Pediatric sleep consulting
A pediatric sleep consultantfor the whole picture.
If you went looking for a pediatric sleep consultant, you probably didn't search those words first. You searched the 2 a.m. version: why is my baby waking every two hours. Why does my newborn only sleep on me. Is this a regression. Is any of this normal.
Here's what the title means in practice: someone who looks at your child's whole picture — age, temperament, days, nights, what's already been tried — and helps you understand what's actually driving the hard part. Then stays beside you while you change it.
What a pediatric sleep consultant actually does
Not hand you a generic schedule. Not prescribe a method and disappear.
My work starts with discovery: what nights look like, what naps look like, how your child falls asleep, what happens when they wake, what you've tried and what happened when you did. Most sleep struggles aren't one problem — they're a pattern. Finding the part of the pattern that matters is the job.
From there, you get a plan built around your child and your family — and support while you live it.
Who I work with
Families from the expecting months through the toddler years — each stage with its own approach, because what helps a newborn and what helps a two-year-old are genuinely different conversations:
Expecting parents who'd rather understand newborn sleep before they're in it
Newborns (0–3 months) — gentle early foundations, day/night confusion, feeding and sleep rhythms
Babies & infants (4–17 months) — night waking, short naps, the crib transfer, regressions
Toddlers & young children (18+ months) — bedtime resistance, early waking, the hallway encore
What happens in the complimentary pediatric sleep assessment
We talk. You tell me what's been happening — the nights, the naps, what you've already tried — and I ask the questions that narrow it down. You'll leave the conversation knowing what I'd look at first, and what working together could look like.
No perfect sleep log required. No pressure at the end. The decision is yours.
What support looks like after the plan
This is the part most sleep advice leaves out. Real weeks don't follow plans exactly: a nap goes sideways, bedtime falls apart, something that worked on Tuesday doesn't work on Thursday.
When that happens, you're not back at a search engine. You ask me — someone who already knows your child, your routine, and what we've tried — and we adjust together. Having instructions is different from having someone in your corner.
Personalized guidance vs. generic sleep advice
Generic advice isn't wrong, exactly — it's just written for an average child who doesn't exist. It can't account for your baby's temperament, your toddler's newfound opinions, your family's actual evenings, or the thing you tried that half-worked.
A consultant's value is the opposite of generic: understand first, then suggest. Your child doesn't need to sleep like somebody else's baby.
Working together virtually — nationwide
Most of the families I work with are virtual, from all over the country. Sleep happens at home, which makes virtual support a natural fit: we talk one on one, and the guidance reaches you in the same rooms where it's all happening.
It's the full service — the same conversation, the same plan, the same support while you implement.
In-home support in Denver & Colorado
For Denver-area families, selected in-home support is available — where I can see bedtime, the room, and the routine as they actually happen. Colorado families beyond Denver work with me virtually, exactly like families nationwide.
A few things parents ask me
What's the difference between a pediatric sleep consultant and a sleep coach?
The titles get used interchangeably online. What matters more than the label: look for someone certified, who personalizes rather than prescribing a single method, and who supports you through implementation — not just the plan. That's how I work, whatever you call it.
Is working with a consultant the same as sleep training?
Sleep training is one possible tool — not the whole job. With newborns especially, my work is foundations and expectations, not conventional sleep training. Whatever your child's age, what I suggest depends on them and on what you're comfortable doing night after night.
Do you work with families outside Colorado?
Yes — most of the families I support are virtual, from all over the United States. Virtual is the full service, not a lesser version of it.
What ages do you work with?
Expecting parents, newborns, infants, toddlers and young children. The approach changes with the stage — which is exactly why each stage has its own page here.
Does this involve cry-it-out?
Not unless you choose it. I don't fit families into a predetermined method — you'll know your options, and the decision is yours.
Tell me what happened last night.
You don’t need to have any of this figured out before we talk. I’ll ask some questions, we’ll look at what you’ve already tried, and I’ll tell you what I notice. Then you decide.