so there’s this thing —
this false dichotomy
that either you sleep train or you wait it out.
you have options
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it's bullshit
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you have options • it's bullshit •
hi, i’m Kaitlin.
mama to two little girls and self-proclaimed child development geek, here to help you get more shut-eye .
it all began with a baby who
did.not.sleep.
Armed with a degree in developmental psychology and more than a decade of experience working with children under five, I went into motherhood feeling pretty confident. It didn’t take long before I was knocked off my high horse.
I had naively assumed babies just - slept - when they were tired, but ten months in and my baby was still fighting naps during the day and waking every hour at night. I thought I was going to loose my mind. I turned to the internet for answers, but all I found were two camps: cry it out (or some form of ‘gentle’ sleep training that still involved separation-based methods)… or wait until she outgrew it.
I couldn’t do either.
finding the happy middle.
I knew enough about attachment to know leaving my daughter unsupported wasn’t the best way to foster hers. I also knew we both needed more sleep and less stress. so I enrolled in a sleep certification (and then a breastfeeding course, and then another sleep certification - I geek out on this stuff!) so I could find a way to marry attachment, sleep, and nighttime feeding. Now, I’m here to help you do the same.
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MY EDUCATION
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MY BELIEF
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MY PROMISE
Everytime we respond to our baby, we are telling them “I am here, this is worth it.” And they internalize, “They are here, therefore, I must be worth it.”
— Jude Cassidy
THE inner circle