Mindful and Compassionate Pediatric Sleep Consulting
Build your family’s strong, healthy and happy foundation from sleep up…
What is Sleep Training?
Sleep training is the process used to help your baby achieve better, more consistent, and developmentally appropriate sleep. Pediatric sleep consulting focuses on your baby’s developmental sleep needs and how best to meet them, ultimately improving the whole family’s sleep and well-being.
If your little one is: struggling to sleep through the night, struggling with nap length/consistency, cries and resists going to bed for a long time, will only fall asleep if held by a caregiver or nursed, frequently wakes up at night or during naps, co-sleeping, or is struggling with sleep in other ways, and is 4 months or older, sleep training can absolutely help. Sleep training is also great if you are just wanting to establish good sleep habits with your little one and want to better understand the developmental sleep process and how to do that. Know that it is completely normal to be struggling with your baby’s sleep, and there is no ‘one size fits all’ or single right way to approach finding the best solution. In our work together, I will use my training and expertise in combination with what feels good for you and your situation to find an easier path forward. Every situation is unique, but my clients frequently experience results (aka significantly improved sleep) within 1-2 weeks.
If you have questions about whether sleep training is right for you and your family, click below to get in touch or to request a free 15-minute consultation.
3. Mindful, Compassionate, and Trusting.
Whether this is your first baby, or you are growing your family, bringing a new human into the world is a uniquely exciting yet vulnerable time.
If you are a new parent, you may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious and unsure of what to do and how to best care for this wonderful little person who has entered your world. Or perhaps you have been surprised by how different your newest little one is from their older siblings, and finding your previous methods don’t work to support their needs in the same way.
Regardless of your situation, we all have moments of uncertainty and we all need support in times of transition. Having a baby is constant newness and transition, and adding sleep deprivation to the mix can be overwhelming, to say the least.
My approach brings mindful awareness to the preciousness and rawness of this time in your life, endless compassion for the process, and perhaps most importantly, trust in the process. Our fears, anxiety and doubts are most active when we are learning something new and sleep deprived (read: parenthood). Its ok! Both you and your baby are capable of getting better sleep and it will get better!
2. Tailored to You
There are a wide variety of sleep training methods to help you, your family and your little one reach your specific sleep goals, the way that feels good for you.
Oftentimes parents come to sleep training, desperate for help with their baby’s (and their own..) sleep, but with one fixed idea about what sleep training is. One fixed idea that maybe doesn’t feel right for them…
I have been trained in a wide variety of sleep training approaches. All of which are grounded in research, all shown to be safe and effective in developing independent, healthy, developmentally appropriate sleep habits. The reality is, different approaches work for different people and different situations. In the sleep consulting process, I will get to know you, your baby, and your unique family situation, and find then create a unique sleep plan that is specially designed to support your situation and needs.
1. Research Based
At its base, pediatric sleep consulting is grounded in the most up to date research not only on sleep, but specifically on infant sleep and infant development, as well as research based sleep coaching techniques.
Intuitively, we all know we need sleep. But our sleep needs and the ways we achieve sleep vary by individual and change as we grow, and it can be difficult to know how to meet these changing needs…especially when we are sleep deprived ourselves.
In the sleep consulting process, you will gain a baseline understanding of what sleep is, it’s different stages, how these stages change throughout your baby’s development, and how to support your little one (and whole family! including you!) to have the best sleep they can.
My approach to sleep consulting is grounded in three basic principles:
About Me
My name is Rae Schultz, and I am a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant. As a sleep consultant, I am here to support you and your baby to get the sleep and rest you need and deserve. My philosophy is grounded in the belief that the proper knowledge, tools and support are what you and your baby need to build the foundation for healthy sleep. And I truly believe that healthy sleep is the foundation that builds stronger, healthier, and happier babies, parents, families and communities.
I bring a mindful, non-judgmental and compassionate approach, and I am here to apply my expertise to support and empower you in what feels best for you and your family.
I first learned about sleep consulting when my brother and his wife (pictured to the right) went through the process for their little one, and loveddd it. With 10+ years of experience working with children and families in education and mental health services, it immediately clicked that this was an amazing way to support the health and well-being of little ones and their families, from the ground up.
Please see my Client Feedback session to hear from families I have worked with, and feel free to reach out for a free 15 minute consultation to see if sleep training is the right fit for you and your family.
Offerings
Basic Foundations
$375
The Basic Foundations package gets your baby and family on track for healthy, developmentally appropriate sleep with the essentials. Meeting virtually, this package includes the following:
In depth intake questionnaire
Consultation and intake zoom session
Customized sleep plan and detailed coaching instruction on how to implement the plan (via zoom).
Additional educational materials, including developmentally appropriate adaptation plans for your baby as they grow.
One follow up zoom/phone call (20 minutes).
Daily Sleep Log analysis and check ins and revisions as needed
Two weeks of follow up support, one email/day
Full Foundations
$525
The Full Foundations package includes everything from the Basic Foundations package, with the addition of an in-home visit that includes the following:
Bedtime routine support ~ I will watch you perform your routine and then provide guidance on ways you can adjust or stay on course.
Full home and nursery walk through to assess the safety and sleepy time supportiveness of the environment.
Follow up recommendations for the nursery, playroom and more on everything from safety and function, to research-based recommendations on lighting, color schemes, scents, sounds, and more.
Overnight Foundations
$1100, each additional night 850$
The Overnight Foundations package includes everything in the Basic Foundations package, plus 12 hours of overnight support to start you off on implementing your personalized sleep plan smoothly and with instant relief and rest. This service provides both education on how you can perform these activities moving forward as well as active support that allows you to rest and recuperate.
Each additional night after the first is $850.
In person only!
Mindful Foundations
$250
Add this package onto another existing plan to learn nervous system regulation tools that will support you and your family for the rest of your lives.
Whether this is your first child or you are growing your family, being a parent can be overwhelming, exhausting, and anxiety provoking.
Bringing compassionate mindfulness practices and breathwork and somatic release tools into you and your family’s daily life, routines and awareness can be just as essential and supportive as the sleep consulting itself.
This package includes:
Guided instruction and practice in a variety of mindfulness, meditation and somatic practices research proven to regulate and calm the nervous system and support overall health and well-being. Implemented during our consultation and check ins.
Written materials to provide continued guidance on key practices post consultation.
The addition of mindfulness practices into your customized sleep plan. Including how to include children (older or as they age) in the practices.
Feedback From Families
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Gus
“It was comforting to having an expert who we could vent our frustrations to, and who had constructive feedback. Rae understood the challenges we were facing, she helped put them in perspective, and she gave us actionable suggestions to start making changes.”
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Julia
“While the initial plan didn't fully reflect the schedule I outlined during our in-depth intake, Rae was very responsive and quickly made adjustments when I raised my concerns. That impressed me.
Rae was incredibly affirming and supportive throughout the process. I truly appreciated how she validated our experiences and observations, making us feel heard and trusted in our own judgement.”
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Contact Me
Free 15 minute consultation
To learn more or get the process started please fill out the form below. Including some information about yourself, your baby and your situation is encouraged so we can start to see if sleep consulting is the right step for you.