Nite Nite Baby, Pediatric Sleep Consulting

04/15/2026

He just ate…
so why is he awake again?

If you’re breastfeeding and up every 45–60 minutes at night…
this is where things start to click.

Most parents think they have a “bad sleeper.”

What I see as a pediatric sleep consultant is something very different:

Baby falls asleep while feeding → doesn’t get a full feed → wakes up still hungry → repeat all night.

And here’s the part almost no one explains…

This pattern usually starts in the first couple weeks of breastfeeding.

Because milk supply isn’t random — it’s built.

Every feed early on is literally programming your body’s ability to produce milk long-term.

Which directly impacts whether your baby is actually getting full feeds…
and that impacts sleep.

That’s why I partnered with Grace Zanolli (PA-C, CLC, and mom of 3).

She’s breaking down exactly how supply is established in those early weeks — from both a clinical and real-life perspective.

And I’m connecting it to what we see on the sleep side every single day.

🎥 Free Live Workshop
April 22 | 8:30 PM CST

If you’re in the newborn stage right now… this is something you want to understand early.

👉 Comment “WORKSHOP” and I’ll send you the details
👉 Or register with the link in my bio

04/13/2026

If your baby is waking frequently at night, there’s a strong chance it’s not just about sleep.

It’s often tied to feeding patterns, milk intake, and what’s happening in the early weeks.

This is one of the biggest gaps I see with families—parents are trying to fix sleep without ever being taught how feeding and milk supply directly influence it.

So I’m hosting a free workshop to break this down clearly.

I’ll be joined by Grace Zanolli (PA-C, CLC), and together we’ll walk through:

• How early breastfeeding impacts long-term milk supply
• Why hunger is a major driver of night waking
• How milk intake influences infant sleep patterns
• What’s actually normal in the newborn stage

This is foundational. When this piece is off, sleep struggles tend to follow.

🗓 April 22
⏰ 8:30 PM CST
💻 Live virtual workshop (registration required)
🎟 Free

👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/MNo3K1uVtpb4WjRp8

If you’re expecting or in the early weeks postpartum, this will give you clarity most parents don’t get until much later.

04/10/2026

📣 Workshop 2 of the Collaborative Care Sleep & Development Workshop Series is officially here — and I am SO excited about this one. 🌙

For those new to the page: this is an ongoing series where I partner with leading experts across maternal health, lactation, and infant development to give families the full, connected picture on infant sleep. Because your baby's sleep is connected to so much more than a bedtime routine — and you deserve answers that reflect that.

Workshop 1 was incredible. Workshop 2 is going to be even better.

I'm partnering with Grace Zanolli, PA-C, CLC — Physician Assistant, Certified Lactation Counselor, and founder of Expecting With Grace — for a conversation every new and expecting parent needs to hear:

🌙 Breastfeeding, Milk Supply & Infant Sleep: How Early Feeding Impacts Night Waking
📅 April 22, 2026
🕗 8:30 PM CST
💻 Live Virtual Workshop
🎟 Completely FREE — spots are limited!

We're covering:
✅ Why hunger is one of the biggest drivers of infant night waking
✅ How the early weeks of breastfeeding build your long-term milk supply
✅ How milk intake directly influences your baby's sleep patterns
✅ Why strong supply now creates better sleep foundations for months to come

Missed Workshop 1? No worries — jump in here. Each workshop stands on its own.

Registration is free. Spots are limited.

👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/mjL8KDTqz7dtaXSr9

Drop a 🌙 in the comments if you're signing up — and SHARE this with every new or expecting mama in your life. This is the conversation nobody is having — and we're having it live.

03/28/2026

I didn’t struggle with sleep routines. I struggled with feeling like my baby might not be safe if I wasn’t watching her.

This was our normal.

Monitors.
Machines.
Alarms I learned to listen to even when I tried to sleep.

For 59 days, I watched her this way.

So when we came home…
people talking about “sleep habits” felt completely disconnected from reality.

Because for me, sleep wasn’t about schedules.

It was about:

👉 “Is she okay?”
👉 “Am I going to miss something?”
👉 “What if the G-tube gets ripped out while she’s asleep?”
👉 “What if she stops breathing?”

And that doesn’t just turn off when you leave the hospital.

It follows you home.

And here’s the part no one explains well:

At certain ages, your baby does rely on you for regulation.
That’s normal.

But staying stuck there forever?

That’s where exhaustion takes over.

So when your baby only sleeps on you…
or next to you…
or needs you constantly overnight—

It’s not just a habit.

It feels like the safest option.

And no one really talks about that part.

They just tell you what your baby should be doing…

without explaining how sleep actually evolves.

Or how to move forward without feeling like you’re doing something wrong.

Here’s what I want you to know:

You’re not doing anything wrong.

And you don’t have to stay stuck in survival mode to keep your baby safe.

At any age, you can start building sleep in a way that feels:

✔ Safe
✔ Structured
✔ Supportive

Not forced. Not extreme. Not overwhelming.

Just clear.

—

If your nights feel like this, I understand it on a level most people don’t.

Message me “SLEEP” and I’ll walk you through what this could look like for your baby.

03/28/2026

If your baby only sleeps when you’re holding them…
and wakes the second you put them down…

This is one of the most exhausting cycles to be in.

And most parents think:
“I must be doing something wrong”
or
“My baby just isn’t a good sleeper”

But what’s actually happening is much simpler:

👉 Your baby hasn’t learned how to fall asleep without that support yet

So when they wake up overnight (which is normal),
they’re looking for the same help they had at the beginning of the night.

That’s why it feels like you’re doing the same thing over and over… all night long.

This is one of the most common patterns I help families shift —
especially parents who are trying so hard to be responsive and do the right thing.

And it can change.

If you want to understand how I’d approach this for your baby specifically,
send me a DM and I’ll walk you through what support looks like.

03/23/2026

If your baby is waking multiple times a night or only staying asleep when feeding… this isn’t random.

This is one of the most common patterns I work through with families — especially when it feels like you’ve tried everything and sleep still isn’t improving.

Most parents are told to focus on wake windows or routines.

But what’s often getting missed is this:

👉 how your baby is feeding during the day
👉 how they’re getting to sleep at night
👉 and how those two things are directly connected

When those pieces aren’t aligned, it shows up as:

-frequent overnight wake-ups

-short stretches of sleep

-relying on feeding to fall back to sleep every time

And no matter how much you tweak the schedule… it doesn’t fully resolve.

That’s exactly why we built the Collaborative Care Sleep and Development Workshop series.

The 1st workshop in our series is:

✨Feeding Foundations & Sleep: How Lactation, Intake, And Feeding Patterns influence Infant Rest

📅 March 24
⏰ 8:30 PM CST
💻 Live Virtual (join from anywhere)

Inside this workshop, we're going to walk you through:
✔️ what’s actually driving night wakings
✔️ why feeding and sleep are so closely connected
✔️ the patterns that keep babies stuck
✔️ what needs to shift to get longer, more restful stretches

This is especially relevant if your baby:
• wakes frequently overnight
• relies on feeding to fall asleep
• struggles to stay asleep independently
• feels stuck in short sleep cycles

🎟️ Free to attend — registration required
👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/XcHeoJK3YVqYqDSC7

This is happening in 2 days — and we're going to be breaking this down in a way most parents haven’t been shown before.

If you’re in it right now, there is a reason — and there are ways to shift it.

03/18/2026

One thing I see often when families reach out for sleep support is this:

Parents are doing everything they’ve been told to do.

Wake windows.
Bedtime routines.
Advice from sleep groups.
All the tips from Google & ChatGPT..
.yet their baby is still waking constantly overnight.

At that point many parents start wondering if their baby is just “not a good sleeper”… or if they’re doing something wrong.

Most of the time, neither of those things are true.

Sleep rarely exists in isolation.

Many times feeding patterns, intake, and/or nervous system regulation are influencing sleep in ways parents haven’t been told about.

That’s exactly why I’m hosting a workshop on Tuesday, March 24th with lactation expert Michelle Fassell, IBCLC, where we’ll be talking about the connection between feeding foundations, regulation, and infant sleep.

If you’ve ever wondered whether feeding or nervous system regulation might be influencing your baby’s sleep, this conversation will be incredibly helpful to get you and your family sleeping better.

🗓 March 24
⏰ 8:30 PM CST
💻 Live Virtual Workshop

Registration is free, but required.

You can reserve your spot here:
https://forms.gle/uG3Lw2QmFPVVoPd59

And if this resonates with you, please share this with another parent who might find it helpful.

Join us for a live expert workshop exploring the powerful connection between infant feeding patterns, nervous system regulation, and healthy sleep. This session is part of the Collaborative Care Sleep & Development Workshop Series, hosted by Kenyon Gatlin, Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and Fo...

03/17/2026

One thing I see often when families reach out for sleep support is that they focus almost entirely on sleep routines, wake windows, and schedules.

Those things absolutely matter.

But sometimes there are other pieces influencing sleep that parents haven’t been told about.

Feeding patterns, nervous system regulation, and developmental stages can all influence how babies sleep.

Sleep rarely exists in isolation.

That’s exactly why I’m hosting a workshop on March 24 where I’ll be joined by lactation expert Michelle Fassell, IBCLC to talk about the connection between feeding foundations and infant sleep.

If you’ve ever wondered whether feeding might be influencing your baby’s sleep, this conversation will be incredibly helpful.

The workshop is free and live.

You can register here:
https://forms.gle/uG3Lw2QmFPVVoPd59

Feel free to share this with a parent who might find it helpful.

03/11/2026

One thing I see parents misunderstand about baby sleep is how quickly patterns form.

Babies are incredibly adaptable. If they consistently fall asleep with rocking, feeding, bouncing, or a parent lying next to them, their brain begins to expect those same conditions every time they wake between sleep cycles.

And because babies cycle through sleep frequently overnight, that pattern can lead to repeated wakings throughout the night.

Parents often assume something is wrong with their child’s sleep.

In reality, it’s usually just a sleep pattern that developed over time.

When the way a baby falls asleep at the start of the night changes, the rest of the night often begins to change with it.

This is something I see play out with families again and again.

— Kenyon Gatlin
Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant
Founder, Nite Nite Baby

03/11/2026

A lot of parents believe they have to wait until their child is much older before sleep can improve.

So they power through months of broken nights hoping things will eventually fix themselves on their own.

Sometimes they do.

But very often the same patterns continue — just in a bigger baby or toddler.

The truth is that healthy sleep habits can begin much earlier than most parents realize.

And when those foundations are built early, everything becomes easier.

Bedtime becomes calmer.
Nights become more predictable.
Parents finally get the rest they desperately need.

One of the most common things parents say after working with me is:

“I wish we had done this sooner.”

In many cases, the solution is much simpler than parents expect.

I support families virtually here in Houston and internationally. Many of the parents I work with thought they just had to “wait it out, until it got better.”

If sleep in your home feels exhausting right now, you don’t have to keep guessing your way through it.

Send me a message if you'd like to talk through what you're experiencing.

03/11/2026

One of the most common things I hear from families when they first reach out is:

"I don’t think my baby is capable of sleeping through the night. They are so stubborn."

Recently I worked with a family who felt exactly this way. Their baby had been waking constantly overnight and everyone in the house was exhausted.

Within the first couple of days of working together, things started shifting dramatically.

Night wakings dropped, bedtime became calmer, and the entire household started getting real sleep again.

Here’s what mom shared afterward:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Working with Kenyon completely changed our nights. Our baby went from waking 5-9 times a night to sleeping through the night, BY NIGHT 3. I wish we had done this sooner.”

Watching families go from completely sleep deprived to confident again is one of the most rewarding parts of this work.

— Kenyon Gatlin
Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant
Founder, Nite Nite Baby

03/10/2026

If your baby wakes every 45–90 minutes overnight…

There’s usually a very specific reason for that.

Many babies learn to fall asleep with a lot of assistance — rocking, feeding, bouncing, or a parent staying close. When they wake between sleep cycles overnight, they naturally look for that same help again.

Nothing is “wrong” with the baby.

It’s simply a sleep pattern that developed over time.

This is one of the most common patterns I see when families reach out for help.

Once that pattern shifts and babies learn how to fall asleep more independently at the beginning of the night, sleep often improves much faster than parents expect.

— Kenyon Gatlin
Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant
Founder, Nite Nite Baby