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Your baby has graduated to toddler status, or perhaps you're further along and you now have a pre-schooler? Did everyone reassure you that by one year of age your child would be sleeping through the night? If you're here reading this, I suspect that hasn't been your experience.
Many parents come to me for help with their toddlers and their story often involves phrases like...
"They wake more frequently at night now than they did as a newborn"
"They hate bedtime, and make a million excuses to avoid sleep."
"It takes 2hrs every night for them to fall asleep"
"They sleep fine overnight but are now waking up to start the day at 4 or 5am!"
"I love breast feeding and co-sleeping but the night feeds are out of control... almost every 45mins!"
"My child is awake for 2 or 3 hrs in the middle of the night; every night"
"If I don't give them what they want, they'll just scream the house down and wake the whole family"
"My partner would love to do the settling, but our child becomes hysterical if it's not me. I'm starting to feel touched-out and resentful."
I have a real soft spot for toddlers and find that sleep challenges can be resolved quickly at this age, particularly when we can respect their growing needs for autonomy and connection, while supporting their full range of emotions and endless quest for fun!
I'd love to share my understanding with you.
Are you looking for attachment focused, common sense & evidence based reassurance concerning your toddler's sleep? Find out if I'm the sleep coach you've been looking for.
Do our parenting philosophies align?
If you are local to Melbourne bayside or the Mornington Peninsula, why not come and meet me at the Seaford Early Parenting drop-in group.
Free support with pregnancy or postpartum health questions. Here I join a dedicated team of fellow volunteer midwives and other professionals. Between us our specialities include, lactation consulting, social work, sleep consulting, massage, yoga, and even car seat safety.
Do you have questions?
Need help with bedtime dramas, night weaning or dropping naps? Maybe you'd love some ideas for easing away from rocking your hefty toddler to sleep now they're getting so big? Perhaps you'd like to see night feeds disappear so they wake with a good appetite for breakfast? Whatever the challenge...drop-in and tell us all about it. We'd love to see you.
Tuesdays 10.30 to 1pm,
Liefde Wellness Centre
56 Hartnett
Seaford
No appointment required
No charge
All welcome
Are you considering seeking my support? Need clarity on how I might be able to support you during this challenging phase of parenthood?
I invite you to...
Ideal if you want the information and guidance without the 1:1 coaching
Ideal if you are experiencing sleep challenges that have been the main event for a few
weeks or more. Let me help you with the overwhelm by breaking down your goals into a gradual process of small achievable steps.
Reliable and on going support. For regular reassurance or attachment focused guidance with common sleep challenges of toddlerhood.
Ideal ...
How it works.
Its hard to see a way forward when you're in the trenches of sleep deprivation with your toddler. Let me point you in the direction of predictable daily rhythms and restful nights.
With easy to follow steps, I will support you in creating a playful and light approach to improving sleep that feels kind and respectful to your toddler's emotional and sensory needs, while building their confidence and contentment at sleep time. This is not a one size fits all approach. Together we will come up with an approach just for you and the needs of your little one.
All emotions, lovingly supported. I DO NOT teach spaced soothing, timed responses or cry it out methods. Safe co-sleeping & attachment parenting practices welcomed and supported. No extra charge to discuss more than 1 child in the family.
You will not be required to follow any strict routines and you will always in charge of the process. If something is not working for you there is always more than one way of achieving goals. Communication and creativity are key in working things out together.
Initial consultation by phone or video call. 8 weeks of reliable, ongoing support, via phone & SMS are included in this package. Essential for learning how to navigate those inevitable leaps, holidays or illnesses, confidently, while safe-guarding your new found sleep.
Package Inclusions:
See terms & conditions or FAQs for more information.
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(Please double check your contact details when booking.)
If you have just a handful of questions and would like some reassurance about your toddler's sleep or behaviour, my Basic 1hr phone consult might be all you need for now.
Ideal for troubleshooting the answers to a few questions concerning any aspects of your toddler's sleep, development or current routine.
• Are you curious about how to drop a nap?
• Need guidance with moving your toddler from a cot to a bed?
• Need help working out why they are awake for hours in the middle of the night?
Perfect for a little confidence boost or new ideas.
Appointments via Phone or WhatsApp video call.
On-going phone support or home visits available if required.
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Once I see your appointment pop up in my calendar, I'll send you an SMS to confirm.
Please double check your contact details when booking.
I will then email through an intake questionnaire to help me gather useful insights into your situation. This is a shared Google document that you will be able to edit. It saves changes automatically so you can complete it a little at a time if you need to. There will be no need to copy it or email it back to me. As a shared Google document, changes are immediate, live and available for us both to see. You will have continued access to this document.
Need to reschedule? No problem. Please provide me with as much notice as possible and we can reschedule to a more convenient date and time.
Cancellations
Please give me as much notice as possible if you need to cancel.
$50 cancellation fee if less than 24hrs notice provided.
Ideal if night time challenges are the main event for you and your toddler. All the benefits of the Standard package, but ideal if you would you like me to come and witness your overnight sleep struggles, first-hand.
These are just a few of the reasons why some parents opt for an overnight consultation.
Though I have every faith in my standard distance support, there are always benefits in me seeing the situation first hand, such as...
How does it work?
As with the Evening visit, I would aim to arrive at your home between 30-60mins before bedtime so I can join in with your familiar pre-bed routine. During this time you can share your questions and concerns and I can share any observations or suggestions for easing your child's wind-down. In many cases a few small changes at bedtime can be the missing link when trying to limit disturbance to night time sleep. If your child needs lots of help to fall asleep at bedtime, then naturally they will need increasing levels of your support to maintain sleep overnight too. Taking the mystery out of how sleep happens and inviting your toddler to explore new possibilities for accessing sleep in their own way, with added freedom and no pressure, can be a beautiful journey of discovery for everyone.
What happens once your baby is asleep?
Once your toddler has settled off to sleep we can then chat about our objectives for the night and our plans for feeding, resettling or sleep arrangements for when they wake. You will be in in charge at all times. My role is to support you in sensitively unravelling the nightly challenges and in helping you to find the easiest solutions. I will be able to share my observations on the aspects that are going well and any that may not be working to your advantage. I can then offer various suggestions for sleep arrangements and settling insights as we work together on optimising your toddler's confidence and contentment when it comes to falling asleep and resettling with ease if disturbed in the night.
All emotions, lovingly supported. I DO NOT teach spaced soothing, timed responses or cry it out methods. Safe co-sleeping & attachment parenting practices welcomed and supported.
Package inclusions:
Is the thought of an overnight stay feeling weird??
Check out this video where I explain how it works, in more detail.
See terms & conditions or FAQs for more information.
All of the benefits of the above Standard package, plus an in-home visit to get things started.
Ideal if evenings and bedtimes are the most challenging time for you and your toddler and you would like me to come and witness your bedtime struggles first-hand. Together we can explore your child's well being, sleep patterns and stage of development, while creating a fun & engaging plan to build confidence and contentment at bedtime, while safeguarding secure attachment and your loving bonds of trust. With play as the all important factor, your little one will soon be telling YOU it's bedtime, instead of the other way around!
How it works...
I will aim to arrive at your home around 30 to 60 mins prior to your toddler's bedtime so I can join in with your familiar bedtime routine. During this time you can share your questions and concerns and I can share any observations or suggestions for easing your child's bedtime wind-down. In my experience, most parents are doing a wonderful job already. A few simple shifts in connection, timing, sensory activities or sleep arrangements are often all that's required to provide a blissful drift in to slumber rather than the head to head combat or endless lunacy that has become the sleep time norm for you all lately. Overnight strategies and daytime routines, also covered during my visit.
All emotions, lovingly supported. I DO NOT teach spaced soothing, timed responses or cry it out methods. Safe co-sleeping & attachment parenting practices welcomed and supported.
8 weeks of reliable, ongoing support, via phone, SMS &/or email are included in this package. Essential for learning how to navigate those inevitable leaps, holidays or illnesses, confidently, while safe-guarding your new found sleep.
No extra charge to discuss more than 1 child in the family.
Package Inclusions:
Please see terms & conditions or FAQs for more information.
All of the benefits of the above Standard package, plus an in-home visit to get things started. A great option if you would like me to get to know your toddler in their home environment or if you would simply prefer an initial face to face consultation.
How it works...
Initial consultation will be a daytime appointment in your home. (approx. 2hrs)
8 weeks of reliable, ongoing support, via phone & SMS are included in this package. Essential for learning how to navigate those inevitable leaps, holidays or illnesses, confidently, while safe-guarding your new found sleep.
No extra charge to discuss more than 1 child in the family.
Package Inclusions:
See terms & conditions or FAQs for more information.
This is an inclusion if you book an 8 week support package.
Also available for separate purchase - $39
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