Sleep Consultants

Jean Kunhardt
http://sohoparenting.com/index.htm
Soho Parenting
568 Broadway Suite 402
New York, NY 10012
212 334 3744
Soho Parenting's sleep program has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Child Magazine and AlphaMom TV. They have a basic plan (1 session with consultation, a personalized sleep plan) and a comprehensive plan (pre-visit questionnaire, session, personalized sleep plan, 5 ten-minute follow-up phone calls).

We went to see Jean, doing the basic plan- and success! Jean was amazing- so easy to talk to, laid back and calming. She really listened and helped us understand how we could help our son sleep. He was sleeping 12 hours after 2 nights of training, and his naps were extended and predictable after 8 days. Basically, the method was "crying it out" with some check-ins.
- Karen

Deborah Pedrick
http://familysleep.com
Deborah has a son, created and managed a "sleep training" advice and support board for "Parent Soup" at ivillage.  In 2002 she created and started Family Sleep and has worked with hundreds of families. She works with families in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. She lives in Fairfield County and consults with families either by phone, email or face to face. 

After a year of strolling my daughter for her catnaps-- I easily logged 2-4 miles a day! -- I was
emotionally and physically spent. Understandably, I was desperate to get my daughter napping in her crib, but all of my prior attempts at daytime sleep-training had resulted in near-hysteria for us both. So it was with a heavy sense of sketicism that I contacted sleep
consultant Deborah Pedrick.  I assumed what I was going to be told -- let her cry it out -- and it seemed like a lot of torture to put us all through just for one or two 30 or 45-minute naps. But since my desperation outweighed my discouragement, I emailed Deb.Right from the start, Deb eased all of my worries. She patiently explained how crib sleep is more
restorative than stroller naps, and how my daughter's snoozes would eventually lengthen in duration to --Gasp! Could I even dare to believe? -- proper two-hour naps. She also explained how rather than making my daughter feel abandoned, per my fears, I would be re-setting her expectations about how we handled naptime. The crying would be out of confusion, and as
her expectations changed, her confusion (and thus her crying) would abate. Two months later, I can attest to the truth of Deb's teachings. My daughter  is in the midst of a two-hour
crib nap as I type.  While things took a little longer than Deb predicted to reach this point, her methods were ultimately far less torturous and more effective than I expected. I recommend Deb and her services wholeheartedly.
-Kim

I use her website as a resource every few months- she has great advice.
-Karen

Swellbeing
www.swellbeing.com
info@swellbeing.com
302A W. 12th St Apt 219
New York, NY 10014
212-924-1913
"Swellbeing offers smart solutions and sympathetic support to modern parents. From breastfeeding to baby blues, sleep issues to infant prep, we offer a range of individual consultations, discussion groups and workshops for virtually any need."

Urban Nurture
http://www.urbannurture.com
info@urbannurture.com
285 West Broadway Suite 250
New York, NY 10013
212-925-1400
The Nanny Fix-it Expert, a veteran British nanny, joins the family in its "natural habitat," developing a gentle program of change in collaboration with the parents. Examples of problems that Nanny Fix-it tackles include potty training, sibling rivalry, adoption transitions, sleep training and temper tantrums. Nanny Fix-it programs are flexible and elastic in time according to the needs and wishes of the family. Nanny Fix-it is designed for newborns to seven-year-olds and everything in between. Nanny Fix-it is a fully personalized service offered at an hourly rate of $150 with a minimum booking of two hours. The rate will be discounted if the time involved on a particular program exceeds 10 hours. They also have workshops on toddlers, sleeping, potty training, finding and keeping a great nanny.

Kim West
The Sleep Lady
http://www.sleeplady.com/
Kim is a mother of two and a Licensed Certified Social Woker-Clinical (LCSW-C) who has been a practicing child and family therapist ofr more than 13 years.  Over the past 10 years she has worked with more than a 1000 parents.  She has appeared on tv many times, and been published. She is Annapolis, MD. Her services include phone-ins, in-person consultations, DVDs, etc- there are many price levels.  Visit her website to see the options. Her forums are helpful too.

Comments

[Deborah Pedrick]

A very informative site to find answers to your child's sleep problems as well as finding one-on-one help is familysleep.com. I am a child sleep consultant residing in Fairfield County CT. I do phone, email as well as face to face consults. Having over 10 years of experience in the field of sleep, finding solutions to your families sleep issues is just a phone or email away :).

deborah