gentle is not the same as unsure. you can hold a boundary at bedtime and hold your baby too. that can work together.
when parents ask about my method, there are typically a few underlying questions. will you make me do something i'm not comfortable with? and, what happens with the crying? fair questions. here's the honest answer.
i'm trained across a broad range of evidence-based approaches, and i always start with the most parent-present option that fits your child's age and temperament. we choose the method together, before night one, so you know exactly what the first night looks like before it happens. nothing in the plan will be a surprise, and nothing in it happens without you understanding why.
there is no method that fits every child, which is why anyone who names one before asking about your child is selling a template with your name on it. what i'm weighing: their age and temperament, what you're genuinely comfortable with, your setup and your schedule, and what your nights actually look like right now. that's what the intake and our call are for. by the time we pick an approach, it isn't a guess.
no. under four months the work looks different: young babies aren't being trained, they're building the foundations of sleep. at that age i'm shaping those foundations with you, not training a newborn out of needing you. i work with families from the newborn fog through toddlerhood.
wake windows, yes. a fixed schedule, no. wake windows are a range, not a clock, and the right end of the range depends on how the last nap actually went. a chart can't see your child's morning. you can, and i teach you to read it.
almost always earlier. overtired costs more than undertired. an undertired child takes twenty extra minutes to fall asleep. an overtired child fights sleep on cortisol and wakes more all night. when in doubt, go early.
then that's the first thing we fix, and it matters more than which method we choose. consistency carries the plan: everyone in the house running the same approach, the same way, every night. that's not about being strict. it's about your child getting one clear answer instead of five.
then i'll say so, and send you to your pediatrician. feeding volumes, reflux, weight, anything medical: that's their lane, always. a plan you can trust is a plan that knows its boundaries.
for the full two weeks, yes, really. you're never left wondering whether you're allowed. and every call in your plan comes with the reasoning behind it, because a parent who understands the why can hold the line at 2am, when it's the plan that's with you.
because from the moment you pay, i'm building. your plan lands within 24 hours, and the up-front payment is what makes that speed possible.
i check in a week after we wrap, and we set a dated check-back for a moment that matters for your child specifically: the next regression window, a trip, the crib-to-bed move. you're not ghosted at the finish line.
the method serves your family, not the other way around. if you want to know which one fits your child, that starts with the intake, not a guess.
start with the intake