Sleep Consultant

erine.calhoun@gmail.com

Has anyone hired a sleep consultant? This would be for a 6 month breastfed old waking several times throughout the night and taking short 20-30 naps a day. I do breastfeed. Looking for a supportive person through the sleep training process

ToAoShesha

I looked into it but she wanted $400.... They work on your daily routine to ensure the baby eats enough and then use CIO.... I cannot follow through with CIO an I was not going to pay big money to CIO. If u find something different please share

Ps my friend used one and she is mailin me the handouts she was provided... Can't wait until they arrive!

KCBrelo

I have had issues with my little one sleeping.  I watched some of the Isis free parenting webinars that Babies R Us utilizes.  BRU also has some free classes for sleeping.

 

I also used some of the methods used in the "secrets of the baby whisperer" book by Tracy Hogg.  I determined that I wasn't reading my baby's sleep cues in time and was missing the window to get her to her nap place.  I was also over stimulating her with light and also defined her nap and night time sleeping place as her crib, not her swing or PNP so that she knows that when she goes into her crib, it's time to sleep.  I don't let her cry it out and I make sure that I put her down awake but sleepy so that she knows where she is at when she goes down just in case she wakes up and needs to fall back asleep.  This has lead to her increasing her nap times from 20-30 minutes to 1.5-2 hours and night time sleep stretches from 1.5-2 hours to 3-5 hour stretches.  I couldn't ask for more out of my 9 week old.  I know that the techniques and advice in the book will take longer to take hold with an older baby, but the book and techniques are definitely used for babies of all ages and toddlers.  Tracy Hogg also wrote two other books that help solve sleep problems.  Hope this helps!  Good luck!

watermellens

I have not used one, but have found books really helpful - Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child and Solve your Child's Sleep Problems by Ferber.