Our bundles of joy arrive in the world with two certainties – a main course of love and a side dish of sleepless nights.
A lack of sleep is common for parents of babies and toddlers, but it’s not the rule. The right baby sleep consultant can help parents navigate some of the most common sleep challenges, including; waking through the night, catnapping, inability to self-settle, struggles with daily routines and age-related sleep regressions and learning how to sleep through the night.
If any of these sound familiar, it might be time to call on the services of a trained Baby Sleep Consultant in Sydney. My Newborn’s tried and tested Gentle Baby Sleep Programs will help you and your baby get the sleep you deserve.
Hi, I’m Jennifer, My Newborn’s Baby Sleep Consultant based in Sydney, Australia. I’m a Professionally Trained Maternity and Child Sleep Consultant, Maternity Nurse, Birth and Post-Natal Doula, Nanny and Night Nanny. I have over 17 years experience of dispensing baby sleep dust to families all over the world.
My greatest motivation is knowing that I can help babies at the most important time in their lives by offering them the essential tools for mind and body development – sleep!
When we work together, you will learn gentle sleep training techniques to teach your baby how to self-settle and learn how to love sleep. When you engage with a qualified, private baby sleep specialist, you will receive the best baby sleep training program suited to you and your baby’s unique needs, so your whole family starts sleeping again.
All of My Newborn’s baby sleep programs come with: A holistic assessment, a personalised sleep plan, in-home hours based off the selected program, over the phone consultation and three weeks of after support.
Ready to consult with a professional Baby Sleep Consultant in Sydney? Book a Baby Sleep Program by filling in the questionnaire and I will be in touch for a free phone consultation.
Jen is worth every cent (and the rest!). Our baby was never a good sleeper. When he was really little he never wanted us to put him down, so we spent most of his first 3 months holding him.
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At this point, we are telling every parent that we know about Jen’s sleep program. We booked the 2 night program and couldn’t be happier with the results.
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I cannot sing enough praise for Jen and how life changing her sleep coaching was for our baby. We live quite a few hours out of Sydney, so finding a private sleep consultant that would come to us wasn’t easy.
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We booked the Evening Program and within a week Jen had our 12 month old go from waking and nursing 4 x a night to sleeping through the night.
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If you are looking for a baby sleep coach, Jen is your lady. Before Jen, we tried many different sleep training methods on our own without success.
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Words cannot express how grateful we are that Jen came into our lives. At 6 months old, our baby was waking up 6-7 times a night, taking hours to get to sleep with rocking and feeding..
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Jen is AMAZING!! I came to Jen when my newborn was only 8 weeks old, and I was exhausted, had no routine with her, she was unpredictable day and night and I was losing my confidence fast.
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After having little success with other sleep consultant’s, Jenn has helped put both my kids into a good sleeping routine. The only regret was not finding Jenn sooner.
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My baby is 6 months old, and an absolute nightmare at sleeping. He would only sleep for 30 minutes at a time during the day and only 45 minutes per sleep anytime after midnight
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Actual real life Mary Poppins/sleep fairy! We spent six months trying EVERY-THING to get our baby to sleep. She woke every 20-40 minutes.
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Working with Jennifer has been nothing short of amazing. I found her when I had reached the end of my rope. I was so tired and even though Liam is our 6th baby, we had never experienced the nursing to sleep association.
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I couldn’t recommend Jenn highly enough! She has been an absolute saviour for our new family. She has a wealth of experience that filled myself and my husband with every confidence.
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I’ve gone through 5 different private sleep consultants, did the Karitane overnight stays, read Gina Ford/Tazzie Hall book, you name it! Jenn is by far the best sleep consultant I’ve come across!
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As a Baby Sleep Consultant, I offer families personalised and holistic baby sleep programs that facilitate a more desirable set of sleeping habits for any baby or child aged 0-5.
I am professionally trained with over 17 years of experience in the field. I have trialled and studied all the major sleep training methods to formulate a systematic sleep and support program that has an extremely high success rate.
Not every family has the same idea around how they choose to parent and no two babies are the same, therefore each sleep program is personalised based on your baby’s history, health, personality, temperament, habits, stage of development, as well as the parenting philosophy you wish to maintain.
After analysing your individual situation, I come back to you with a personalised plan to improve your little ones overall sleep. I prefer to use gentle/reassuring settling techniques and offer a holistic approach when analysing each case.
Once a method has been chosen, I then provide you with bespoke instructions and carefully guide you through the changes needed to teach your little one how to sleep through the night. The support element of my programs are crucial to success, and I can guide you step-by-step, day-by-day and nap-by-nap.
I will be right there with you over the support period (which is three weeks) until your baby is sleeping through the night and/or taking longer naps throughout the day.
I worked as a full-time nanny for many years in Australia before moving to London to study Maternity Nursing. I spent 13 years working as a private Maternity Nurse in homes all over the world.
Families hired me for the first few months of their baby’s life and I taught the parents everything they needed to know about caring for their little loves. These contracts would range from one week to a full 6 months+ in that particular family’s home. At the very beginning of my career, I worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hours upon hours, upon hours of learning about how baby’s sleep. It was these intense 24hour live-in arrangements that gave me a phenomenal amount of experience that would ultimately lead me becoming a confident Baby Sleep Consultant.
I travelled from family to family, country to country, clocking up invaluable round the clock day and night baby experience. During this time, I helped hundreds of families (thousands to date) and began to see close similarities in a newborn’s sleep patterns. I became obsessed with logging sleep data on each baby I lived with. Over these years, I studied and researched Children’s Sleep Physiology, Qualified as a Maternity and Child Sleep Consultant, and became a Birth and Postnatal Doula.
I had a strong passion for this career and quickly realised I had a valuable skill set in teaching babies how to sleep through the night in the shortest amount of time (usually within the first 4 months).
I would get calls and emails from families located all around the world asking me “can you teach My Newborn how to sleep?”. It was then, My Newborn, was born!
If you do a quick google search, you will find thousands of websites that can help teach your baby how to sleep. There are sleep blogs, articles, support groups, social media posts, baby sleep consultants and even many courses for you to train how to become a baby sleep consultant. The one thing in common to all these resources is that regardless of your baby’s age, there are sleep solutions to teach your little ones how to sleep through the night.
When it comes to baby sleep consultants, there are certified baby sleep consultants and not. I am certified with the most in-depth sleep certification programe available on the market.
As well as being a professionally trained Baby Sleep Consultant, my biggest point of differentiation is my time living-in with hundreds of families around the world in constantly changing environments. This enabled me to understand different family dynamics, in particular how to read temperaments and personalities of different babies, whilst giving me the time to practise each of my previously studied sleep training methods.
Put simply, I firmly believe there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach. This has been a fundamental principle of mine from the beginning and something that has constantly stood the test of time. To achieve success with your baby’s sleep, the first step requires me to get a thorough understanding of your little one and their current habits that could be impacting their sleep.
Taking a detailed account of your baby’s unique behavioural patterns alongside closely adopting your parenting philosophy, I will devise a bespoke sleep training plan with simple to follow step by step instructions. The key to lasting success with your baby’s sleep is to implement the steps I provide.
In addition to mentoring and working closely with you on each step, my programs also come with support for a further 3 weeks to ensure these steps are implemented most effectively. The support includes logs for you to fill in to keep me regularly updated and be able to monitor the progress as well as help you fine-tune the techniques until we get your baby sleeping through the night.
Nearly all healthy babies are physiologically capable of sleeping through the night (i.e. 10-12 hours) without assistance by the age of 6 months. If best practices are implemented early on, some baby’s can sleep successfully a little earlier in months 4 or 5. *some smaller babies still need to be fed during the night.
Each family’s situation is unique so the baby’s sleep learning process can vary. However, I can confidently say that there are quick wins early on when my recommendations are implemented correctly. Most families see improvements with within the first two weeks.
The two main factors to your baby’s sleeping success:
The traditional Cry it Out and Extinction Method (where you leave your baby alone without responding) is not part of my philosophy. I strongly believe that you should not leave your baby to cry for prolonged periods on their own, as you need to be there at regular moments to comfort and encourage them during the implementation of their new sleeping routine.
However, when you have a willful baby who has developed a negative sleep habit over a long period of time (sometimes their whole life), they will generally cry and protest when making changes to improve their sleeping habits. This period of change generally only lasts a couple of days- just until your little one learns the new way of falling asleep. I will never ask you to leave your baby to cry for extended periods of time, if that is not something you are not comfortable with. Before embarking on any baby sleep program, it is important to understand the process for each method and this is where I will help you devise a plan that suits your family as a whole.
The benefit of working with an experienced and professionally trained Baby Sleep Consultant is, together we can develop a sleep plan that you feel comfortable adopting, while I educate, support and guide you throughout the process.
Once you have decided that you would like to proceed with an In-Home Baby Sleep Consultant Program, you will need to fill in the questionnaire. I will determine available dates that suit both parties and you will then be required to pay a 25% non-refundable deposit to secure the booking.
After payment has been received, I will make recommendations for you to work on before I arrive. These valuable sleeping tips will help set your baby up for better night and daytime sleeping, and could possibly make some improvements in your baby’s sleep even before the program starts.
When working with a Baby Sleep Consultant, the support element of any offered program is crucial to the sleeping success. I will be checking in on you and your baby’s progress through a logging system. Having close contact and support during this time is essential to get you through all the stages necessary to teach your baby how to sleep better. I will go above and beyond offering support to clients to ensure sleeping success, as I know that your success is also mine! (Phone Consultation excluded).
I am committed to improving your baby’s sleeping routine, however, success can only be achieved if you are equally committed as well. Your baby will be learning new ways of going to sleep and learning new habits takes time, patience, commitment and perseverance.
In order to achieve the best results possible, it is highly recommended that you avoid planning any holidays or nights away from home for two to three weeks during the implementation of the new sleep plan to maintain consistency in your baby’s environment.
At My Newborn – Baby Sleep Consulting, I guarantee to provide a professional and tailored service to every client. Achieving success is heavily dependent on the parents’ commitment to implementing the new routine as well as clear alignment on the goals we agree. If you follow my recommendations and remain consistent throughout the sleep training period, I guarantee an improvement in your baby’s sleep.
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Yes! My Baby Sleep Consultations have been delivered all over the world! I am available to assist international clients. I have travelled to 52 countries, helping sleep-deprived families and would be happy to fly to you. Please contact me to find out more.
There are two main reasons for avoiding or curing a sleep problem. The first is to protect the physical and emotional well-being of you and your whole family. If your baby is not sleeping, then either one or both parents will be sleep deprived.
The second reason for avoiding sleep deprivation is to further the child’s own physical and emotional well-being. Broken nights and the tiredness these produce will interfere with your baby’s mood, feeding routine and will ultimately affect his or her physical and psychological development.
If your baby and family are suffering from unnecessary wakes, it is important to take action soon. It never too late to start teaching healthy sleep habits to your baby. Just think, in less then a few weeks (sometimes sooner) your baby could be sleeping 8-12hrs at night. Contact your Baby Sleep Trainer now.
As your little one grows and develops, it can be tough keeping up with their sleep schedules and needs. Figuring out how long your child can stay awake before needing to sleep is just another one of those tricky additions for parents to wrap their head around. Getting the timing of your child’s sleep right can be the difference between having your little one drift
You have finally made the huge leap to start sleep training but what happens when the hard work you have put into making sleep a priority for your little one gets blown away by illness and teething? The good news is that babies who were sleeping at the right biological times, and the correct amount for their age, might have a better time tolerating illness
Jennifer is a qualified IMI Maternity and Child Sleep Consultant, Doula and MNT Maternity Nurse. These qualifications enable her to assist pregnant women with their sleep issues, support women during labour and the birthing process, guide parents during the postpartum period and educate families about their baby’s sleeping habits. Jennifer provides safe and gentle sleep training methods based on knowledge obtained during her studies, successful qualifications and 16+ years experience.
Jennifer has obtained her paediatric First Aid Training through KidZAid and is registered to work with babies and children in Australia and Europe. Techniques and methods used are all derived directly from her qualifications and from her many years of experience.
Jennifer’s advice does not replace the advice from your Doctor or Paediatrician, and her advice should not be relied upon as medical advice. For medical advice, you should always seek the advice from your medical practitioner. Therefore, you should consult with your health-care professional should you have any healthcare related questions or before embarking on a new sleep program. If a medical problem appears or persists, do not disregard or delay seeking medical advice from doctor. Accordingly, Jennifer expressly disclaims any liability, loss, damage, or injury caused by information provided to the client.
Jennifer will educate, support you and guide you through the sleep challenges needed to make change in your baby’s sleeping habits. As a Baby Sleep Consultant, Jennifer is not responsible for your application of the sleep solutions once the consultation has concluded. Once the sleep consultation has concluded it is the responsibility of the parent(s) to apply the agreed methods and solutions. Jennifer has an extremely high success rate, however, the success of Jennifer solutions is in the hands of the parents’ commitment & perseverance once the sleep consultation has ended; therefore Jennifer cannot make any guarantees of success. However, Jennifer will use her best endeavours to support you until the desired result has been achieved.
In-Home Cancellation Policy
To confirm any In-Home Program, the client will be required to pay a 25% non-refundable deposit to secure the booking. The remaining amount of the In-Home Program will be required to be paid on the day after Jennifer leaves your home. Any cancellations barring medical or other emergencies will forfeit the deposit. If you cancel less than 48 hours before the scheduled visit, the full amount will be required, unless Jennifer can backfill your place with someone on the waiting list.
If your baby is a little under the weather and does not have a temperature, the program can generally proceed as planned. If your baby is sick with a temperature or has been diagnosed with a medical condition by a doctor, the program will be postponed until your baby is better. A doctors certificate may be requested.
Remote Program/Phone Consultation
To confirm the Remote Program or Phone Consultation Jennifer will be required to be paid in full before sleep plans are constructed and the phone consultation takes place.
Remote Program Cancellation policy
The Remote Program and Phone Consultations are non-refundable after the start of sleep work (i.e. when any sleep advice has been delivered to the client via email, text, phone).
Acts of God or suspected medical conditions
If an act of God, such as a fire, flood, earthquake or other natural calamity shall cause you to cancel the sleep services, Jennifer will require payment only for the time actually spent sleep consulting.
If during the In Home program, Jennifer feels the consultation should cease due to an underlying or undisclosed medical condition, Jennifer will require payment only for the time actually spent in your home. In this case, to keep the situation fair on both parties, the hourly rate is reduced down from the normal sleep consulting fees (as per the program booked) and charged at $50ph.
Doctor’s appointment
Jennifer requests that every client has an appointment with their doctor to ensure their baby is developmentally on track and fit for sleep training. Written medical approval may be requested for certain circumstances.
Travel
Within 25km from Bondi Beach. An additional fee of $25ph travelled will be charged if travel is over 25kms.
As the client, you knowingly and voluntarily agree to waive and release Jennifer from any and all claims of liability or demands for compensation that you may acquire during the time working with Jennifer.
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