultation to check if you have been following the rules. I don’t write up your sleep plan – I let you take notes – you are the grown-up. I don’t believe there is only one way babies should sleep. Different families have different schedules. Different babies need different amounts of sleep.
Read more about my sleep philosophy