Sleep and the City: Baby & Toddler Sleep Consulting

Lauren is a god send! I honestly don’t know what I would do without her amazing advice. She really knows her stuff and the science behind why babies behave the way they do. My daughter has slept well from the beginning, but Lauren has been so helpful with naps and coming up with a schedule that works for us. Her advice seems to always be on point and whenever she suggests something, it literally always works. I would highly recommend her services. Bad habits can be fixed and she is the one to help fix them!

Listen. I don’t think I can emphasize how much Sleep and the City changed our lives. We never did ‘cry it out’ with our kids, so for the past five years we’ve had to lay next to them until they fall asleep. Every night. On some busy evenings when we couldn’t carve out an hour of time put the kids down, they’d be up until 10 or 11 pm! Every parent knows how difficult that makes the following day, and thus begins the painful cycle.
Enter: Sleep trainer. To be honest, I was hesitant to the idea at first. But after applying her program our kids were conditioned to be asleep in their own rooms by 8:30 pm in less than two weeks! Because of this, my wife and I found a two-​hour window where we could actually have adult conversations, spend time together and literally have a «date night at home» every night. We can’t thank Sleep and the City enough!

Knowledgable. Accessible. Encouraging. Optimistic.
Just a FEW words that come to mind when I think about my experience with Lauren. When I was pregnant with my 2^nd son, we knew that when he arrived, I needed to change some things I did with my first, especially in regards to sleeping habits and approaches. Lauren is flexible and adjusts to her audience and their needs, understanding with your sleep-​deprived impatience, extremely accessible throughout, believes in you, even when you don’t and is spot on with her assessment — it’s crazy. You probably think your situation could never be helped … Don’t we all. But she has been instrumental in our success with our youngest son and his sleep habits. Give her a try. You have nothing to lose … Except more sleep!!!

I found Lauren on Instagram while looking at #sleeptraining posts. I had just finished reading the Ferber book and knew that I wanted to take this approach with my 5.5 month old. (The Ferber book is great; all science but little in the way of outlining practical application for younger babies. I can’t remember how many other books I read on sleep training in addition to Ferber…)
My little one had been on an eat/​play/​sleep routine since he was a couple months old but sleep was our issue and we had created some sleep associations that prevented him from learning how to fall asleep on his own. (NEWS FLASH: Babies aren’t born knowing how to put themselves to sleep…)
By the time I reached out to Lauren I has succeeded in getting him to fall asleep somewhere other than in my arms but that was in his rock n play. So… yeah, he needed motion to sleep and would rouse multiple times each night and I would have to rock him back to sleep. As a solo-​at-​night mom I was BESIDE myself and seriously on the verge of losing my shit (I went back to work three months postpartum).
Now, I tend to be wary of most consultants, but I made the decision to work with Lauren after an initial get-​to-​know-​you phone call. Once we moved forward, ad after a longer call with lots of questions, Lauren put together a plan for us to use (us being myself, his dad when he visits and two grandmother caregivers).
To make a long story short, after a few adjustments to room environment, and some firm talking-to’s with caregivers (i.e. «this is what we are doing so if you are not comfortable or on-​board we’ll see you in three weeks»), my little one now takes all naps in his crib and SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT. Yes, HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT. Naps took about a week to «fix» but bedtime only took a few nights. (Some babies may take longer and that’s OK, just stick with it.)
What I appreciated the most about working with Lauren was that she was 100% accessible. The first couple of nights when my little one cried (BTW, really not that much real crying) Lauren was live on text with me and I felt completely supported through the process. Same thing for during the day with naps, always on text when I needed her the most and always supportive. I plan on reaching out to her again if something comes up /​as my little one hits some bumps in the road. Both of us sleeping through the night is worth every.penny.
I would recommend Lauren @ SATC to anyone– even mom’s like me who attempted self-​education but became overloaded with so much information that it was impossible to formulate a clear plan on that I would have been confident sticking to.
Thank’s Lauren, you are a lifesaver!

If you’ve tried all you can think of and your baby still isn’t sleeping, it’s time to call in the expert, and that’s Lauren. She helped us create a plan that worked for everyone and provided amazing support so we could follow through. My 4.5 month old went from waking 8+ times at night to sleeping 9 hours in one week!

Before meeting Lauren, I was sleep deprived, frustrated and ended up in tears alongside my baby most nights. At 2 ½ months old, my daughter was co-​sleeping, had zero schedule, was super fussy, fought her sleep and would only fall asleep by being held or bounced on a yoga ball and woke up all night long.
After just a week of working with Lauren, we have established a daily routine. My baby takes all naps in her crib and she is now asleep by 8pm in her pack n play. I’m still amazed at the progress we have made in such a short amount of time! We went from an average of 4 hrs of trying to get her to sleep at night and consistantly waking up 5 – 6 times, to asleep in 15 minutes on average and only waking 2 times to eat but then goes back down right away. She no longer fights her sleep and has learned to self soothe!
What I loved most about working with Lauren is she helped me understand why certain things were happening, like the dramatic fussiness. She checked in regularly and was always quick to respond when I needed her. She was reassuring and full of tips that always worked. This was a very positive experience for us. I no longer feel like a zombie and I have a happy, smiley baby. Sleep is huge! I highly recommend Lauren. I can’t thank her enough for all her help!

Lauren was such a huge help in getting my little one to self soothe! I was lucky enough to meet with her early on and learn all of her helpful techniques of what to do when with him for naps when he was very young and he has only had one wake up a night since 5 weeks and can put himself to sleep for naps already at 4 months. I definitely recommend lauren if your little one has any issues with sleeping, your sleep is worth it!

Lauren was so easy to work with! From our initial phone consultation to our full in person consult I never felt like I was left with any unanswered questions. Together we came up with a nap plan for my daughter who was transitioning from two naps to one. She was there every step as I played with her schedule trying to determine the best time for her to nap and even down to the small details of picking out a sound machine for her room. I am happy to say that my daughter is now napping much longer than before and even better nap time is not the battle that it used to be. I can put my daughter in her crib and she is laughing and happy about rest time rather than screaming in protest until her rest time is up. I can’t say enough great things about Lauren! The most important thing to me was that I never felt alone in this process and she was there helping me every step of the way!