Virtual Holistic Sleep Support

You’ve googled sleep questions until your brain wants to explode! You’ve tried figuring it out on your own but there’s just so much conflicting information! You’re overwhelmed and exhausted. You want to find a path forward that feels right. 

• You know you desperately need to make a change. You don’t know how to do it, but you know how you want it done: gently and respectfully, keeping that strong bond of trust you have with your little one intact.

• Something’s gotta give because what you’re doing now is taking a toll. You need to find a balance that lets you respond without feeling quite so drained.

When you’re struggling with your child’s sleep patterns and don’t want to sleep train, it can feel as if there’s nowhere to turn for support.

Hi. I’m Kim Hawley,

A Holistic Sleep Coach, Lactation Consultant, and Peaceful Parenting Educator. 

I’ll Help You Figure Out What Package Is The Best Fit During Our Free, Family Sleep Intro Call.

Let’s work together to nurture your family’s optimal sleep!

If you know sleep training doesn’t feel right, or you tried it and it didn’t worked for you – you’re in good company. 

Many of my clients come to me thinking nothing will ever work for them.  They have often resisted sleep training for weeks or months but feel like everyone is pushing them toward it as the ONLY option.

I promise you – you don’t have to aggressively sleep-train your baby.  There is another way.  Read how things changed for my clients when we worked together:

 “We reached out to Kim initially because we really wanted to be responsive parents but after over a year of very sleepless nights, we were trying to figure out how to eventually guide our family gently to more quality sleep patterns and habits.

Kim was just wonderful. Not only did she help us understand that our instincts around responsive parenting were very much on point - something that can be so dissimilar from modern western culture - but she also laid the groundwork for creating better sleep routines and eventually longer sleep stretches for our little one.

 While we learned a ton during our work with her, what was most interesting was how her wisdom planted seeds that grew months later into confident transitions and actually better quality and lengthier sleep for the whole family. It wasn’t overnight but it was developmentally sound and respectful of our baby’s needs.

 In a world of sleep training and cry-it-out methods, Kim is a voice of responsive parenting reason and has the knowledge and studies to back up her guidance. 

 I am so grateful for our work together - it was totally worth it and we continue to come back to the concepts we learned with her. I think every family could benefit from working with her!”

-Joanna, mom of a younger toddler

“My husband and I felt near death two months into our toddler's sleep regression. He was waking up three to five times each night after a long trip out of town. Kim does not suggest the cry-it-out method, but instead recommends responsive parenting approaches. She advised an approach tailored to our son's character and developmental needs. She helped us bolster his confidence and connection with us, especially during our evening routine (pre-bedtime). Within two days he was sleeping better, and before long he was sleeping through the night. We worked with Kim for two months–the right amount of time for us, given where we were at and what we were struggling with. She was such an invaluable resource to us. I didn’t realize how much I needed some help–I only wish we found her a year earlier. If your child is having trouble sleeping, we highly recommend you get in touch with Kim.“

-Layla and Daniel

 “Working with Kim made me feel like I was working with a therapist, baby sleep expert, and friend all at the same time. She helped me and my family with our 10.5 month old’s sleep issues and helped ease my stress and anxiety so I could think rationally to work on longer term changes and improvements. Kim does not provide magic cures, because there are no magic cures for baby sleep. She provides a critical and objective set of ears to our sleep challenges and she offered up sustainable solutions to helping us achieve our sleep goals. I worked with Kim during a challenging sleep time and more than once emailed her in crisis in the middle of the night. Not only did she never judge me for these moments, but she was so fast to respond the next day and help calm my nerves with some things to try. Kim provided me with so many valuable insights: how to look at and approach sleep and schedules, how to have a mindset shift when things were not going well, and how my husband could be more involved with sleep (which the baby was not interested in at all). Now when we face challenges or come up with a new sleep goal, I use the tools, techniques, and frameworks that Kim taught me and they work! I felt so lost before meeting her and I am so incredibly thankful for our time together.” 

- Jackie, mom of a 10.5 month old

“As first time parents, we were really struggling with getting our newborn baby to sleep in the bassinet. We were having so many sleepless nights, both up around the clock, and were both beyond exhausted that it was getting very difficult to function well. We reached out to Kim to get support with getting a better system in place for getting better sleep. Kim was so helpful in providing education around a newborn’s sleep needs and the biological need for contact and responding to his cues. Also, as an exclusive pumper, it added another layer of challenge to develop a schedule and system for me to get a 4-5 hour decent stretch of sleep. Her approach really helped us understand how to safely meet his needs and develop a schedule so that we could all sleep better. She answered so many of our questions by providing 1:1 support around what is normal and to be expected at certain ages, as there is a lot of information out there and it’s difficult to navigate through. I felt like her approach really matched our perspective on being responsive to our baby’s biological needs for contact, bonding, and soothing and allowed us to understand how to best meet his sleep needs, while also taking care of us as well. Kim definitely made a positive impact as we navigated a difficult period during the “fourth trimester” phase to increase our confidence and understanding around our baby’s sleep needs. I would highly recommend working with her - she really made a big difference!”

-Nicole mom of a 12 week old baby

“My husband and I so desperately wanted our 6 month old to be an independent sleeper- to fall asleep on his own, stay asleep on his own, sleep at least hour long naps, and sleep through the night. It's what all the websites said he should be able to do at that age and friends with babies younger than our son were already doing these things. We never thought we would resort to cry-it out, but as so many new parents find themselves feeling exhausted, defeated and unsure what else to do, we tried it. It wasn't the quick fix so many books, websites, and even friends had described. After weeks of continued crying, our son was still struggling to fall asleep at night and waking a number of times; he was still a cat napper. And now, on top of feeling defeated, we felt guilty we had put our son through that. Sleep training had failed us.

With so many "sleep trainers" out there, we didn't know where to turn or who we could trust. Thankfully, a friend of a friend recommended Kim. After browsing Kim's website, we quickly realized her approach was the polar opposite of the experience we had just had. We were apprehensive, but after chatting with Kim during an initial consult, something just felt right. During our first call with Kim, she acknowledged our feelings around our pretty traumatizing experience with the cry-based sleep training without any judgment, and gave us the space to process the whole thing, something we hadn't even had a chance to do. Our time working with Kim was so valuable for our entire family. She was honest and realistic about goal setting, helped us to understand what's truly within age expectancy, shared research and articles, and was very comprehensive, noting the importance of not looking at our son simply through a "sleep lens." Her support was truly personalized, taking into consideration our son's temperament and even grandma's needs while she helped with naps. She was prompt and thorough in her responses to our many questions via email, and her scope was wide, offering information on sensory interplay with sleep and the breastfeeding relationship as well. 

Kim empowered us with both the knowledge and very practical tips that we needed to continue supporting our son with naps and nighttime sleep. She helped us feel good about still being "hands on" parents during this gradual process, finding patterns in our son's sleep, all the while respecting our desire to eventually move towards some independence in his sleep journey. “

-X, mom of a 6 month old baby who had recently sleep trained before reaching out to me

“As you’re well aware, there is plenty of information out there that makes parents/caregivers feel that they should be doing things that often don’t feel natural or intuitive. As new parents, it is challenging to know what is best for our family given the incredible volume of information claiming to be the true solution for baby sleep (among other thing). Your course was really very empowering for us and has helped us create a sleeping environment that works well for our family. It really makes us feel more confident in our ability to be the best parents for our daughter, and all by doing what comes naturally.”

“So much of the google-able questions about baby sleep seem to be based on strict schedules and narrow definitions of "acceptable" behavior.  It's crazy-making, and left me feeling guilty for my baby's "bad" sleep.  We called Kim twice--at our lowest moments when we were doubting ourselves the most.  She sympathized with how tired we were, assured us our baby was healthy and inside the wide range of normal, and generally calmed the storm we were in.  It was the grandmotherly-advice (and tough love lol) I wish we got from our families.”

-S, Mom of a wakeful little one

“I can’t recommend Kim highly enough for anyone who finds themselves in need of knowledge and support in improving sleep for their families. In working with Kim I never felt judged or criticized, I only felt supported and encouraged, and having the guidance of such a knowledgeable expert gave me so much more confidence in navigating the transitions we needed to make.”

— Mom of a toddler

“Everything with regards to nap and bedtimes has been going well. Talking to you really calmed a lot of my anxieties and all the recommendations have really helped.”

— C, mom of a toddler