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Wondering if your only choices are sleep training or staying exhausted? Here’s what actually helps, why babies wake, and how to support sleep while staying
1. What makes you qualified for this role? This is a tricky one because, as I mentioned, sleep consulting is a completely unregulated industry. So you have to consider the qualifications and experience to ultimately choose someone who you feel confident will meet your needs ethically and professionally. For example,
With tragic frequency, parents have been sharing with me traumatic experiences with prior sleep consultants. Typically, what has happened is that parents were hooked by an approach that was marketed as “gentle” and turned out to be anything but. When seeking out help, parents were misled by the words “gentle”,
1. What makes you qualified for this role? This is a tricky one because, as I mentioned, sleep consulting is a completely unregulated industry. So you have to consider the qualifications and experience to ultimately choose someone who you feel confident will meet your needs ethically and professionally. For example,
With tragic frequency, parents have been sharing with me traumatic experiences with prior sleep consultants. Typically, what has happened is that parents were hooked by an approach that was marketed as “gentle” and turned out to be anything but. When seeking out help, parents were misled by the words “gentle”,
Valerie Groysman, M.S.W., R.S.W. is mom of two boys (toddler and baby), a Registered Social Worker (Ontario, Canada - only) and Certified Baby-Led Sleep and Well-being Specialist.
She is the Founder of Talkin' Sleep which provides effective personalized sleep solutions based on your baby's biology and your family's values.
Valerie helps babies, toddlers, children and families get the sleep they need without compromising what's best for their child. All recommendations and information is based on biologically normal infant sleep, attachment science and a holistic understanding of the unique needs of each baby, parent and family.
Valerie does not use sleep training or crying it out methods to support families to get sleep.
