helpingbabiessleep

04/09/2025

🌟🌟 Last call for postpartum doulas who want to become certified in The Helping Babies Sleep Method.
Class starts next week!

26/04/2025

As I continue to evolve my mentorship to postpartum doulas inside of The Helping Babies Sleep Method Certification program where I teach pods how to implement gentle never sleep shaping to avoid common sleep pitfalls people think are normal , I thought it was important to become certified as a Doulas and newborn care specialist. Thank you to for the thorough and efficient training program. All online at my own time with fast assessments to keep me focused and on track. Stay tuned for some future collabs!

13/03/2025

I've had so much interest in The Helping Babies Sleep Method Certification Program that I'm putting on a 7 day mini class on Instagram Live!
Here's the schedule below.
✨ Click the link here and then follow me to get notified next week when lives happen at 11 am PST. Schedule below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJQso9p942/
Comment -'YES" if you want me to DM you the link.

10/03/2025

🤩🤩 I’m looking for 10 professional doulas with good energy who are interested in expanding their skills and making an even greater impact for their families by adding sleep shaping and sleep troubleshooting to their tool box.

04/02/2025

💤💤 Hey there Special Needs Moms!
I've been coaching parents on feeding and sleeping for 11+ years at The Helping Babies Sleep and Parenting Group.
I've recently added a team member to help parents with sleep in the special needs population. My team member, Laurie Glickman, MSW has 20 years experience as an early childhood interventionalist and training as a sleep consultant.

She works with parents in a 4 week engagement to help improve sleep for kids with autism, ADHD and sensory processing disorder up to age 8 years of age.

She also does some parent coaching for parents in this population.

If you need help getting more sleep please check us out and book a 20 min call with me to evaluate if we're a good fit for your situation. We want you to be well-rested and supported.

Get expert sleep coaching for children with special needs, including autism and ADHD. Tailored strategies to help your family thrive. Schedule your discovery call today!

25/12/2024

Grateful for my family who make each day more meaningful. Relationships are the most important thing.

12/09/2024

Where are my Googlers and Spooglers at?

I'm so grateful to be asked to speak at Google again! Last time I spoke we were in the midst of Covid.

I'll be speaking at Google next Tuesday afternoon!

So if you have any friends that work there have them tune into to their parenting resources or message me for more information!

21/08/2024

Looking for solid evidence, research studies and a pediatric sleep researcher to explain this all to you?

This article has all that and Leading pediatric sleep researcher Dr. Jodi Mindell helps make sense of the false claims and data “against” sleep training.

https://pudding.cool/2024/07/sleep-training/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1sBFIZEhzua6RxrTg46uSrF7Uob0wzE2NRBi09uLV2U6ycDV7lKSSc898_aem_WRD_T9MWrI9JQPRaM9PQUg

Misinformation and facts behind the internet’s most polarizing parenting debate.

04/06/2024

11/03/2024

If you know me you know I’m passionate about sleep. Thought I’d share this helpful info graphic but thr National Sleep Foundation on sleep needs by age. What a wonderful world it would be if we all got more sleep. She said on the day after daylight savings time 😜

03/01/2024

Hello 2024 and new friends here!
Hey friends, it’s been a minute. I wanted to take a moment and say hey! I’m Dr. Sarah Mitchell. I’m a chiropractor by training but found my passion empowering parents to teach their little ones to sleep and parent confidently day and night! I’m a baby sleep expert, lactation counselor and overall parent coach.
I’ve been teaching parents for over 10 years! I can’t believe it. My oldest turned 13 yesterday and he was my inspiration for this service and for my bestselling book on Amazon, The Helping Babies Sleep Method; The Art and Science of Teaching Your Baby to Sleep. With my healthcare background I felt like I should just “know” what to do when it came to parenting, but good god, it didn’t work out that way. I found myself in a sleep abyss and was cranky, frustrated and only wanting the very best for my child - conflicting emotions of it being the BEST journey and the WORST at the same time. So I went to work researching baby sleep science and behavior to develop a methodology to work for my family.
What I’m for:
Helping children (and humans) feel safe and secure
Listening and asking thoughtful questions
Curiosity
Growth
Adventure (parenting is the biggest of them all)
Respect
Affirmations and mindset (You can hear my sleep teaching affirmations on the app or in my book)
What I’m over:
Rigid sleep schedules
Implementing plans without understanding WHY
Defensiveness
Fear of the unknown
Waking babies at 2 hours, just because
People come to me for sleep help but they leave with greater parenting confidence. This is a journey and we’re all doing the best we can and I’m so grateful to be able to support you on your big adventure.

03/11/2023

Are you using white noise all night long? Might be time to reconsider.

In November 2023 the American Academy of pediatrics, issued a policy statement about pediatric use of white noise.

“ Infant sleep, machines produced sounds in the location where the infant sleeps to soothe the infant and mask other noises. Several studies show potential benefits and ease in falling asleep, decrease in crying, and increasing pain threshold.

One study of 14 sound machines, however, raised concerns that sound levels of three machines exceeded occupational limits, and that hearing damage could occur if machines were played for more than eight hours.

If sound machines are used, it may be safer to

✨locate them as far away as possible from the infant,

✨set the volume as low as possible, and

✨limit duration of use. “

These suggestions are based unlimited data on how processing white noise for the in the pediatric brain may impact development.

12 years ago when my kids were babies, we didn’t play white noise all night long. It was a tool to help minimize distractions when falling asleep.

Let’s go back to that.

What questions do you have about white noise use?