Sara Cohen

I love Sara! Absolutely cannot recommend her enough. I love, love, love her!!! She helped us getting our son from sleeping on Daddy’s chest on the couch for the first 4 months of his life to transition to a bassinet, and now he sleeps from 7pm to 6:45 am with a nice long afternoon nap at 19 months. She is a sleep goddess!!!

I first met Sara at a Sleep Circle at Natural Resources and she gave some very valuable advice for our night time routine which made a big difference in my daughter’s night sleep. Because of this experience, I hired her for a troubleshoot for nap time as our 7 months old at the time would only sleep 30 min intervals that were not good for her and clearly affected her wellbeing during the day. Sara suggested a new schedule and after 2 months of trying to force my daughter onto this schedule we still had no success, I scheduled several follow-​ups with Sara but the answer essentially was the same. «It will get better.» It got to the point that it affected all of us and we were so stressed. I called Sara again totally frustrated expressing that I feel the schedule may not work for my daughter. She called back (she does not pick up the phone unless you have an appointment or she recognizes the number) and left me a message saying «At this point we have determined the schedule works. If you like to speak further you can call me tomorrow morning.» I followed up with an email as I was not able to call her at the suggested times next day asking about other times. I yet have to hear back from my email. I am getting the feeling she is not flexible beyond what she perceives «should» happen as a schedule and your baby either fits or doesn’t. Since then, I have altered her schedule with, guess what «instant improvement.» All in all, I feel she lacked concern for our challenges and her follow-​up/​customer service needs improvement.

We seeked Sara’s help for sleep issues of our child. The initial «consultation» went ok and she gave us a couple of suggestions which we felt helped steer us in the right direction. We still stick with those suggestions and think they work well. However, the phone support she claims to provide seriously lacks interest/​concern on her part. After the first week or so I used to be hesitant to even call her and for the amount of money we paid her; that was not a good thing.

I just took a sleep school class from Sara at Tulip Grove in Oakland. Even though my daughter is only 3 weeks old, I want to avoid all of the common pitfalls that new parents face when transitioning my little girl from a co-​sleeper next to my bed into her own room in her crib. Sara outlined all of the best techniques I can implement before she starts going through separation anxiety to reach my sleeping goals. Also high on my list is to get my husband off of the couch and back into our bedroom. All this seems possible after talking with Sara. If I run into ant snags, Sara is always available by phone, text, e-​mail, or home visit. A great resource to have!