San Francisco Sleep Consultant

Give your baby the sleep they deserve.

You’re standing in your child’s bedroom. Your little one is draped over your shoulder, asleep. Your arms and back are starting to ache but you don’t want to put her down too soon otherwise she’ll instantly wake up and you’ll be back at square one. For another hour. Or maybe you’re on the yoga ball, performing bouncing acrobatics trying to get your baby to JUST FALL ASLEEP. But it’s not working. You decide he has FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and resolve to try again later. Or maybe you’ve just given up and resigned yourself to sleeping in the rocking chair with your child in your arms (even though you know it goes against all the sleep rules- but really what choice do you feel you have?). Finally your little one is asleep. You do a mad dash to shower, cook dinner- and if you’re lucky, eat it while it’s still hot- and maybe catch a few minutes of your favourite show before the night shift starts. You start to feel that you’ll never sleep again.

Many of us as parents have found ourselves in situations similar to these ones at some point in our parenting lives. I remember dreading bedtime with my first son in those early months. I had a specialized dance/bounce method that I felt I had to do ‘just right’ and if I didn’t place him in his crib at just the right moment he’d instantly wake up and cry. And then there were the naps. There were so many days where all I felt like I was doing was trying to get my son to sleep with seemingly very little payoff.