Whitney Halbrooks

5 months old, not able to get to sleep or back to sleep without parents intervention and a lot of help. Naps were all over the place as well. Parents were anxious about crying but relieved to find out that after a few nights of check and console, he began getting himself to sleep. After we straightened up his schedule he began to extend naps as well. Night wakings dropped throughout the two weeks and by the end of out time together, he was sleeping through the night. His naps went from 30-40 minutes to 45-1.5 hours long.

I worked with a mom who was expecting, but also had a 2 year old and a 5 year old that were up all night long getting into and out of the bed with parents. They required a parent in the bed with them to fall asleep, then had to get in bed with parents to be able to get back to sleep. We focused on building confidence in the 2 year old first, and implemented a gradual approach with mom in a chair by the bedside at bedtime, eventually moving the chair to the doorway then out of the room completely. When he got up in the night, parents would take him back to his bed. By the end of the first week, he was doing so well! He was staying in bed and getting back to sleep on his own when he would wake in the night. Then we focused on sister. She was 5 so able to incentivize with her. We worked through her needing mom to be in the bed with her and built her confidence. Mom was so excited that by the end of our time together, kids were staying in bed and sleeping and mom and dad had thier time and thier bed back!