Meet Lauren Bree.

I have two children, Olivia and Samuel. I live in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne, and am a qualified Social Worker turned Baby Sleep Consultant. As a Social Worker, I have completed countless hours of professional development in the areas of family violence, attachment theory, feminist theory, and trauma-informed practice. I also understand the psychosocial stressors that commonly affect parents in the perinatal period and beyond.

In August 2018, we welcomed our baby girl into the world - Olivia. Like many of you, I came home with a newborn baby who seemingly slept a lot (maternal melatonin) and then BOOM she had woken up to the world and I was looking down the barrel of tiredness with no end in sight.

I understood newborns slept a lot and would wake regularly and party through the night ...what I didn’t expect was the depth of sleep deprivation. How do I cope with sleep deprivation? How do I physically keep going? Will my anxiety be here in the morning? Do I continue to rock her? Do I feed her to sleep? Do I walk the streets at 10pm?

I read books and followed mums online who seemingly had their babies sleeping, however all the books I had read up to that point didn’t really sit right with my Social Work mind so I decided to research and started to understand that there was a science behind infant sleep and I wanted to learn all about it. So I did!

Having a rationale for nap schedules and awake times, understanding the impact of an overtired baby, a reason why a baby might routinely wake at 5am - I was hooked. And now I want to share my knowledge with as many people as I can to help their families get the sleep they deserve.

I love babies, I love sleeping babies more and very excited to share what I have learnt with you.