Sleep Like a Baby Consulting -

J_V Cash

Debbie was a huge help for the problems we were having with our two year old daughter’s sleep. She would only fall asleep with us laying in bed with her and would wake up multiple times a night. She would usually end up sleeping in our bed halfway through the night as well. Naps were the same. Now she falls asleep by herself and stays asleep through most nights. If she does wake up it is a quick and easy process. We even had success on vacation with her being in her own room! Debbie has helped us improve sleep for our whole house in such a short period of time! Truly life changing and so glad we took the step to work with Debbie!

Estee Cupo

Our baby went from waking up every 3-4 hours, to sleeping 11-12 hours straight after Debbie’s sleep coaching. If you stick with her plan, you and your baby will get some solid rest 🙂

Highly recommend for her reliability, expertise and guidance.

erin shoshana

I have used Debbie’s sleep consulting services for over two years with both my girls as they go through different phases in their sleep. Believe me when I say, I don’t know anyone handles infant / toddler sleep without her! She has profoundly changed our relationship to sleep in the best way possible because she takes into consideration each child’s unique circumstances, personality, and more. On top of that, in all her infinite wisdom, Debbie actually caught something that was medically wrong with my infant (I had thought it was a sleep issue so had asked her to help) and this was something multiple doctors missed. Debbie is professional, caring, extremely talented- and I cannot say enough good things about her sleep consultation practice!

Ashley Wells

Working with Debbie has been beyond helpful with my now 6 month old twins. She took the time to understand each of their personalities and helped find ways to meet both of their needs while also creating sleep routines that worked best for our family. With her help we were able to create a schedule that built a great foundation as they transitioned through any sleep challenges they had. Debbie was extremely responsive throughout the whole process and continues to be such an amazing help.

Kelly Duncan

My husband and I contacted Debbie because our 14-month-old was only taking one nap and was waking up during the night for long stretches of time. Shortly before we started working with Debbie, she also stopped napping unless one of us was holding her.

We worked with Debbie for a month. Through several phone calls and daily emails, Debbie helped us work through our baby's separation anxiety and correct her overtiredness, so that we could begin working on night sleep first. The process was gentle and we were in her room to support her to sleep without holding, so there weren't long periods of crying, which I really didn't want. We also continued holding her during naps until she was sleeping better at night, at which point our baby made it clear on her own that she wanted to be put down instead of held.

Debbie warned us that there could be some backsliding as we figured out the best timings for naps, bedtime, etc., and there was -- so don't expect perfect sleep after the first few nights. But Debbie worked with us to continue to pinpoint better awake windows and sleep times for our baby. We're now able to read her sleepy cues better, and get her to bed before she's overtired. She doesn't cry much when being put in her crib anymore and has been able to put herself back to sleep if she wakes up in the middle of the night. We are very grateful for all of Debbie's help!

Nina Rodriguez

If you are considering sleep coaching in the slightest, I strongly recommend working with Debbie.
My husband and I struggled for 3 months with our infant who would wake every 30-40 minutes throughout the night (from 5-8 months old). Truly the most difficult and exhausting experience of our lives! Out of desperation we were referred to Debbie.
What really impressed us was her work to determine our son’s temperament which determined the type of sleep coaching needed. We learned there are several techniques and there is no one size fits all approach so understanding your baby is the very first bit of work that must be done and Debbie nailed it!
Once we had a plan for sleep coaching, we saw improvement in our sons sleep very quickly. In fairness, this experience was a ton of work and took several weeks, but now our son is sleeping 11-12 hours through the night and he now has a solid foundation for good sleeping habits as he grows up. We are beyond appreciative of Debbie’s help. She is a fountain of knowledge on infant sleep and we will always have her in our back pocket 🙂

Jamee Miller

I am simply not exaggerating when I say that Debbie is a true hero to our family!! When I first reached out to her, our 18-month-old baby girl was requiring extensive assistance to get to bed and was waking 2-3 times a night, sometimes for hours at a time. Many nights found us rocking/shushing/singing for hours and regularly sleeping for part of the night on her bedroom floor. Her naps were often interrupted by waking that required extensive intervention to remedy. Most of the time, she finished her nap in my arms. The fragmented nights of little sleep and uncertain naps were forcing us to operate in mere survival mode each day as we not only cared for our baby girl, but for our two older boys as well. We were exhausted, confused, and desperate for help.

After my very first conversation with Debbie, I felt glimmers of hope surface within me—she was so kind, so knowledgeable, and immediately put my mind at ease about what we were facing. I knew that I wasn’t willing to do the “cry it out” method and Debbie assured me that we would only do what our family was comfortable doing and would still get our girl to sleep. I suddenly felt that my dream of attaining quality rest for our family was within our reach. Not only did she normalize what we were dealing with and affirm the efforts we had made, she spoke confidently about how she could come alongside our family and guide us through a plan to get our girl sleeping through the night. I was ready to sign on the dotted line, feeling certain that Debbie would be able to help us.

I was right. I cannot impress upon you enough what a treasure we found in Debbie. Her thorough evaluation of our girl left no stone unturned and enabled her to have a complete picture of our daughter’s personality, strengths, and challenges as she created a unique plan for our family. Her background as a nurse was invaluable to me, as she could speak to the science behind so much of what was happening and she worked diligently to ensure that there was no medical cause for our sleep struggles. When it was time for sleep coaching, she did not merely apply a generic technique offered to all—she used her wisdom along with the knowledge she gained about our girl, our desires, and our family to create a step-by-step plan to enable us to reach our goals. I felt heard, I felt seen, and I felt valued at every step of the process. Debbie was an incredible guide for me as I navigated each day and she was also an amazing cheerleader, encouraging me every step of the way. When our time together ended, I honestly felt like I was moving away from a friend, although she assured me that we could reconnect any time! Our experience from beginning to end far exceeded every expectation I had going into the process and I am so grateful.

I write these words today as my daughter naps peacefully, on her own, in her crib. I now confidently put her down awake after a brief nap or bedtime routine. She puts herself to sleep within minutes, sleeps through the night, and wakes happily in the morning. Our lives are completely transformed. My girl is happier, I am able to be more present, and everyone in our house is operating at a much higher level.

As cliché as it may sound, the only regret I have in hiring Debbie is that I didn’t do it sooner. I am so grateful for all that she has given to our family and I feel less anxious moving forward, as I know I have a resource in her for any future sleep challenges our family may face!! She is an absolute hero!

Michelle Carroll

Debbie is a huge blessing and breath of fresh air to our family. She came highly recommended to me (and I also referred other friends to her). We hired Debbie for our 16-month old baby boy around the holidays. He was not a "good sleeper" like our 6.5-year old daughter. He was either fighting sleep at bedtime, taking a short nap early morning, getting up multiple times throughout the night, and waking up hours before the sun rose. We hit an all-time low when my husband would pack him in the car between the hours of 3:30-4:30 a.m. to drive around getting coffee at different places so he did not wake our daughter up before school. We were in a "sleep crisis" and it was affecting our entire family.

Debbie is AMAZING! She looks at the whole child through an extensive intake form and leaves no stone unturned. It was so comforting to know we had someone in our corner. Throughout the entire process, Debbie promptly e-mailed back and forth throughout the day, offered solutions, and was a calm voice of reason during tough parenting days. There was one day we scheduled a phone call when I was on the verge of tears. Her calm, maternal, comforting voice immediately set my frustrations packing. She is such a kind, empathetic, and knowledgeable sleep coach.

Our son now LOVES his nighttime routine and falls asleep easily on his own...takes one decent nap in the middle of the day...no longer gets overtired...is overall happier...and does not get up in the middle of the night. We are still working on very early morning wake-ups but our little guy is just eager and ready to meet the day. If you are on the fence about hiring a sleep coach, DO it! Hire Debbie! She is just what our family needed to help troubleshoot and fix our son's schedule and circadian rhythm. We are forever grateful for her guidance, support, and kindness.