“Until he was a year old, Oscar would only nap at home, in my arms. When I put him in his cot (crib) (which he slept fine in overnight??), he’d never settle. I won’t lie, I LOVED those hours, cradling him! But I wanted him to be more independent, and I really needed some time each day when my shoulders could relax.

Enter the wonderful Meredith of Sweet Slumber who befriended me, immediately understood everything I said, guided me, gave me bags of confidence, never judged, soothed me when I cried, and filled a huge support/pastoral gap I had. 
Oscar now not only sleeps in his cot (crib), he also, as a result, sleeps better and longer at night. I trusted in her advice, and it steadily unfolded, just as she said it would. Yes, I paid her- so what, I needed her expertise. 

No, during our consultation, I didn’t admit to any friends that I’d engaged a sleep consultant. I worried people would think that meant I was inept (you know how Parents judge other Parents. What’s with that?), but she went above and beyond what I expected, and I would 100% recommend her to anyone. 

Here’s to everyone having their own Meredith at the end of the line 💕
Never mind the kids, it takes a village to make a mama!!” 
-Maya, mother of 17 month old Oscar

"Relief. That is what I felt when I came across a blog post about Sweet Slumber. I had finally found what I was looking for- someone to help me sort through all the sleep advice that is out there and get my kiddo back on track! However, I was still a bit skeptical. My 8 month old was pretty strong-willed/stubborn/stuck in his ways- whatever you want to call it! When I explained his sleeping to Meredith she responded, “I’m confident I can help you.” Again, I felt relief. The first day was rough, but by the second day he was able to put himself to sleep! A few days later he was sleeping in 6 hour stretches. That hadn’t happened since he was about 3 months old!

Then it hit. A bad cold followed by croup. I knew we had undone a lot of our hard work, but Meredith had taught us well and I was confident that when he was healthy again we’d get back on track- and we did. Again, relief.  It hasn’t been easy fixing our baby’s sleep, but it has been so worth it! If we hadn’t found Meredith I probably wouldn’t have followed through on a sleep plan. We’d still be waking up multiple times each night and I’d still be a zombie during the day. I am grateful for her insights, confidence, and cheerleading abilities!!" 
-Amanda, mother of 10 month old James

"Meredith is amazing to work with. She is personable, kind, patient, understanding, and very supportive. 

She was my lifeline during long nights and hard days. She was always available when I needed her, and always knew just what to say. Her suggestions helped us get through the many phases of sleep issues. 

I felt comforted to have her by my side, knowing that I could count on her to help us get through our sleep issues. 

I would highly recommend working with Meredith. She is a true professional and a lifesaver!"-Natasha, mother of 2 year old Asher

"Every night, I was glued to my daughter’s bedside for 30-90 minutes. It was taking a lot of convincing to get into bed and then I’d have to lay there on the floor next to her bed until she fell asleep. Then I’d need to slowly and quietly sneak out and hope I didn’t wake her. Overnight, she would regularly wake 1-3 times and need my intervention to get back to sleep. I thought this was all normal because I was used to it. We were also having some behavior issues with our daughter not listening to us and making demands constantly followed by tantrums. When Erin assured me that all of these issues could be helped with coaching, I bought in.

Meredith’s coaching made a huge difference pretty quickly. In just a few days, I no longer had to wait next to the bed for her to fall asleep. The coaching observations, tips and comprehensive, customized sleep strategy changed behavior and bed routines drastically over a few weeks. Our daughter was able to fall asleep calmly on her own after staying with her for just 5-10 minutes for story time and leaving her alone after. She was waking 0-1 times per night and actually getting herself back to sleep. We slowly got her to give up her pacifier entirely. And most importantly to me, we came up with discipline strategies to greatly reduce tantrums and quickly get her to calmly choose to comply.

Meredith’s coaching made our daily parenting a lot more calm and smooth. I definitely recommend Meredith’s coaching for any parents dealing with long sleep routines and/or behavioral issues with their infants or toddlers. I am so happy that my wife found her and got us signed up.” -Kyle, father of a 2 year old daughter 

"Meredith caught me during the worst months, especially with having a brand-new newborn and two toddlers who refused to sleep. We went from fighting for HOURS just to get my toddlers to NAP to them falling asleep within just a few minutes without me even being in their room (something I thought would NEVER happen!). I would fight and cry and fight and cry some more as I would work for hours to get them to fall asleep on their own in separate rooms, all while holding a newborn in the process. I was about to break in that season, that’s for sure.

 I’ve never ever been one for the cry it out method with my babies. My heart just absolutely cannot take that and her methods were just the opposite of that. She showed me how to do certain things that would leave my babies feeling so loved on, things that were very easy for me to do that ACTUALLY WORKED. Now, my babies are sleeping through MOST of our nights (they’ll waltz up into mamas room every now and then of course...), but overall they are doing SO much better thanks to Meredith guiding me through the process.

She encouraged me to do what I felt was best for my family and that she was there to help me meet MY goals. She made me feel so loved, so cared for and so confident in the way I was raising my babies! I would highly recommend her to absolutely ANYONE!! She was so much more than a sleep consultant. She became a sweet sweet friend! I will forever be thankful for her in my life during such a trying season!!!

Thank you Meredith for your beautiful heart for mamas, for their babies and for the Lord. You have been such a blessing to my life!! 💗💗💗”
-Ashleigh, mother of 3 young children

"Meredith helped my family when we were in crisis last summer. I was desperately in need of help at bedtime with my 3 year old son. It typically took 60-90 minutes to put him to bed and ended with both of us in tears. Sometimes we had to resort to holding him down to get him to lay still and calm down. It was awful. On top of that I had a colicky 2 month old daughter and postpartum depression.  After one phone call she was able to figure out that our daughter had silent reflux (something my husband and I, who both work in the medical field, and our pediatrician, had not been able to recognize)! She was a different baby once we started her on medication for it! 

Meredith came into our home and was not only able to give us great, detailed, personalized tips to make bedtime better, but she helped us with some very important parenting skills too! Right away we started seeing changes. It was hard work and took a few months to see major change but it was amazing and she was there to support the whole time. I was able to contact her via email and phone and she always responded promptly. 

There was one night I was curled up in a ball on the floor of my bedroom closet sobbing because it had been a difficult bedtime. I called Meredith and she talked with me on the phone for an hour! 

Once bedtime was better with our son and our daughter no longer had colic, we were able to use her baby sleep guide to help our daughter sleep better. We have continued to use the skills she taught us over the past year and I don't know what we would've done without her!" -Mother of 2 young children