Hi I'm Joanna

My goal is to help sleep deprived parents. Why did I choose the path to become a certified sleep consultant? This is my story:

The most joyous event of my life, the birth of my son was followed almost immediately with a lot of learning on feeding and sleeping patterns. I had done a fair bit of reading, but nothing had prepared me for the continuous lack of sleep and the indecisiveness I felt as I attempted to get my son to sleep. As excited as I was to spend time with my baby, I also realized I spent a majority of the day ‘recovering’ from the lack of sleep. My husband and parents were a huge help, but the post-partum healing period, learning to breastfeed, etc. along with the challenges to sleep made the first few months arduous. 

In desperation, I read book after book during my feeding sessions to learn what I could to do improve my son’s sleep. I began following sleep consultants on Instagram and started to understand the various nuances of baby sleep. As I began to learn more, I noticed this was not as uncommon as I had originally understood. Friends who had babies around the same time as I, complained about the lack of sleep as well. I slowly started trouble shooting their problems for them from the knowledge I had gathered from the books. I was pleasantly surprised when some of my suggestions worked for them. 

Additionally, my son settled down into a predictable sleep schedule. I realized, with time, that helping moms and learning all I could about baby sleep was something I thoroughly enjoyed and would like to do it more often. I set out to complete my certification at the Institute of Pediatric Sleep and Parenting (IPSP)

As a baby and toddler sleep coach, I want to equip mamas (and dadas) with the tools to enjoy their baby and get the rest that they and their family deserve.