About Sara

My background

Ever since I was a young girl, I knew taking care of babies and children and helping tired parents was an important role in the world. I got my first babysitting jobs at the age of 12 and even started a babysitting club (guess what my favorite books were?!). From then on I worked as a mother’s helper and then as a private nanny.

I became a Certified Doula in 2013 and jumped right into serving parents as their support and comfort during childbirth. It wasn’t too long before it became clear that the birth, although an incredibly important event, was just a drop in the bucket of the amount of support and guidance that new parents really needed to get through unscathed!

When I had my boys in 2012 and 2015, I experienced sleep deprivation and exhaustion so severe that my life was endangered. I simply was unaware of things like routines, swaddling, wake windows, which could have helped my boys immensely with their sleeping habits. My youngest never slept more than 30 minutes at a time - for over a year. Can anyone say, postpartum depression and anxiety?

My personal experience with mental and physical spiraling due to sleep deprivation is the driving force behind the passionate way that I serve, support, and guide new parents. It simply doesn’t have to be that way! Our little ones are biologically wired to sleep, and we can allow them the ability to do that if we just know how. It is not only possible, but 100% within reach, to have a child and also get enough sleep to stay healthy and be the parent, spouse, friend, etc. that you desire to be.

My training & certifications in infant care, parent education, and sleep consulting

2013 - Birth Doula Training & Certification
2014 - Perinatal Bereavement Training & Certification
2015 - Postpartum Doula Training & Certification
2016 - Advanced Multiples Care Training
2017 - Childbirth Educator Training & Certification
2018 - Infant Brain Development & SIDS Prevention Certification
2019 - Foundational Newborn Care Specialist Training
2020 - Advanced Newborn Care Specialist Training
2021 - Pediatric Sleep Consultancy Training & Certification

I live in Wichita, KS with my husband, our two sons, and our kitty April.

When I’m not at a birth or on a sleep coaching call, I can usually be found reading, baking, doing yoga, or taking the kids out to explore the city!

Births attended: 100

Children sleeping through the night: too many to count

Shows: Outlander, The Office, The Great British Baking Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Shadow and Bone, Boys Over Flowers

Books: Lord of the Rings, The Grapes of Wrath, True Grit, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Poisonwood Bible, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Haunting of Hill House, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Scarlet Pimpernel