Gentle sleep support for babies and toddlers — Moonwork Birth and Baby with Katherine Doyle, certified gentle sleep consultant
Gentle sleep guidance

For the families who knew cry-it-out was never going to be the answer.

Nervous system-informed sleep support for babies and the families who love them.

Sleep isn't something you train into a baby. It's something that emerges when the nervous system feels safe enough to let go. We're here to create the conditions for that.

Observe before intervening

Every baby is a system in relationship with its environment. We watch before we act, because the pattern usually tells us more than the symptom.

Work with cycles, not against them

Sleep follows biological rhythms that predate every sleep training method by thousands of years. We learn to read them rather than override them.

The whole family is the focus

Your nervous system and your baby's are in constant conversation. Supporting one means supporting both. We never look at the baby in isolation.

Your baby only sleeps when held and you cannot put them down without waking them

You are nursing or rocking to sleep every time and need a gentler path forward

Your baby wakes every 45 minutes and you are running on empty

You are in the middle of a sleep regression and nothing is working anymore

You want to transition out of co-sleeping but do not know how to do it gently

Early morning wakings are starting your day at 4:30am and you need it to stop

You are ready to transition out of the Snoo and want to do it without losing all your sleep gains

Holistic, nervous system-informed sleep consulting for newborns through age six. Fully virtual.

Newborn support

Newborn Foundations

Gentle, personalized support from day one. Customized newborn guide, a sleep consultation, and one week of email support.

Entry support

A Place to Start

Clarity and a place to begin. Intake questionnaire, a personalized sleep consultation, and a written action plan to take away.

Independent support

The Roadmap

A deeper dive into your baby's sleep. Custom sleep and nap plan built around your family's rhythm, plus an educational guide for your baby's age.

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Beside You

Guidance while you put the plan into practice. Two weeks of email support and adjustments as your baby responds, beside you every step.

High-touch support

The Full Hold

Comprehensive, hands-on holistic sleep support. Four weeks of email support, a sleep journal with real-time review, and priority responses throughout.

Katherine Doyle, certified gentle sleep consultant and birth doula

Sleep guidance rooted in how bodies actually work

Katherine Doyle is a certified gentle sleep consultant, birth doula, and Birthing From Within educator with a permaculture-informed philosophy and a deep belief that the body is not a problem to be solved.

Her approach draws on nervous system science, attachment research, and years of sitting with families in the most tender and exhausted moments of their lives.

  • Certified gentle sleep consultant
  • ProDoula certified labor doula
  • Birthing From Within childbirth educator
  • Ecoversity certified permaculture designer
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I appreciated that the recommendations were evidence-based while still feeling realistic. There was never any judgment, just practical advice that actually fit our family and routines.

Nicole, mom of a 7-month-old

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