About Me
Hi, I’m Clare! I’m a pediatric sleep consultant in the Ponte Vedra and surrounding northeast Florida area. I got into this career because I NEEDED SLEEP!
My first born was not a good sleeper in any way shape or form. Of course, this was my first child, and to a degree I thought this was somewhat normal, and something you just dealt with. He was, and still is, an active little boy, always getting into everything. I remember being pregnant with him and having a frank conversation with one of my best friends, basically asking: “How am I going to do this whole motherhood thing? How am I going to deal with the lack of sleep? Like, you don’t get it, I’m a person who needs their sleep!” While this may sound trivial, at the time it was a real concern of mine.
My husband and I differed greatly on what kind of methods to help him. At the time, there only seemed to be two methods around sleep: Cry It Out, or attachment parenting, where you co-sleep and adhere to every need of the child. While the latter was not working, I could not wrap my mind around leaving my child in a room to cry while I just sat there!
Fast-forward five years later, now our daughter was on the way, and we knew we needed to do something different in the sleep department. Sure, she was overall more laid back and easy-going than our son. Even in her first few months, she slept surprisingly well. But as she got older, habits started to creep in, these same habits we had seen with our son. And as most of us can attest to, the passing of time does not make a situation any easier.
