South Florida Baby Sleep Expert

I highly recommend Laura if you are planning to train your baby! She is very professional, she really knows what she’s doing and she was super supportive and helpful during the whole process. Our baby started sleeping through the night at about the fifth day, by himself and in 5 minutes, we just couldn’t believe it, completely changed our lives!

For the last few months I have been enjoying my son sleeping from 7pm to 6am every night thanks to Laura! It took us a while to decide we needed a sleep specialist but after going to one of her free lectures and talking to her on the phone, we realized we needed Laura’s help as our 7 month old was still waking up every 2 hours throughout the night and was only napping for 45mins at a time.

Laura knew we were against the “crying it out” method so she was really gentle with our son’s sleep plan and explained everything so we understood why we were doing things and how it would all benefit our son by getting him more sleep.

My husband and I always joke that Laura was the BEST money we ever spent!!! 

We had a blast with Laura. If you struggle with your little one, contact as soon as possible. I regret I didn’t search for help earlier. I followed Laura recommendations and I could see the progress & results within a few days. This is an opportunity to learn how you can be a better parent, do it for your child, do it for yourself! There is no reason to keep your previous unhealthy habits. Laura was knowledgeable, supportive and answered every little question right away. I highly recommend!

Laura was absolutely amazing. My son did not sleep well at all for the first seven months, and was still waking up 3 or 4 times every night. With Laura’s guidance, he started sleeping through the night after just 3 nights of following her sleep plan. It sounds impossible, but it really did work!. I am so grateful for her help and experience – I could not have done it without her!

I first contacted Laura when my baby was 8 months old. From the first call, she was incredibly attentive and informative. I didn’t think anyone would be able to really help our sleep situation at home, but based on my impression after that first call, I decided to give Laura a try. 

Laura changed my life! …I am not overreacting here. Before I enlisted Laura to help us with both night sleep and naps, I was nursing my baby to sleep 24/7. He started solids at around 5.5 months, which I thought would help the situation, but no, it didn’t in our case. He would nurse for all his naps (I started counting his naps with an app at 3 months and from then until 8 months, that was 728 naps!!!) and mostly stay attached to me for the duration of the nap. If he was roused at some point and he was unlatched, he would quickly latch back on. I thought there would be no way for him to sleep without nursing, especially as he needed it every time he would wake up, even slightly. During the night, he would sleep for a nice 4-6 hour stretch, but then all bets were off. Many times, when he would wake up after a nice stretch, we’d enter into a loop of wake up, nurse, fall asleep, and put in crib that lasted 2-4 hours in the middle of the night, with him mostly awake and upset during this time. It was awful. I could not get anything done during the day and the worst part—I wasn’t sleeping. When I explained this to Laura she was optimistic and confident, and that alone began to give me some hope. She came to our home during our consultation, assessed the nursery, walked with us, and explained every detail of her program. The first night our baby, who had always nursed to sleep, was asleep after 40 minutes of crying and being fussy, which he did as we sat next beside him, offering him comfort along the way. I was shocked. Instead of breastfeeding right before placing in crib and asleep, he nursed 20-30 minutes before being put in crib awake. I thought there was no way he would accept this, and he did! He slept from 7.45pm until 5am without a feeding. I was, again, shocked. The 2nd night, he protested for 30 minutes, the 3rd for 20, and the 4th night, he didn’t protest. Naps were a bit more of a struggle, but now after 5 weeks since we started sleep training, naps are so much better. I am typing this as my baby is napping and there is major construction going on downstairs. He wouldn’t have napped through this before Laura helped us. 

I want to take a moment to highlight the breastfeeding aspect of this. Doing this program saved our breastfeeding journey. I was going to quit even though I had no issues whatsoever with supply and he was thriving. It was that the nursing association with sleep was so strong and my constant presence 24/7 was wearing me down— and ultimately it was becoming more and more unsustainable. My baby has always been exclusively breastfed, and we love our nursing time so much more now. He is awake and playful while he nurses, and I have the energy to be more engaging. I feel like he was asking for this. He wouldn’t nurse to sleep so easily after 6 months, and he wouldn’t sleep as soundly. I feel like he was really ready to have our support as he learned this skill and we all now look forward to naps and bedtime. I never thought I would say those words, but now I can’t stop repeating them. Laura, many many thanks again!!

I purchased sleep program a few weeks ago and I am absolutely satisfied. The change was INSTANT, the same night I started the plan was the night he started sleeping better and he keeps improving.

My wife and I are also sleeping better and we a better parents for it as we are able to enjoy our new son. Thank you for all your help. I will definitely recommend this system to any new parents

From 2 proud and well rested parents (and one cute little boy)

Why didn’t we try this sooner?! As we speak he is sound asleep in his crib – and has been since 7.15 pm. We are so pleased to get the evenings to ourselves again, and Tinius – who has always been a very happy boy – is even more happy now. It is now obvious to us that he didn’t get enough sleep before and that our difficulties getting him to sleep in the evenings were due to the fact that he was overly tired. Now we follow your advise on bedtime routines and everything else we learned from the sleep program and are happy to say that your success rate is still 100% :-).

It’s been a blessing for me and my husband, but of course also for her, since she wakes up very happy and goes about her day happier than ever and as active as always, too. Again, congratulations on your new baby girl and thank you for your wonderful program. Wish you all the best all the way from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 wanted to thank you for the sleep program. Things have been hectic at our house (contractors all over the place doing loud work during the day), so naptime has been challenging. But we implemented some things we learned from the sleep program at bedtime, and what a difference!!!

We’re only on the fourth night, but already Megan has developed her own self-soothing techniques, falling asleep on her own albeit with some crying, waking only once to eat during the night and putting herself back to sleep on her own with her other nightwakings.

My husband and I are so happy to have a long stretch of sleep again! Thank you so much. We still have some work to do regarding naps, but we’ll get there. Thanks again and take care.

However, by Day 3 we started seeing positive progress. I don’t have to tell you what a difference it has made in our household. We are all sleeping again and my son’s overall disposition has improved. He was always a good boy but because he was tired, he would act out at times. I am happy to report that he has stopped throwing tantrums entirely and he seems generally happier and more secure.

I have referred you to six friends and I will continue to refer you to others having sleep issues. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Laura’s contact in my phone reads “Laura Knecht – Sleep Goddess” because she truly is just that. Before Laura, my husband and I (but especially me) would dread naps and bedtime for our then six-month-old daughter. It was an elaborate dance of trying to nurse her to sleep and then transporting her to the Dock-A-Tot perched in a Pack-n-Play that stood beside my bed. Occasionally, it worked and she would stay asleep, but more often than not, her little eyes would pop open causing dread to well up inside of me. Then we went to plan B – endless bouncing/swaying/rocking to get her to go back to sleep in order for the “laying down without waking up” process to begin again. It seemed endless and hopeless, but when I would get her down, she would sleep for long stretches. So, I continued with our crazy sleep dance because in my mind is was working. Or so I thought.

As Claire started to outgrow her Dock-A-Tot, I tried on my own to transition her out of it. Talk about a disaster. Claire’s wailing and flailing was enough to send any mom over the edge and give in to put her back in her Dock-A-Tot and contemplate buying a larger size, putting off the transition problem for another time. But, my husband intervened and said we needed a sleep solution, not a sleep band-aid.

So, after some Internet searches we found Laura. Within mere days, she was sitting in our kitchen going over the plan of how we were going to make Claire a great sleeper. I knew she saw the fear in my eyes. Despite that, she was supportive, empathetic, and downright confident that Claire (and by proxy my husband and myself) could do this. So, that night we put Claire in her room, in her crib – without her Dock-A-Tot – and began the method Laura had so carefully laid out. I watched as my baby put herself to sleep in under an hour and stayed asleep until 10am the next morning. The next night, she did the same thing, but in under 10 minutes. And the third, she was asleep without a single cry in under 3 minutes. It was magic. Naps were no different, as we followed the same sleep routine and found the same success.

Claire is now a nine-month-old sleeping superstar. My husband can put her down without fear because Claire (a non-bottle taking baby) is not reliant on breastfeeding for sleep. It has empowered him as a dad and has breathed new life into our family. She can take naps at my mom’s house without batting an eye and travels like a pro – all would not be possible without the help of Laura.