Holistic Sleep Coaching

My Philosophy

I believe every child and family deserves the most current, caring and evidence-based approach to nurturing their baby or toddler's sleep and development. Every baby is unique. So is every family. There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to sleep. I’m here to walk beside you as we navigate restoring confidence, understanding and calm around your kid's sleep through tailored sleep strategies and reliable education.

My philosophy is to nurture your instincts, intuition and responsiveness. It is to empower you with the knowledge that baby and toddler sleep is a biological and neurological process - not something that can be trained. This doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to improve sleep! It means that I’ll support you with holistic, science-backed approaches and tools tailored to your unique littler person, their temperament, development and sensory needs.

We'll look at sleep rhythms, hygiene and co-regulation. I can't guarantee quick fixes because baby sleep is dynamic and non-linear, but I promise to look at the whole picture and make sure no stone is left unturned. I can offer approaches that feel good, take care of your child's mental health and optimize sleep over time. All the while nurturing a strong and secure bond with you! My role and training also extend to supporting parental emotional health and nervous system regulation - because your wellbeing in crucial to good sleep for everyone!

the three pillars of my approach

responsive nurture

Responsive caregiving is essential for the emotional, psychological and physical development of babies and children. Responding to infants offers them co-regulation which buffers stress and allows their rapidly growing brains to wire for resilience and wellbeing.

biologically normal

There is diversity in babies sleep needs and temperament. A biologically normal approach to infant sleep recognizes that babies sleep with their own unique sleep architecture, night waking is appropriate and it's perfectly healthy for you baby to need proximity. There are ways to support biologically normal sleep, which is an evidence-based way to optimize the many crucial processes happening during sleep such as growth, repair, memory consolidation and learning.

attachment & security

A secure attachment relationship is supportive of lifelong emotional, physical and mental health. My approach supports family connections, nap and nighttime parenting strategies that offer security, presence, attunement and are developmentally appropriate.

Sleep Consulting For -

Night Time

Frequent wakings, split nights, false starts, safe sleep set ups, early wakings and other night-time sleep concerns.

Nap Time

Optimizing naps, shifting nap location, nap hygiene and any other concerns.

Transitions

Nap drops, changing sleep locations, changing how baby falls asleep, introducing a new carer, nurtured night weaning, introducing a sibling and more! There is always an attachment-led solution!

Screen Red Flags

A detailed red-flag screening and referral ideas to make sure we get to the root-cause of possible sleep challenges

1:1 baby or toddler sleep consult
1 hr
185 Australian dollars
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I had the pleasure of working with Sari for a sleep consultation. My son is 8 months old...I wasn’t sure what more I could try when it came to his false starts - he had been waking after a single sleep cycle for pretty much his entire life.

After working with Sari and incorporating her tips, his false starts have stopped. It took about two weeks, and I was honestly shocked because I truly thought we had tried everything. Her approach is warm, flexible, and deeply nurturing.

— Julie