Newborn Sleep Support
Personalized sleep support from birth through 4 months
You don't need to figure out newborn sleep as you go.
Newborn Sleep Support gives you personalized guidance from before your baby arrives through the first four months—so you understand what's normal, know what to work on, and have someone to come back to as your baby's sleep changes.
3 private sessions + support between sessions
Know what to do from the beginning
There is an overwhelming amount of advice about newborn sleep.
Wake windows. Feeding schedules. Contact naps. Putting your baby down awake. Bedtime routines. Sleeping through the night.
The hard part is knowing what actually matters for your baby right now.
We'll work together over your baby's first four months so you aren't starting over every time their sleep changes.
You'll learn how to:
Build a flexible daily rhythm around feeding, awake time and naps
Understand when your baby is ready for sleep
Support full daytime feeds and longer stretches of nighttime sleep
Navigate short naps and frequent night waking
Help your baby settle and gradually develop more independent sleep
Know when to step in and when to give your baby an opportunity to settle
Adjust sleep as your baby grows and their needs change
Know what's developmentally normal—and what may actually need attention
No rigid schedules. No expectation that a newborn should sleep perfectly.
Just a clear understanding of what to do next.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Start before baby arrives
Prenatal Sleep Session
Before your baby arrives, we'll talk through what newborn sleep actually looks like and what you can do from the beginning.
We'll cover feeding and sleep, day/night rhythms, naps, awake time, settling, nighttime sleep and the early habits that are actually worth your attention.
You'll go into those first weeks with a plan instead of trying to learn newborn sleep while you're already exhausted.
2. Adjust once you know your baby
Early Newborn Follow-Up
Now we're working with your baby—not a hypothetical one.
We'll look at what's actually happening with feeding, naps, awake time, settling and nighttime sleep.
We'll troubleshoot what's difficult and adjust your baby's rhythm based on their age, development and what you're seeing at home.
3. Build toward the months ahead
3–4 Month Follow-Up
Sleep changes considerably during the first four months.
We'll revisit your baby's daytime rhythm, naps, bedtime, nighttime sleep and how they're falling asleep.
We'll also talk about what comes next so you understand how to continue supporting sleep as it matures.
And you can ask questions in between.
Because the question you have at 10 weeks probably won't be the question you had at 3 weeks.
You'll have email access to me between sessions for questions and troubleshooting as your baby's sleep changes.
You'll also receive:
Newborn Sleep Guide
A concise reference for the things you don't want to have to remember.
Age-Based Sleep Rhythms
Examples of how feeding, naps and awake time can fit together at different stages.
Personalized Recommendations
Specific next steps based on your baby—not a generic schedule.
What are we working toward?
Not perfect newborn sleep.
We're gradually helping your baby develop the building blocks for healthy sleep:
More predictable days.
Full feeds and appropriate daytime intake.
A clearer distinction between day and night.
Longer stretches of nighttime sleep.
Age-appropriate naps and awake time.
And, when developmentally appropriate, more ability to fall asleep without as much help.
The first four months are a period of enormous sleep development.
You don't need to rush it.
But you also don't have to wait and hope sleep eventually figures itself out.
Newborn Sleep Support may be a good fit if you:
Are expecting a baby and want to understand newborn sleep before you're in the middle of it.
Have a baby under 4 months and want personalized help with feeding and sleep, naps, night waking, settling or your daily rhythm.
Want structure without rigidity. You'd like a good idea of what your day could look like without organizing your entire life around a schedule.
Don't want to piece together sleep advice online. You want to know what's relevant to your baby and what you can safely ignore.
Want ongoing support. You'd rather have someone who already knows your family to come back to when sleep changes.
Is this right for me?
Newborn Sleep Support
Personalized support from birth through 4 months
You'll receive:
3 private sleep sessions
Prenatal + two follow-up sessions
Email support between sessions
Newborn Sleep Guide
Age-based sleep rhythms
Personalized recommendations throughout the first four months
$1,200
Meet Shantha
I'm Dr. Shantha Gowda, a clinical health psychologist and board-certified specialist in Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
I've spent my career helping people sleep better. And as a mom of two, I also know how different sleep advice feels when you're the one standing in a dark room wondering what to do next.
My approach is evidence-based, practical and flexible.
I want you to understand your baby's sleep—not memorize a hundred rules about it.
My goal isn't for you to need a sleep expert forever.
It's for you to feel increasingly capable of looking at what's happening with your baby's sleep and knowing what to do next.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ideally, we’ll have our first session before your baby arrives. This gives you a chance to understand newborn sleep and have a plan in place before you’re trying to figure it out while caring for a newborn.
Your next two sessions are spaced throughout the first four months based on when support will be most useful for you and your baby.
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Yes. If your baby is under 4 months, we can use all three sessions during the newborn period and tailor our time together to your baby’s age and what’s happening with sleep right now.
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No. Newborn Sleep Support is not a sleep-training program.
The first four months are a period of rapid development, and our approach changes along with your baby. We’ll focus on age-appropriate ways to support feeding, sleep, daily rhythms and settling while gradually building a strong foundation for sleep.
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They don't need one.
Most families start during pregnancy specifically because they want to understand newborn sleep before problems arise. We’ll talk about what’s normal, what matters at each stage, and how to respond as your baby’s sleep changes.
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I'll give you age-appropriate examples and personalized recommendations, but I don't expect newborns—or parents—to live by a rigid schedule.
We'll use feeding, awake time, naps and your baby's individual patterns to create a rhythm that gives you some structure while still allowing for real life.
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I can't guarantee exactly when any individual baby will sleep through the night—babies have a way of making guarantees like that a bad idea.
That said, most families I work with have babies sleeping through the night by 4 months, and often earlier.
We'll actively work toward longer, more consolidated nighttime sleep by supporting the things that help it develop: adequate daytime feeding, age-appropriate awake time and naps, day/night rhythms, settling skills and healthy sleep habits.
The goal isn't to force sleep before your baby is developmentally ready. It's to make sure we're doing the things that give them the best opportunity to get there.
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We'll actively work toward longer, more consolidated nighttime sleep by supporting the things that help it develop: adequate daytime feeding, age-appropriate awake time and naps, day/night rhythms, settling skills and healthy sleep habits.
The goal isn't to force sleep before your baby is developmentally ready. It's to make sure we're doing the things that give them the best opportunity to get there.