WHAT IS A BABY-LED SLEEP & WELL-BEING SPECIALIST?

As BabyLed Sleep & Well-Being Specialists we are NOT sleep consultants, we are NOT sleep coaches and we are NOT sleep trainers.

So Who Are We?

We are the safe place. When you need someone to talk to about how exhausting and defeating parenting can be. We help you feel empowered to follow your instincts. We guide you in discovering that YOU are the answer for your child. We want you to be able to recognize these things instinctually, while always preserving attachment and connection. It’s the long game.

The Baby-Led Sleep Approach

Isla Grace Sleep created the Baby-Led Sleep approach to place an emphasis on a mother’s instinct and a baby’s cues. Our mission is to help parents find sleep solutions through responsive parenting practices while building connected relationships. We are passionate about helping families improve sleep without resorting to sleep training. This approach:

• Respects and nurtures the attachment system supports the natural progression of development
• Gives parents an understanding of what “normal” baby sleep looks like
• Appreciates your baby’s still-developing brain and dominant survival instinct
• Encourages parents to believe and to follow their own instincts; and
• Empowers a parent to make changes to improve the quality of their baby’s sleep.

Science on brain development validates that a mother’s instincts about their baby are best, and this vital fact is the foundation of our approach. See this article about mom instincts.

The Baby-Led Sleep approach will help you to:

• Understand realistic, age-appropriate expectations about sleep
• Learn about yourself as a parent and your impact on your baby’s sleep
• Be a responsive parent by listening to your child’s cues and dealing with your child respectfully while supporting any distress, in an effort to build and nurture trust
• Create a safe sleep space
• Appreciate the emotional work required to support sleep, understand what causes sleep interruptions, and how sleep actually works; and
• Use the tools that encourage better sleep for your baby, as well as help you gain control over the conditions that affect good sleep, such as your own behavior, nutrition, environmental factors, routines, time, and “village” of support.

Sleep is a Puzzle

In order to be able to support longer sleep stretches without sleep training, using the Baby-Led-Sleep Approach, we make sure all the pieces of the puzzle have been addressed and considered. It is not always as simple as making a schedule change. 

Pieces of the puzzle we consider before establishing a plan:

The Baby-Led Sleep approach will teach you how to connect with your baby on a deeper level and how to reinforce important feelings of safety and security so that when developmentally ready, your baby will be comfortable falling asleep.