About the Role
We're seeking a caring, evidence-informed Infant Sleep Coach who helps families with babies from newborn to 36 months develop sustainable sleep patterns. This role combines science, empathy, and individualized coaching to support caregivers in understanding sleep needs, creating routines, troubleshooting challenges, and improving family wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
1. Family Assessment & Sleep Planning
- Conduct detailed intake calls with families to understand baby's age, feeding patterns, medical history, sleep environment, parental goals, and challenges.
- Evaluate infant sleep patterns using validated frameworks.
- Create personalized age-appropriate sleep plans, including schedules, routines, feeding & wake-window guidance.
2. Education & Guidance
- Teach families the science of infant sleep, including sleep cycles, circadian rhythms, and developmental sleep changes.
- Explain how feeding, wake windows, nap timing, sleep cues, and environment impact sleep.
3. Coaching & Support
- Provide ongoing support via calls, chat, video messages, and emails throughout the coaching engagement (e.g., 2–12 weeks).
- Troubleshoot night wakings, nap resistance, regressions, transitions (e.g., to 2 naps, first year leap).
- Model solutions that align with family values and preferences.
4. Data Tracking & Adjustment
- Review sleep logs, feeding patterns, and day routines.
- Adjust plans based on results and developmental changes.
- Help families set realistic milestones and celebrate progress.
5. Care & Boundaries
- Maintain high emotional intelligence and non-judgmental support.
- Use gentle, evidence-based practices—not one-size-fits-all dogma.
- Know when to recommend pediatric referral for medical concerns.
6. Resources & Follow-Up
- Provide guides, checklists, visual sleep charts, sample routines.
- Host wrap-up sessions and offer post-program reinforcement tips.
Qualifications
Required
- Experience in infant sleep coaching or related caregiving field (e.g., early childhood, lactation consulting, pediatric PT/OT, developmental psychology).
- Strong understanding of infant sleep biology and patterns (newborn to 18 months).
- Excellent communication and empathetic coaching skills.
- Comfort with remote communication tools (Zoom, messaging, sleep trackers).
Preferred
- Certification in infant sleep coaching or early childhood development.
- Experience with multiple sleep philosophies (responsive, neuroscience-based, behaviorally grounded).
- Knowledge of feeding, sensory cues, and family dynamics.
- Basic understanding of medical red-flags in infant sleep (e.g., reflux, apnea risk).
Skills & Competencies
- Active listening and clear, compassionate education
- Ability to customize plans to family routines and values
- Analytical skills for interpreting sleep logs and patterns
- Calm guiding presence under stress or resistance
- Cultural sensitivity and respect for diverse parenting styles
- Good documentation and follow-up habits
