Before Joanna, we were stuck. Our baby was waking every hour, and even co-sleeping had become a desperate game of "pass the baby" all night. We were exhausted and out of solutions. We felt like we had all the information, but zero ability to actually apply it. We tried, but it just resulted in self doubt and guilt, wondering if we were doing the right thing. That's where Joanna changed everything. She cut through the noise and distilled it into a clear, actionable plan customized for our alert baby. From night one, it was like going into a high-pressure situation with a full tactical briefing--I knew exactly what to expect and how to respond. The biggest shift was the clarity. Instead of reacting emotionally to every cry, I finally understood the patterns. I could tell when he was settling versus when he actually needed us. That knowledge replaced my anxiety with confidence. Joanna provides a mind-blowing level of support and accessibility. We had every situation and question come up during the process including a fever and teething, but she worked with us to adjust the progression and maintain our momentum at every turn. Even with the fever speed bump, we were able to go from forced co-sleeping to full sleep independence in a matter of weeks, all while providing the support our baby needed. Now, our son sleeps through the night and naps independently. We have our lives back--quiet evenings, no wake anxiety, and the freedom to not be consumed by sleep math anymore. We had zero hope that independent sleep was possible. Even with every obstacle we thought we had, Joanna's process worked. Her methods and support are unmatched and are exactly what parents need to support their baby confidently through the sleep coaching process. read more

because before sleep coaching he had such a mommy preference especially at night. I wondered if my absence would be traumatic for him. We had to be at the hospital for 2 days with the birth of my new son, but he did sleep with grandparents beautifully. He got the rest he deserved and I got the peace of mind knowing he is doing so well on his own. I want to express how grateful I am to you. One of the biggest changes is that me and my husband can finally spend evenings together. Before, one of us was always on call. Now we can talk, watch TV, or even start and finish a movie the same night. With two months of a sleep-trained baby, life feels lighter, happier, and so much more connected. We cant wait to gift our 2nd baby the same empowerment that our firstborn has today! Thanks Joanna! read more

Before working with Joanna, our baby (around 9.5 months old at the time) was waking up every 45 minutes to an hour. Nights were extremely exhausting. We were constantly feeding him, eventually co-sleeping just to survive the night, and I was getting maybe four hours of broken sleep. It was affecting everything: my mood, our relationship, and even my ability to function during the day. I was about to start a new job and knew something had to change. Working with Joanna was truly life-changing. From the beginning, she was incredibly validating about our struggles and made us feel understood and supported. What really stood out was how thoughtful and science-backed her approach is. She explained the sleep science and behavioral reasoning behind every step of the sleep training process, which gave us so much confidence in the process. The support she provided throughout the journey was amazing. Between our sessions and her voice notes and texts when we needed guidance, it felt like she was holding our hand through the entire process. Today our baby sleeps about 11.5 hours at night and takes a solid nap during the day. Bedtime is so easy. We say goodnight and he knows how to settle himself to sleep without anyone in the room. Even if he wakes up, he can soothe himself back to sleep, which still blows our minds. One of the biggest things I want other parents to know is that there are alternatives to cry-it-out. As an anxious mom who struggled to hear my baby cry, Joanna's guilt-free gentle sleep training approach made this possible for us. Our whole family is happier, healthier, and thriving because everyone is finally getting the sleep they need." read more

As a mom, I was so anxious about sleep training. Even hearing the phrase made me uncomfortable. The idea of letting my baby cry, even a little, felt completely unnatural to me. I had done endless research, tried all the "gentle" methods, and still felt like nothing truly aligned with what I was comfortable with. On top of that, we were completely exhausted; we had no brain capacity to make any sort of plan, especially when we didn't know if it would work. Our baby was waking every hour, only sleeping if he was being held, rocked, or fed, and I felt like I was barely surviving each day. Working with Joanna completely changed everything, not just our baby's sleep, but my entire mental state. What stood out immediately was how supported and understood I felt. Joanna didn't just give us a plan, she walked us through it step by step in a way that felt incredibly gentle and collaborative. She helped me understand my baby's protest cries (not abandon cries) in a way I never could before, and that alone brought so much peace. I no longer felt like I was guessing or doing something wrong, I felt confident. We were able to be in the room with him the whole time, and were never told we couldn't touch, shush, or pick him up to comfort him. Before this, I was overwhelmed, "touched-out", and honestly miserable. I hate even admitting that, but it's the truth. I couldn't enjoy this season with my baby, let alone parent my toddler well, because I was so depleted. Now, I feel like I have my life back. I have the mental space to actually enjoy my kids, be present, and feel like myself again. And the results still amaze me. My son now falls asleep independently, sleeps through the night most nights, and naps in his crib. I truly didn't believe that was possible for us, especially in a way that felt this gentle and aligned with my parenting. If you're a mom who feels anxious or unsure about sleep training, I just want you to know, it is possible to do this in a way that feels good. There was no guilt, no "icky" feeling, just relief. And I promise that means a lot coming from me, because I have a VERY low tolerance for tears. I also know it's a big financial commitment, but I will say Joanna provided SO much support, way more than I have ever seen from any other sleep coach. For reference, we hired a sleep consultant for our first child. She was great, but definitely more of a one-size-fits-all approach, whereas Joanna's approach is super fine-tuned to your individual baby and comfort level. I would do this again in a heartbeat to feel the way I do now. read more

I can't rate our coaching experience highly enough. It was really life-changing to be able to sleep again -- for everyone in the family to have great sleep. Our son has been doing really well now that he is sleeping- he's really cheerful in the day, his appetite's great, and he's clearly learning new skills. Now both Mom and Dad can put our son to bed. It's as easy as giving him a bath, a bottle, reading him a book, hug and a kiss goodnight, place in crib drowsy but awake. And he settles and soothes on his own! We watch him fall asleep on the baby monitor. It's wonderful. I really liked that we did Joanna's gentle method. (Neither parent was willing to try the cry-it-out method, which Joanna does NOT recommend). I was amazed at how little crying there was, probably because our son actually preferred to go to bed this way! Now that our child is sleeping because of our work with Joanna, as a couple, we got to break out of our resentment and icky feelings. We got to relearn how to live our lives again, but in this new framework we just built with Joanna. We are giving each other the benefit of the doubt. We trust each other as partners and it's easy now to take turns to unplug. We're planning our vacation in a way that puts the baby first and not just trying to smush the baby in our old lifestyle. We don't want to say goodbye to Joanna. She is like the beloved professor who taught you something that changes the way you see the world. We know we will find some reason to hire Joanna for something such as her emerging life coaching services . We are lifetime fans! read more

Before working with Joanna, our nights were chaos. He was up probably every 1-2 hours and we were just exhausted. Something had to change. We were getting on average 4 hours of broken sleep per night. It was just causing havoc in our lives. After working with Joanna, it's a complete 180. Now, he sleeps for probably 9- 10 hours straight and we're getting our full nights of sleep. Bedtime has become simple and stress-free: We literally put him into the crib at around 7:30 and he just falls asleep on his own,without us needing to do anything to help him sleep.. It is "hands free". It's so easy. No more rocking, no more bouncing, no more waking in the middle of the night. The individualized support mattered so much for us: Getting the one-on-one help was a really important part in our difficult case for sure... just being able to adapt to his changing needs every day and make sure me and my wife were on the same page, that was the key. My wife was tear-sensative, so we had to go slow with micro-steps so we kept making progress all while making sure mom felt comfortable with the whole process. We've also gotten our evenings back. We can run errands and make phone calls. It's a different ball game for sure. Weekends are more predictable too. Naps are no longer a concern, we just put him in the crib and just go about our business. The consistency part is super important. What surprised me most is how being his sleep coach changed my relationship with my son for the better. I have gotten closer, for sure. I'm more in tune with his needs and his wants. For any parent wondering if sleep coaching can work for you, I'll say what I wish someone had told me earlier: "Don't be afraid of asking for professional help with sleep coaching and don't assume that your situation can't be helped. We had those thoughts too and we don't think that way anymore." read more

We had done a lot of reading around different sleep training methods--extinction, the sleep lady shuffle, Ferber--and had tried all of them to some extent with little success. The idea of sleep coaching methods like Ferber sound great on paper, but it can be difficult to put into practice when your child is fussing, out of their comfort zone, and when all you want as a parent is to get them to sleep without them being distressed. Our daughter needed *a lot* of physical touch in order to soothe herself to sleep, so I was stuck by her crib while she rubbed my arm for up to 2 hours every night. She would sleep 3-5 hours in her own bed before waking up and needing to co-sleep. Co-sleeping for me wasn't a huge deal, but mom is a lighter sleeper so she was being deprived of sleep. Naps would take anywhere from 30-60 minutes to get her to fall asleep and she would end up sleeping for only 45-60 minutes. The amount of time spent just getting her to sleep was taking a toll. We really needed an objective third party with expertise who could guide us through the process of teaching our daughter to sleep. It is a lot more difficult to navigate this process alone--you're kind of flying blind, and it's so easy to go down a wrong road or inadvertently introduce more sleep crutches that you then need to undo. We truly needed our hands to be held throughout the entire process. Joanna nicknamed our daughter "the Curveball Queen" because sleep coaching our daughter was so tricky; nearly every week there was a new issue that we'd have to navigate around. We definitely needed the expert guidance and the accountability of having consistent check-in calls, thorough discussions, and email & text support in a very responsive environment. All of this is what kept our progress moving. And at the end of the process I just thought "this is a different child." This is the ultimate prize. Because now she's happy being independent in her own crib, in her own room. To see her on the monitor just talking away to her stuffies before getting herself to sleep; I can't express how proud I am that she's been able to learn so much about something so critical to her well being. So now we have a routine: she takes her bath, puts on PJs, brushes her teeth, gives mom a hug, kiss and high five, we read a couple books and I tell her we're going to rest. I leave the room, and she lies down and goes to sleep. She's sleeping through the night 10 hours from 8pm-6am and wakes up happy. She's just so much more comfortable in her own crib and in her own skin. And now we're presented with a new problem: we don't know what to do with ourselves with all this free time! If you're having issues with your child's sleep, I cannot recommend Joanna enough. She's an incredible fount of knowledge and experience regarding pediatric sleep; she is so good at listening, analyzing, and providing potential solutions that are within your and your child's comfort zones; and she sticks with it until you see results. Our family is so fortunate to have worked with her. read more

Before we reached out to Joanna, we were really struggling with our son's sleep. He was having these massive meltdowns and we had no idea how to get him to go to sleep. Each night, he had to fall asleep in our arms and we had to transfer him to the crib, usually it failed and then we had a night full of frequent wake-ups and early mornings. We resorted to completely co-sleeping and contact napping because that was the only way we could get him to sleep. The cosleeping only worked for a little while and then after 6-7 months, it just all went downhill. My mental health was really struggling. I was severely sleep-deprived and I was feeling really angry and frustrated. His crying was triggering me severely. During the day, it was hard to engage with him because I was just so exhausted and so frustrated. After just a couple of days of sleep coaching, he was sleeping through the night! He is happy in his crib. He puts himself to sleep and puts himself back-to-sleep. We're no longer contact napping. I'm not sitting in that chair for hours a day. We were surprised how easy it was. We expected a big battle and fight from him, but because we went with Joanna as a coach and we followed her method and we were methodical about it, the process was so much easier than I thought. There was no drama. It wasn't traumatizing for baby or parents alike. It flowed very naturally. Good news, you don't have to just leave your baby in a room to "cry-it-out" for hours. I would definitely recommend that everyone hire Joanna for sleep coaching expertise. Now, life is so much better read more

Before sleep coaching, life was hard. He was never a baby that slept through the night. We were always dealing with multiple wake ups, always needing to feed. Up until about a year old, I figured "Well he's still a baby." However, as he got older, his sleep just kept getting progressively worse. He was only contact sleeping and IF we were able to transfer him, it was for maybe 1.5-2 hours. We had thought it was just going to magically get better. We were making the silly assumption that all we had to do was "Just wait, he will grow out of it, and then he would start sleeping" Now, he takes perfect naps and falls sleep at 6PM and sleeps 12 hours. We're no longer battling for 3 hours to get him to bed. Now we have time to accomplish things. We can order sushi, we can have a steak night, or stay-in date night. There's also time for the house projects. With reliable morning wake ups, Mom can take a shower and get ready for the day. We're able to dream. We have caregivers wanting to take him for overnights since he is such a good sleeper now. We can go on a vacation! In fact, we receive an invitation for a destination wedding; no kids invited. If we had gotten that invitation a month ago, it would've been an automatic NO, but NOW, We can GO to this awesome destination wedding knowing our child will be happy sleeping at Grandma's house. read more

For those who have tried sleep training with no success- We definitely went through that and just kind of needed some customization. YouTube might work for 50% or 70% of other kids, but it might not work for you. Being able to have someone really customize to exactly what we were dealing with was key for us. The thing I liked most about working with Joanna was that we both learned so much through this journey about our son, about ourselves, what kind of parents we are and what kind of parents we want to be. All the detective work that Joanna did was amazing. I know no other sleep coach would've done that. We nicknamed our son "Curveball Kiaan" because he was a tricky case. Now we know what was going on and how we can respond to it. read more

It was a challenge to get our son to sleep even for an hour. He was fussy, irritable, moving around all night and nobody was getting sleep. My wife had a nurse all night long, our son would wake up a lot and we ended up co-sleeping before we reached out to Joanna. In the daytime then he would have this incredible amount of energy. He was wired and tired and it was super challenging for us to do anything but entertain him. I did some research and met a few coaches before we decided to go with Joanna. What made this an easy transition is how much work Joanna has done to prepare her Stairway to Sleep coaching system. We could have tried doing the sleep lady shuffle on our own but I don't think we would've felt prepared without Joanna's support.The way Joanna explains things and the science behind it was comforting and that was really what got my wife to feel comfortable with sleep coaching. Having the coach to text you and to be able to talk to you the next day helps you feel good about things. It's more rewarding than we expected! Now, he's sleeping 11 hours at night so what else is there to say! Before sleep coaching we were always worried. If our son moved we had to jump up, check on him and get him back to sleep by crutching him. Now we don't worry. we know he's sleeping, we know he is safe. He gets to sleep faster, he stays to sleep longer and he's just calmer throughout the day. We have our nights back! There is another way, you don't have to live like that. The process Joanna uses allows you to be in the room and comfort your child and then slowly sort of transition to them sleeping by themselves. read more

So worth it! We love Joanna. Our 3 year-old was always a terrible sleeper since she was a baby. We tried sleep training on our own a million times, but it never really stuck. When baby #2 came around, things got really hard with her. She started protesting bedtime, waking up overnight and early in the morning, tantruming, w and always needing me. Sleep was really hard. With the baby, she was nursing on demand all night and going to bed super late. We didn't really have a schedule. My husband and I were like ships passing in the night. Once we had the second baby, we just didn't have the mental bandwidth to conquer our 3 year olds sleep issues. My husband's work colleague recommended Joanna whom they used with their 2 kids. What helped me was learning the science behind sleep. That was something I wasn't fully aware of with our 1st kid so that helped me not only rationalize what was happening, but also take a step back and say "if we can help coach her through this, we're actually gonna get a happier baby overall." The baby is now sleeping all night from 6pm-6am. That's something that my first didn't do until she was 2/2.5. We started nap training and she is now napping in her crib for her first few naps of the day. And things are going really well with our toddler. The framework that Joanna provided really helped her. She's now alseep at 6:30pm, sleeping 12 hours in her own bed in her own room. Her behavioral issues during the day have really subsided. I think she was just operating in that overtired zone and we didn't realize that we were parenting when she was exhausted and it was the hardest. I have a little bit of time to myself during the day again. My husband and I went out on the front porch and had a glass of wine together and we realized that we had not done that since the 2nd baby was born. We can order dinner or hang out together, talk, and get to know each other again. It's possible for things to get easier. One of my hangups with sleep coaching was it will be too hard. No one can help us. We're just in it. Everybody does this. I just have to stick it out. That's not the case, we should have done it sooner. Once we started talking to Joanna, a weight was lifted off of our shoulders. Both my husband and I both said we would pay this amount of money anytime. I would hand it over in a heartbeat if someone could have just shown me how I feel now. read more

After 12 months of trying to improve sleep, we had some success putting him in bed on our own, but still had way too many wakes up during the night. We were at loss on what to do next. This is when we started working with Joanna at Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching. It felt like hiring a coach was a "last resort" and thought that if it didn't work, we would have to accept the fact that we would "not be sleeping" for many years to come. We saw success pretty early after starting with Joanna. Within a few days, we were seeing less wake ups and sleeping later in the mornings. Joanna explained to us what would happen during coaching so we were very confident in the program and very confident in just applying what Joanna told us to do. Now he sleeps through the night 11+ hours and takes one big nap. We have a reliable schedule so we can plan our personal and professional lives. He is having fun and thriving at daycare now since he is so well-rested. A trip to Japan to visit family had been too daunting to even consider and now that he that he is sleeping, mom could travel without fear or guilt that she was leaving me with a non-sleeping child Everything we dreamt of, we NOW have! read more

Before we decided to work with Joanna, our 16 month old daughter was waking up 3-5 times a night to nurse. She was co-sleeping with mom for the majority of the night and it took 45 minutes for us to put her back to sleep. Mom and Dad were exhausted all the time, not getting a lot of quality sleep. The time that I did spend with her during the day felt like I couldn't really focus on her. I was emotionally and physically drained. We had pretty low motivation and I felt like I didn't have a life after 7:00 PM because I was "on duty". Bedtime was taking almost an hour. I couldn't watch a full movie for almost a year because I knew that I had to attend to her needs when she woke up. We hit a breaking point where we realized that all of her needs were being met. We were hypothesizing about why she may not be sleeping through the night, but realized that what we were doing just was NOT working. We need to make a real change. We wanted something that is based in science. I had a referral from someone who worked with Joanna at Blissful Baby Sleep coaching and they were successful, so it felt like the right time for us to sleep coach. When I talked to Joanna during the initial sleep strategy session, we knew we are going to have a plan in place and concrete steps to follow. The best thing about it was understanding the science behind sleep training. Joanna gave me so many amazing handouts to support me along the way. It made it so much easier to follow through with those details and how Joanna meticulously individualizes the plan for our lives. It was having a "real-time" coach that understands exactly what we were going through and how to solve each of those little problems along the way. This was exactly what we wanted. The first week of coaching was all about investigating and understanding wake windows and once I started going into that world of science of wake windows, things started to click and make so much sense. Now, our daughter is sleeping 12 hours at night and she takes a 1-1.5 hour nap during the day. The bedtime routine doesn't take 45 minutes anymore, it's now a super simple routine that takes 15-20 minutes. She loves her crib. It's really comforting to know that she is well-rested. Life has opened up for us again. Mom and dad get a lot of quality time together. We get to watch movies. We can travel without the fear of thinking she won't sleep or that we can't enjoy ourselves. We have lots more motivation and energy. I no longer feel like I have to avoid social gatherings. We did a week long trip to the East coast and she slept through the night every night and her naps were also consistent. If all of your baby's needs are being met, they're eating, they're staying hydrated, they don't have any issues out of the norm and you're still struggling with sleep, then it's probably time to come to terms with the fact that you need to change something else in the routine. That requires understanding Sleep Science and setting yourself and your baby up right and giving them the opportunity to learn how to sleep on their own. We gave our daughter space to learn how to sleep with Joanna as our guide and it works. It's science. read more

We have two children and our first child had a medical condition so we had to wait until seven months for her to start sleeping through the night. One of my best friends connected me to Joanna Clark and it was literally the greatest blessing because we immediately learned all the information about sleep coaching and the science of sleep. We had out first child during Covid and there was literally no support in any department. With our 2nd, we had all access support so we got extra help, lactation, nanny, night nurse and then I had Joanna of course! Any support that I could have had with my second child was a given. Our son adapted to the strategies very well. Joanna just lays it out so perfectly and was always there and ready to jump back on a call and walk us through, make tweaks and work her magic. We found that starting at a young age was really effective for both children because it taught them the skills that they needed to put themselves to sleep. Even though I had been through it and had that knowledge, I very confidently can say that we couldn't have done it as well or as quick alone." Some people just let their children cry-it-out and that wasn't the way that we wanted to do it. During sleep coaching, we were literally here for them, Dad is in the room for the first several days to keep the baby comfortable. It it felt really natural and comfortable and just a perfect transition with zero guilt. Sleep coaching is like clockwork. As soon as you nail those wake windows and those appropriate times, it all just like flows like water. It's really amazing. You can just start to experience and learn about your child and tailor everything towards them. Be open going through the process and within a couple weeks your child will be sleeping, you'll be happy and it'll be the best thing ever!" read more

It used to take our 5.5 year old over an hour to go to bed and he would still wake up in the middle of the night and come to our room. We were at wits end and exhausted. None of us were getting good sleep. After working with Joanna, in under 2 weeks, he was sleeping on his own with minimal effort. It is remarkable. We thought it would be a long, tedious process but it happened so smoothly and quickly. My husband and I now have our evenings and peace of mind back. Our family life has improved on so many levels. It's truly wonderful and one of the best investments we have ever made. read more

We didn't have a dedicated routine for getting our 2yo down to sleep. He would wake up multiple times during the night and required nursing to get back to sleep. It was very frustrating and tiring to say the least. After some research and a conversation with Joanna, it seemed like the best fit for us to have one-on-one coaching and guidance. Now, he is going to bed by 8pm, sleeping through the night, napping 2.5 hours and we have a routine down so we're able to put him in his crib and he goes to sleep on his own. We didn't know if things could change given the stubborn nature of our son, but he's sleeping peacefully and we aren't battling with him over sleep time anymore! Joanna's guidance was instrumental in all of that. It's certainly worth the investment! read more

As a parent, it feels like I SHOULD be able to do the research and figure out what's going on with our child but it always felt dauting to figure out where to start and so much of the information online felt contradictory or not something I was willing to try (ie. 'cry it out'). We knew about Joanna from a friend connection, but had always said..."We don't need that" because we just thought we had a baby with 'low sleep needs' and that this was just the life we were destined for, finally after a terrible few weeks of sleep and an upcoming job change we decided to reach out and see if she could help. Joanna helped us understand the difference between crying it out and gentle sleep coaching and we immediately knew this was something we needed to do. On our Sleep Strategy Session, Joanna helped guide us towards tools where we could have done sleep training without her support, but we were so drained from sleepless nights that we knew we needed one-on-one coaching help. We wanted someone to help us make the decisions and guide us. Now, it takes all of 15 minutes to put him to sleep at 6PM. His favorite thing right now is to roll around and babble and then he'll sing himself to sleep. He sleeps for 12 hours a night and we are certain he's going to stay asleep. Through the whole process, we learned more about our son. We understand his vibes, his needs, and his ways of communicating. It's made us better parents to him. read more

It's defeating to know that you're an equal parent, willing and able to help, but your baby just wants mom, all day and all night. Trying to be a helpful family member is hard under these circumstances. Going through the sleep coaching process with me being the coach for my son, helped build a new trust in my relationship with my son and wife. It shows your spouse that they can trust you and you're a capable dad. Now, instead of only wanting mom, my son comes to me instead. It's reinvigorating to see that your young child wants you to be a part of their life. It breathes new hope and love into your relationship. Our child has been taught sleep skills. Our child now has the tools to sleep peacefully, and we no longer have to worry. read more

Life before sleep coaching was about nursing 2-4 times a night in the co-sleeping environment. Bedtime took 45-60 minutes and was really stressful. Dad was sleeping in the spare room. We were tiptoeing around at night, not really enjoying our evenings. It was time to make a change. As first time parents, we were terrified with no idea where to start. We found Joanna through friends and made the best decision of our lives by calling her. Now, our daughter is asleep at 7:30pm, sleeping 11/11.5 hours uninterrupted at night and she is sleeping 2.5-3 hours at nap. That morning nursing session is even more special because she's not distracted eating. Me and my husband get to go out on dates now, or watch a show together, and we are ALL sleeping, which is incredible. I am now a happier person, and a better mom. I had a BIG misperception, sleep training to me sounded like putting her in her crib and letting her cry herself to sleep in a dark room alone, which was terrifying for me because I had some separation anxiety to begin with. However, Gentle Sleep Coaching with Joanna at Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching was really a gentle approach. The process was getting a solid bedtime routine, slowly night weaning, and involving dad as the parent coach. Our daughter was never "crying it out" nor was she ever left alone. Having Dad do the sleep coaching really helped me give up my need for control and having faith in my husband and my baby that they could be successful without me. That was a huge growth moment for all of us. Involving Dad definitely took the father/daughter relationship to the next level and letting them have their bonding time while getting rest time for myself. My experience was totally different than what I expected. Joanna has done all the research and she knows how to handle each different baby and family situation, which is so comforting. Thank you so much Johanna, you changed our lives! read more

Joanna saved our sanity! Our 18 month old daughter was crawling out of her crib in the middle of the night so we started cosleeping with her. She would wake up every two hours in our bed. Everyone was miserable. Joanna used evidence based tactics to diagnose what was going on with her, and held our hands to guide us through a process of retraining her. Now our daughter has a dependable schedule, it takes 15 minutes to put her down to sleep, and she sleeps 11 hours through the night. Joanna even helped us nap train our daughter. We were so amazed with Joanna we also had her help us train our 5 year old son. You will not regret working with Joanna - she is the best! read more

Before sleep coaching, my husband and I were just in a complete state of confusion all day long because of the sleep deprivation. We tried so many different things and methods to get our son to sleep but nothing worked and we were confused. Our son would be up all hours of the night, waking up 5+ times a night so we would just sleep in the room with him and shuttle back and forth. We would argue with each other all the time because we didn't know what to do and the time we didn't enjoy the spent with our son as we should have. I didn't believe that I should had to get external help for my child's sleep struggles. I honestly thought the problem were going to fix themselves self naturally. I was unintentionally blaming my son for his sleep struggles which affected our relationship. We reached a breaking point and decided we needed to solve this problem. A co-worker recommended Joanna at Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching. Now he sleeps an uninterrupted 11.5 to 12 hours a night from 6:20p- 6:30a. We can focus more on other things at night, we can go to the store and run errands, work do laundry or clean the kitchen. I was working part time because of the sleep issue but now that we have our freedom back we have the energy for me to go back to work full-time. Sleep Coaching increased the bond with our child as well as between us parents. I have more freedom now because the baby isn't tied to me constantly and I'm comfortable to leave him alone with Dad for extended period of time now and not have that guilt that I left my child at home. Just call Joanna. It's not enjoyable to have un-organized chaos in your house from sleep deprivation. It impacts your daily life and just keeps building. It just impacts your relationship with your partner and child. You can't put a price on good sleep! Sleep coaching was all worth it. read more

Before we called Joanna, life was rough. We felt so tired, drained, disconnected and everything was a battle. Sleep was a nightmare and the most challenging part of parenting. Dad was rocking our son to sleep for 1-2 hours, singing songs the whole time. It was like having a newborn and Mom and Dad were getting a maximum of 2 hours of continuous sleep a night. I had done so much research and read so much about sleep and every method, but nothing was really working. I was always against cry-it-out, there's something inside my heart that just would not let me do that. I wanted to honor our relationship, keep our connection alive, respect my child and make sure he knows he's loved. I didn't want something to come in and jeopardize our attachment or our communication with our child. We talked to our pediatrician about the sleep struggles and she recommended Joanna. After sleep coaching, 7pm bedtime is so smooth. We have such healthy, strong boundaries and our son understands them. He's happy to read his books, he understands what's going to happen next and moves on easily to the next step of the bedtime routine. He is way happier now and enjoys what he's doing so much. If a family is worried that sleep coaching is going to jeopardize any attachment--NOT THIS METHOD in working with Joanna. It's made us come together stronger and it's made me understand my role and what's most effective. Our attachment is better. It's so worth it. You're never alone in doing it, I gratefully consider Joanna part of our "village." Highly recommend. read more

Our 3.5 yr old had to be driven in car to fall asleep at 10pm each night and then required co-sleeping rest of night and she wanted screen time in the middle of the night when she woke up. I had tried everything, but nothing was working. There was a part of me that did not believe... I was afraid that sleep coaching would not work or it would not "stick". Working with Joanna was transformational on every level. She knows exactly what to expect next and how to address it and prepare for it - and that instills so much confidence in us as parents. The house is peaceful now. Our daughter is in her own bed by 7pm and sleeps all night. She loves when her dad puts her to bed. We have a dependable schedule and have time for ourselves - we sometimes watch TV together as a couple in the evenings! So glad we found Joanna. We have tools for life and forever grateful. read more

Our 15 month old was struggling to sleep through the night and we were struggling to help him. We reached a point where we were not able to function during the day. We were not able to focus or give him quality time during the day because of sleepless nights. Sleep Coaching seemed like a dream back then and we were very, very skeptical about it, but we reached a point where we had nothing to lose. We liked the way it works and Joanna's explanation gave us confidence to take that step. Boy, I'm so glad we did. It was so beautiful to see our son go to sleep on his own and sleep through the night. We also saw a big development milestone happen because of him sleeping through the night. We got more sleep, got our energy back, were able to perform better at work and got time back at the end of the day to spend together. It was a real life changer and the atmosphere in our house just became happy. With our 2nd child, we didn't want to wait 15 months again so we called Joanna as soon as our daughter was 6 months and rolling both ways. We wanted Joanna's support for our daughter too because she's a different person and with Joanna's very data driven approach looking through the child's entire day and picking nuggets that parents might miss and helping us make adjustments. We got her sleeping through the night within 2 weeks. It's a beautiful process I cannot recommend enough, it changed our life. It's been a wonderful opportunity for me as a father to create a bond with them that's like my exclusive quality one-on-one time with them. The love that I share with them, I get to snuggle them, hug them, kiss them, and just talk to them. read more

TLDR- Result: Our 4.5 years old son is able to sleep through the night in his own room with Joanna's sleep coaching, in 18 days! We spent years exhausted because our son needed to hold our hand to fall asleep, then he would wake up at midnight every night and won't be able to fall back asleep until my husband (or me if he's traveling for work) co-sleeps with him. Which turns into a funny-not-funny situation where I got to sleep in the master bedroom in the big bed, while my husband and my son co-sleeps in a twin bed. Researching around, I saw that most sleep coaches focus on Baby sleep training, so at first I thought my son might be too old for sleep coaching, as he's now so vocal about his needs and knows his way around the house that he would immediately cry, run out the room, and bang on doors crying he needs us. We were skeptical: would he willingly stay in his own room even with coaching? But the situation has turned more desperate for us as we now have a 1-year old baby who's being sleep trained, and I was getting pretty worried that as baby becomes more aware of our home routine, he would wonder why his older brother gets all the attention with either mom or dad sleeping in his room, whereas he's left alone in his room. Also, my husband is traveling for work a lot more nowadays and also need quiet time to work at night, and I also needed to tend to baby in the middle of the night (at the beginning when I first met Joanna), which made it challenging if older son cries out and runs into baby room to find me while waking up baby. I needed help. In comes Joanna, the Mary Poppins of sleep. We had homework to do to prepare for the transition. We followed her guidance step-by-step. We learned about my son's personality and how that correlates to his sleep window and pattern. We even got parenting tips and how to differentiate crying/whining and crying/real need from my son. My son is now getting a solid 11-11.5 hours of sleep a night! We have a new routine at home. My son expects and accepts the routine; he knows exactly what to do after dinner till bedtime. Joanna helped with all of that. With more consolidated sleep, my son is also waking up to be a happier, less grumpy child. He is able to regulate his emotions way better than before too. We are now getting our nights back to ourselves! So happy about it! Super helpful insights from Joanna: ~she gets to know about our child and his personality, and how that affects the way he behaves when he's tired and over-tired. That was a light-bulb moment for me. ~learning about sleep windows, and identifying what over-tired looks like. ~figuring out what is a suitable sleep window for my child. ~the video calls (zoom recorded) after each night, to review the night log we wrote, and what it means and how to get over the humps. ~she reassures us that we are making good progress when we were in the weeds at the beginning, then she tells us what to expect in the next step, so we are prepared! ~Joanna is quick to help problem-solve little logistical things with our home setup. ~Joanna gave us exact scripts of what to say and what (not to) do at nights. It was so helpful to role play some of the scenarios of what my child might say to us and how we should respond. Another light bulb moment. ~Importance of role-playing to prep a child, not just with sleep, but now I've used what i've learned in sleep coaching with other situations with my child too. Things I did not expect (but it's part of the whole "trust the process" journey): ~i had to do scrapbooking for our new routine. with photos and everything. the more personalized the better, so our child feels part of the process, even though he didn't take part in doing the scrapbook with us. Somehow, it still worked! (I was really expecting my son to resist this part) ~unlike some other companies who offers on-demand night texting, we follow up with Joanna the day after. At first, i was so nervous i thought we wouldn't survive the nights without immediate night help (even though i was even more nervous to ask Joanna, so that never came up), but actually now in hindsight, it's probably a good thing we had to face the sleep coaching at nights by ourselves, so we could be in-the-moment with our child, instead of pulling out our phones texting sos...haha ~we had to buy things to set up our house more properly. we need a hatch to set up programmed night lights for our older son. i opted for a cheaper version of a hatch from amazon. Still does the job. ~I didn't expect to have a set up a mattress outside my son's room, but again it works! ~ while it is gentle sleep coaching, there is still crying involved. And it was very hard to be in the room at first. For us, the crying/reaching out to me/calling out "I need you mama!!!" lasted for a few nights. With Joanna's help, i knew what to do/say. Even though it felt like forever in the room, it does get better!!!! Trust Joanna's process and charts! read more

Before hiring Joanna as our sleep consultant, our whole day was just about fighting our son to sleep, and then our whole nights were about our anxiety about him not sleeping and us not sleeping. It just kind of took over our lives. It became clear that we didn't have the energy or the time to create a plan on our own. We needed help because we needed to get it fixed fast. In working one-on-one with Joanna, we learned how to soothe him because we didn't know what worked for him before sleep coaching. Now, life is so much better. I retrieved 6 hours of time back everyday since I am longer spending endless hours at bedtime and naps. I go in there, run through our 10 minute routine and he falls asleep within 15 minutes after being in the crib. He doesn't cry. He doesn't scream. He just goes to sleep. I then get to go and enjoy "my time." If we had done sleep coaching on our own without Joanna, it probably would have taken us weeks or we may have gotten frustrated and given up. Working with Joanna was not only faster, but we just learned great skills that we can use for baby number two. We have our lives back, it's amazing! read more

At 15 months old, my daughter had never slept through the night. She would wake up multiple times a night to nurse, and sometimes she'd be awake for hours. It just seemed to become harder and harder to get her to go back to sleep the older she got. My husband and I had tried to sleep train her and wean her off the night feedings by ourselves, but nothing seemed to work. That's when we started to consider a sleep coach. I'm so glad we found Joanna at Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching because her method really worked! My daughter now sleeps through the night and puts herself down for her naps too. I have to admit, I was hesitant to try sleep coaching at first. I thought the methods wouldn't work for my daughter. I had heard that toddlers were harder to sleep train, and I thought she had reached the point of being too old to sleep train. But working with Joanna, I found that was far from the case! It really is never too late to start sleep training. The results felt like nothing short of a miracle. By the first night, my daughter was down to one night feeding, and by the end of the week she had dropped all her night feedings. After less than 2 weeks, she was sleeping through the night without my husband and I needing to go into the room at all. Throughout the process, Joanna was great to work with. Her gentle sleep coaching method was effective, and it really was the right method for us. read more

Before sleep coaching, our life was chaotic and unpredictable. I was exhausted from my son waking up 4-5 per night, which started to interfere with my morning routine. I frequently was having to cut my morning workouts short due to early morning rising. Additionally, I work from home and was in charge of naps that would take hours of my time each day with my son refusing to sleep. After sleep coaching with Joanna, I have predictability with my schedule, both with his overnight sleep and during the day naps. I can consistently see my morning routine through without interruptions, and my daily schedule now accommodates two 1-1.5hour naps. I'm able to use this time for whatever I need, and rely on the fact that it does happen. I feel much more productive and in control of my day. Wish we'd reached out to Joanna for help sooner! read more

Joanna helped me go from my daughter waking up five times a night to zero times a night. Inevitably sleep issues popped up here and there such as when my daughter moved to a big girl bed, and Joanna helped us through that. What I liked in part was that she was a gentle sleep coach, which meant we were able to teach our daughter to sleep in a gentle way. She helped me understand timing her sleep and gave me tons of support. It's totally worth it even if it seems expensive. When we worked with her, she hadn't met a kid that she hadn't been able to help. My daughter has some Neuro divergence that Joanna was able to work with seamlessly. Joanna is very knowledgeable about many ages. Thank you Joanna! read more

Joanna is my go-to sleep expert! She is insightful, kind, compassionate, funny and on top of her game. Whenever I'm stuck - she is right there to coach, guide and cheerlead me to success. I am in awe of her ability to pick up the slightest cue, troubleshoot it and arm me and my family for success. Whenever I'm asked I always refer Joanna to my sleep deprived parent friends and colleagues. Before hiring Joanna, all of us were miserable, our brains foggy, our bodies worn down and our confidence as parents was approaching zero. Being a parent is hard. Being a sleep deprived parent is awful! Get professional help when you need it. There are no merit badges for toughing it out. Get help - call Joanna. You're welcome! read more

Joanna is amazing. I have only the highest recommendations for her. She's a baby sleep whisperer. I worked with her for both my kids, though I learned so much from her with my first kid, I felt well prepared for my second and didn't need as much help. Helping babies sleep is an art form. I'm sure at one time this knowledge must have been passed down through generations, but I found my parents had little helpful advice and though I read ALL the sleep books about ALL the sleep methods, nothing I tried worked with my first daughter. Until I reached out to Joanna. I wasn't comfortable with the traditional Cry It Out Method and Joanna offered me a much more flexible, gentler option that could be adapted to my daughter's particular character and needs. I was grateful for the sleep plan that we co-developed (which worked beautifully), but much more than that, I was extremely grateful for what she taught me about how baby sleep works. Suddenly, I UNDERSTOOD what was going on with my daughter and understood what had been happening before that hadn't been working and had been keeping us all up through the night. That allowed me to feel like I was in control again. I could make choices and try things out because I understood the signs and the cycles and understood what was happening in the moment of those nighttime sleep struggles. It honestly felt liberating. What books don't tell you is that sleep training never ends. Kids are always changing, and sleep regressions take many forms as they get older. Joanna taught me how to think about sleep and gave me the confidence to figure out how to help my kids in every stage. I've gone back to her a couple of times for quick troubleshooting because she's such a great resource, but generally I've been able to find my own way forward as new challenges arise. I waited too long to get help with my first kid. I hope this review can help other parents take the step to get the help they need. It's a life-changing thing to be able get a good night's sleep and know that your kid is getting the sleep they need, too. read more

We were both very sleep-deprived and not enjoying quality time with each other and our baby. Having tried an online class and failed, we realized we needed more hand-holding, which led us to finding Joanna. From the first day of sleep training, everyone was in a better mood. Everyone had a little more sleep. No one was traumatized from the sleep training. It was just a really positive experience. Now we're able to enjoy a nice quiet evening. I was able to start a new job, which I definitely don't think I could have done unless our child was sleeping well and through the night. read more

Our baby was not sleeping through the night. He was waking 3-4 times a night to nurse and would need to be nursed, rocked, walked around, or shaken up and down like a very heavy sack of potatoes for at least 30 to 40 minutes. He would wake up and need to go through the whole process over and over again. It was like a random roll to die for when he would wake up, and how long he would wake up for. Now he is asleep by 7:30, sleeps independently in his own room, for 11 hours a night. There was a lot of stress and tension at home that we didn't really realize came from the disruptive sleep. Now, I'm definitely much happier and getting consolidated sleep. I feel less guilt as a working mom because I'm able to get more time back at night to catch up on things I need to do at work. Being able to not spend so much time holding him for naps or dealing with the rocking has been just invaluable for us. We don't feel like we're falling behind our chores, our life, work or anything. We feel like we can survive. We attempted sleep training with a different coach but it just wasn't working and we were desperate for a solution. We wanted something gentler, to understand the whys and to do this scientifically. When we met with Joanna, what was different was that she talked about his temperament, different ways we could approach it, and how we could adapt and learn. One of the biggest things was being able to talk to Joanna and being able to have these in-depth discussions over the phone. read more

"I HIGHLY recommend Joanna Clark and Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching! Before sleep coaching, starting at 5pm like clockwork a meltdown process began. Fighting. Negotiating. Everything was being impacted. It was unmanageable from everyone's perspective. Now, our daughter is more calm, emotionally resilient, confident and content in the evening process. She knows what's coming next and she recognizes that she needs and enjoys some quiet time. This was a structured, methodical process that works. The way Joanna organized everything, seeing it on paper gave me hope that by a certain date we would be successful in the process. The condensed time frame helped us jump off and take the leap of faith. Having an expert we can surrender to, knowing we are totally aligned and knowing our roles was huge in why we were successful. We never believed we would be this successful this fast. I am so glad we didn't let our own ideas of what was going to work or not work impact our momentum, preventing us from seeing this success. We surrendered to the process and the chips fell and now we are on a better path. Thanks for holding us accountable and being flexible. She sleeps 11 hours a night and no more bedtime drama or anxiety!" read more

Doing Gentle Sleep Coaching with Joanna is a true professional service. Just like you might hire an accountant or a lawyer for expertise, Joanna is truly a master of her craft. She has a  thorough and comprehensive professional strategy  to get you results, akin to a lawyer's discovery process or a doctor's case history process. Consider this a professional service and realize the immense value you receive in solving your child's sleep struggles.  We are so thankful our friend referred us as we finally had hope. The sleep coaching with Joanna was literally life changing in every aspect of our family and personal life. Our son's mood, behavior, attention, eating, sleeping is all on track. We now have personal time and our husband/wife time. We hope our story will inspire any family to get the help and don't battle it on your own. Put your trust in Joanna, she is a true professional. read more

This whole sleep coaching thing is incredible! The bedtime routine is so easy and beautiful, it just flows. Now once he goes to bed, we get to relax and watch a show. We were co-sleeping but it was getting a little complicated with lots of wake ups and needing to be nursed back to sleep. We were putting him to sleep way too late and sometimes it'd take a couple hours to get him down. Now, he goes to bed by 7:30 is asleep in less than 10 minutes, sleeping 11 hours at night and taking taking 2 solid naps! I was worried about sleep coaching impacting our nursing relationship because it was very important to me and I wanted to continue nursing him. Here we are after sleep coaching and things are amazing. Mind blowing is actually what I always told Joanna when we had our follow up calls. It was just so eye-opening to see my son figuring these things out and helping himself go to sleep. It was a really interesting and exciting journey. Never, not for a split second did we feel judged for anything. I think that it is super important for people to understand that it's not just someone telling you to go do this. You have a lot of input and it's all personalized to your child and your family. It's all about your child and what works best for them. You will start seeing all these things that Joanna tells you to look out for and it's just like, whoa! We had our baby in the crib in our room when we were starting this, I was not ready to move him to his room. Joanna was very supportive of whatever it is we wanted to do. Organically as we saw how well he was doing, we decided, okay, we're moving him and we did. It could not have gone any better. Be open to sleep coaching. It's not this big, bad, scary thing. Of course there will some difficulty because you're changing things, but it's 100% worth it for your whole family. We didn't really realize or fully comprehend that and just how much sleep impacts everything." read more

My son was 18 months old when we started sleep coaching. Until that point, he had only slept through the night a handful of times in his life. He slept in his nursery and would wake up multiple times per night. He needed milk and soothing to get back to sleep each time. His sleep got significantly worse when we moved to a new city, home, and daycare. He was terrified of being in his new room and would bang his head on his crib to the point of getting bruises. He also forced himself to throw up to force my husband and I to come into his room. For the first time in his life at 18 months, we started co-sleeping, hoping that would help him sleep through the night. The co-sleeping only led to worse sleep for my husband and I, because we were scared of squishing our son or having him fall off the bed. Although we were co-sleeping, my son continued to wake multiple times per night. Now, instead of one parent getting sleep...none of us were. We were at our wits end from not sleeping through the night for 18 months straight at that point, and every area of our life was suffering (marriage, parenting, work, home maintenance, home cleanliness, meal prepping). I contemplated quitting my job and becoming a stay at home mom (something I never wanted to do). My husband thought about quitting his job for one that required less travel (and therefore paid significantly less). I even suggested selling our home and moving back to our previous city to see if being back at my son's daycare would help him sleep better. We would have taken any drastic measure to get my son to sleep through the night at that point. Luckily, we were introduced to Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching. Joanna dove deep into my son's sleep issues (all the way back to pregnancy!). Joanna is skilled at picking up on the tiniest nuances. She helped us develop a plan and tailored it at every session, until we narrowed down my son's exact sleep window. Joanna determined that my son is an alert baby (who has extreme FOMO and can get overstimulated extremely easily). Joanna's approach is different than the cry it out method or Taking Cara Babies, because you are actually in the room with your child in the beginning (that's why its considered gentle sleep coaching). We thoroughly enjoyed every call with Joanna, and after 18 months of not sleeping, Joanna did what no one else could...she got my son to sleep through the night! My husband and I feel brand new. Thanks to Joanna, our son is sleeping 11-12 hours a night. Many aspects of his life have improved following sleep coaching: His appetite has increased dramatically because he is not getting full off of milk anymore. My son was obsessed with eating hair prior to sleep coaching (gross). We think it was an overtired self-regulation coping mechanism. Now that he is getting full off real food instead of milk, and there is no need to fill a deficiency, so he has stopped doing it. It also means my son doesn't have to deal with the constipation that is caused by eating hair. My son behavior has improved so much because he is well-rested. His separation anxiety improved, which means daycare drop-offs have improved drastically and now he enjoys independent play. My son now gets in and out his car seat without protest. He has a solid routine, which helps with transitions because he knows exactly what to expect. He is happy at daycare, and has even made friends. My husband and are sleeping through the night. We have time to catch up on work, spend time together, have time for ourselves, eat dinner, work, and do projects at home. Our home is peaceful and tranquil because we are all well rested. I just can't rave enough about Blissful Baby Sleep Coaching. Joanna, the work that you do is truly life changing! read more

Our 18 month old was co-sleeping and nursing and still was not sleeping any more than 2-3 hr stretches, which was taking a toll on all of us. We had successfully sleep trained our 7 year old twins, but with our 18 month old, we tried it all and nothing worked. I was astounded how quickly we made progress. Joanna's process was great. The live & frequent follow-up calls were so helpful to keep us on track. The biggest benefit now is that he sleeps through the night in his own room, wakes happy and is even eating better during the day. As parents of 3 boys, we are now sleeping well and have more energy. Recently, we were able to go out to dinner as a couple while our son was sleeping at home in his crib. In the past, a dinner out as a couple was unthinkable. Joanna, you changed your lives and we could not have done this without you. Thank you!! read more

Joanna was a blessing for us during a time of real struggle. Our little one didn't sleep for more than 2 hours straight since he was born. It was at first manageable because we had copious amounts of help from family to get through the long nights but once all that help ended and we were both at work, it was quite clear this wasn't sustainable. We did not want to do cry it out. Mom was very tear sensitive. This is where Joanna came to the rescue. Like a super hero, she not only saved the day but taught us the skills to teach our baby to sleep. Her gentle sleep coaching methodologies jived with Mom's parenting style and Dad loved the fact that now he could take part in the bedtime routine. The best part of the process was feeling so supported and cared for throughout. Joanna's attention to Mom's feelings and concerns really set her apart from any other consultant. The check-ins and the customized advice made the painful process into one of just growing pains rather than trauma. Now our son sleeps through the night giving Mom and Dad the chance to do the same and spend some quality together in the evenings. We are so grateful for having Joanna's help and highly recommend her to anyone who is considering it! read more